planning a september project event for teens? consider using kids, know your rights! a young person’s guide to intellectual freedom, a four-page electronic publication that can be downloaded for free.
using kid-friendly language, the brochure is divided into six sections: 1) a brief introduction to the history and importance of intellectual freedom in the US; 2) challenges to the first amendment (especially in libraries); 3) defending intellectual freedoms (including an excellent set of suggestions for young people interested in fighting censorship); 4) issues of privacy and confidentiality; 5) respecting, listening to, and learning from the opinions of others; and 6) an annotated reading list of seventeen fiction and non-fiction titles for further exploration.
kids, know your rights! was written by members of the intellectual freedom committee of the association for library service to children (ALSC), a division of the american library association (ALA), and beautifully designed by amanda o’brien of skokie (IL) public library.
Hi there,
I’m a Sept Project “Veteran” who recently got a job working with teens in high school. I’d love to hear from anyone who has used this. Did you do a presentation? Did you do some kind of project along with it? Let me know what you did and how well it worked. I’d also be interested in getting some general ideas and suggestions.
Thanks!
hi there! i’m sharon senser mckellar, the chair of alsc’s intellectual freedom committee and i just wanted to reply to the comment above and say that this brochure is BRAND NEW! why don’t you be an inaugural user of it…i’d love to have feedback on how it works and what creative ways it’s being used.
if you do choose to use it somehow, anyone, let me know! you can reach me at:
dearanxiety@gmail.com
thanks!