| Famous Banned Books | Historical Censorship | Reasons for Censorship | Modern Day Censorship | Types of Censorship |
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What is Harry Potter
Name this book: despite its massive fandom, this modern British classic has been censored for its positive portrayal of witchcraft, which some view as anti-religious and offensive.
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What is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or inappropriate by the government authorities or community
What is censorship in history?
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What are racial issues
One of the most common protests against reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird in schools is the way they deal with this.
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What is music, film, radio, art, magazines, and books
_____,_____,and_____ are three things that can get censored.
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What is Self Censorship
What type of censorship is used against yourself?
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What is Animal Farm
Name this book: this censored satire of the Soviet Union tells the story of a group of animals who rebel against their farmer only to put a ruthless pig dictator in charge.
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What is true
True or false: letters were censored during war to prevent sharing important information with the enemy.
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What is political bias
This was often the justification used by the Nazis when they held book burnings.
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What is true
True or False: censorship on social media has increased over the past year.
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What is Illegal Censorship
What type of censorship tries to control the amount of explicit content?
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What is Winnie the Pooh
Name this book: this honey-eating character and the media he appears in have been banned in China, after a stream of memes compared his physique to that of China's president.
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What is true
True or False: during the Cold War people were only allowed to watch specific media that was pro-communist
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What is sexual content
The Scarlett Letter and A Streetcar Named Desire still manage to raise eyebrows for containing this.
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What is yes
Is purchased digital content still able to be censored?
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What is Moral Censorship
What form of censorship is completely based on human emotion?
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What is Lolita
Name this book: this famous narrative, told from the perspective of a pedophile, has been banned often for its sexual content.
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What is wanting to prevent any pro-communist activity within borders
Why did the American government censor during the Cold War?
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What is violence
Jack London's The Call of the Wild and Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five have been censored for their portrayal of this.
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What is the first amendment
Which amendment protects people from censorship?
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What is Military Censorship
What form of censorship is used to keep information away from other military?
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What is The Da Vinci Code
Name this book: this historical-based thriller about the Holy Grail is banned in Lebanon for its anti-Christian sentiments.
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What is banning American products and taking measures to maintain a strong political image
What did the Soviet Government censor during the Cold War?
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What is age innapropriate
The 2011 documentary, Bully fought an uphill battle in order to keep their film rated PG-13. Their opponents argued that it should be R rated for this reason.
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What is Congress-Legislative
Which group of government passes censorship laws?
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What is Political Censorship
What type of censorship deals with the branches of the government?
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