Real-World Censorship Activity

Description

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FAST FACTS:

• Recommended for: Grades 8+
• Lesson duration: 3-4 lessons of 40 minutes each
• Editable: YES, most text is editable.
• Formats: PDF, PPT, Google Slides

INCLUDES:

• Detailed lesson plan (5 pages, PDF only)
• 8 group discussion cards (2 pages, all three formats)
• “Is It Censorship” worksheets (5 pages, 25 total situations, all three formats)
• Assignment graphic organizer: Research one of the situations. (1 page, all three formats)

DAY 1

• Group discussion cards
• Includes 8 hypothetical questions about different kinds of censorship

DAY 2

• “Is It Censorship?” worksheet and group discussion
• Includes 25 scenarios taken straight from current events. Students have to determine if these are censorship and whether or not they are acceptable.
• There are five different worksheets, each with five different situations. Students can complete one worksheet, then group according to which worksheet they did. All worksheets are labeled with a letter in the corner so students can group quickly by the letter of their worksheet.

DAYS 3-4

• Researching the real-life situations behind the scenarios on the worksheet.
• I provided links to news articles about all 25 current events.
• This activity could be extended further into a class debate or a written research paper about the event.

SAMPLE SITUATIONS:

• 10 situations occurred outside school. These are stories in global and USA news. Example: A celebrity sues a newspaper for publishing unauthorized photos of her minor child.

• 15 situations occurred at school. All of these are in USA schools, but the states vary. Example: At graduation, the Valedictorian’s microphone is cut off when she starts to say things that were not in her pre-approved speech.