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Should U.S. schools keep To Kill a Mockingbird in the curriculum?


Why Should We Continue to Teach To Kill A Mockingbird in Our ...

... Mockingbird causes many schools to want to ban the book from their curriculum. However, I believe that the book should be taught for years ...

Should U.S. schools keep To Kill a Mockingbird in the curriculum?

I read Isaac Saney's article (linked below) describing why we should reconsider its usage in schools. Here are the major points.

Why I Kept Teaching To Kill a Mockingbird When Others Wouldn't

It's also among the books most frequently challenged and banned from middle and high school curricula. Profanity; racially charged epithets, ...

Should We Still be Teaching To Kill a Mockingbird? - Off the Leash

The book is taught in high schools across the United States, usually 9th grade classrooms and is often used as a platform to discuss racial ...

Should 'To Kill A Mockingbird' still be taught in schools?

This book can be taught well but it demands a careful approach in the classroom. For example, teachers could analyze the harmful narratives on ...

Q&A: Should teachers still assign 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

So, do you think the novel should be taken out of curriculum altogether? ... I still believe this text should be taught, but how it's taught ...

Why Are We Still Teaching 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in Schools?

And the book cannot continue to be taught as if every person in the classroom is white, upper middle class and needs to be prodded into being ...

Should middle schools teach “To Kill a Mockingbird?” - Quora

Despite the narrator's young age, the content of the novel is serious and many consider it delicate, touchy, or even offensive. I wholeheartedly ...

Why I'm Tired of Teaching To Kill A Mockingbird

It should not be taught as a moral guide, as a book where students relate to the characters, which means it should not be taught to high school ...

Classic or Outdated: Should 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Still be Taught in ...

Despite being published over 60 years ago, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee continues to dominate high school curriculums. Should it?

Why is To Kill a Mockingbird important enough to be taught in school?

In one line: To Kill a Mockingbird (TKM) is a highly stimulating book for a high school student. I'll outline my experience with the book to ...

'To Kill A Mockingbird' vital to youth - The Reflector

One of the primary arguments for the removal of any book from a classroom or school is that parents, especially, have the right to choose what ...

To Teach or Not to Teach To Kill a Mockingbird - Facing History

One of the most frequently cited critiques of To Kill a Mockingbird in schools is that it is often the only book in the curriculum that ...

Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" Should Be Taught in Schools

"To Kill a Mockingbird" should be taught in middle and high schools as it aids in sensitizing learners on racism, and helps them grow into ...

Shannon: Here's why we teach To Kill a Mockingbird | Ottawa Citizen

Yes, the book depicts racism; it does not promote it or ignore it. As all literary works depict conflict, it would be impossible to suggest that ...

'To Kill a Mockingbird' in the hot seat at WA school district - Crosscut

In recent years, school districts have been revisiting the use of To Kill a Mockingbird in the classroom, with a focus on equity for students ...

We Shouldn't Always Feel Comfortable: Why 'To Kill a Mockingbird ...

Recently, a Mississippi school district pulled To Kill a Mockingbird from its 8th-grade reading list because the use of the N-word made students ...

Should I teach To Kill a Mockingbird? - TeachNovels.com

Some school systems (including Biloxi) are only allowing teachers to use the novel after attaining written approval from parents. According to officials, the ...

Students hated 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Their teachers tried to dump it.

But 68 percent voted to keep it on the approved novels list. Freeman-Miller voted to yank it from both lists. Two months later, the school board ...

3 Reasons Why We Still Need to Teach To Kill a Mockingbird

In 2015, Harper Lee released only her second novel, Go Set A Watchman, a follow up to her classic To Kill A Mockingbird.