Course curriculum

  • 1

    SPEAK! Week 1: Freedom to Read Crash Course

    • SPEAK! Course Week 1 Intro

    • Welcome to SPEAK!

    • Quiz
  • 2

    SPEAK! Week 2: Book Bans & Challenge

    • SPEAK! Course Week 2 Intro

    • Authors Speak Out Against Attempts to Ban Their Books
  • 3

    SPEAK! Week 3: Diversity in the Classroom Canon

    • SPEAK! Course Week 3 Intro

    • Read "Whitesplaining the Canon"
  • 4

    SPEAK! Week 4: The Who, What, Where of Book Bans in the U.S.

    • SPEAK! Course Week 4 Intro

    • The 5 Ws of Book Bans According to PEN America

    • Who, what, where, when, why of Book Bans
  • 5

    SPEAK! Week 5: We Need Diverse Books

    • SPEAK! Course Week 5 Intro

    • We Need Diverse Books Website

    • Website Exploration & Collaboration Brainstorm

  • 6

    SPEAK! Week 6: The Activist Toolkit

    • SPEAK! Course Week 6 Intro

    • Unite Against Book Bans Toolkit

    • Youth-Activist-Toolkit
  • 7

    SPEAK! Week 7: Students Against Book Bans

    • SPEAK! Course Week 7 Intro

    • Student Statements to Congress

    • Student activists overturn book ban in Pennsylvania school district
  • 8

    SPEAK! Week 8: Educators Against Book Bans

    • SPEAK! Course Week 8 Intro

    • Educators Fight Back Against Gag Orders, Book Bans and Intimidation _ NEA
  • 9

    SPEAK! Week 9: Student Rights

    • SPEAK! Course Week 9 Intro

    • Do Minors Have First Amendment Rights in Schools

    • Student Rights in Schools
  • 10

    SPEAK! Week 10: Creating a Campaign

    • SPEAK! Course Week 10 Intro

    • RESOURCE: MEDIA FACTSHEET ON SCHOOL CENSORSHIP