Twain

THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, by Mark Twain

Follow Huck and the runaway slave Jim as they journey away from oppression and into freedom. Explore what it means to be a true friend and the value of all human beings. This book is a favorite of book-banning lists. Don't let others tell you what is worth reading and what is not. Read it, and decide for yourself!

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Into: Gather background knowledge assignment

Research the following questions:

1) Why is the book considered controversial?

2) What are the major arguments FOR having students read it?

3) What are the major arguments AGAINST having students read it?

Working in this GSlides presentation, your table group should create a slide (in the correct period section) which addresses the three above questions. Your slide should include:

• A 30-50 word answer to question one.
• 2-3 PRO reasons
• 2-3 CON reasons
• One image that relates to HUCK. It must be free-use, and it cannot be a raft!
• The names of the sites where you got your information, with a hyperlink included that will take viewers to the actual site. You don't need a proper WCP entry.
• The names of your group members (ABC by last) along the bottom in 8-point font.

Add your reasons to this form, and view the results here.

I suggest:

• Divide the workload so everyone knows what job he has.
• You make a shared document in GDocs to do your writing and editing BEFORE putting it in the slide.
• Use the Research tool in any of the GoogleDrive apps to find your image so you can be sure it is free to use.

Places you might want to search:

• Banned Books Week (ALLOW)
• ProCon.org
• HUCK and the N-word debate (60 Minutes)
• PBS: Culture Shock
• Jewish World Review (BAN)
• Seattle School revisits banning
• A crazy collection complied by Chicago Tribune (scroll down for more! not all about banning)

Twain Quote (the man, not his books): submit via this form