Reflection about Controversial Issues in School Library Media Materials

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Reflection about Controversial Issues in
School Library Media Materials

This Reflection is simply an exercise. It is not meant to be a template for your personal Intellectual Freedom statement. You need not address any or all of the things here in your eventual IF statement, although you can.

For each of the issues below, fill in the sentence below.

If you feel that the issue is never inappropriate, you may indicate this.
We will not ask you to share your thoughts in any way on these issues - so be honest with yourself.

In school library media materials,
(Issue from list below) is/are inappropriate
when ______________________ because _____________________.

Issues:

Depictions of human sex
Religious beliefs
Witchcraft, occult, supernatural
Vulgar or profane language
Violence
Abortion
Nudity

Creationism/Evolution
Patriotism
Drugs
Homosexuality
Racial/ethnic stereotyping
Gender stereotyping
Political positions*

*communism, socialism, fascism, conservatism, liberalism, etc.

A Continuum of Censorship Positions: Where are you on this continuum?

Children should have total access to any information they want.

Children should be protected from some ideas.

Children should be protected from most problematical topics.

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