Abortion Outline

Construct a detailed outline of one of the readings from Module 1 (your choice. A good outline will include a thesis of the article, as well as the important arguments and points offered in support of that thesis. 

The outline is worth 20 points and should be no less than 250 words in length. 

Outside research is not necessary, but if you use external sources you must provide complete citations. Your outline will automatically be checked for text that matches websites and other submitted outlines. Failure to cite your sources is academic misconduct and will result in a failure of the assignment.

I have provided a copy of how the outline should look!

Book Banning

Introduction:

· Have readers think about their favorite book, what they like about it, and what emotions it brought for them.

· Talk about what book banning is and the popularity it has in schools today and the way it is growing.

· Be clear that others know this about why books should not be banned. Keep in mind that the audience is to parents or other authority that want book banning to take place.

· Thesis: By banning books, it will inhibit children’s learning and overall change that they can make in their community and in the world (revise thesis as you go)

Argument 1: Books allow people to talk about real issues that are happening in the world today and may inspire people to formulate opinions and act on it.

· Talk about how many books in the world today discuss real world issues like racism, abuse, conditions in the work place, and many other instances

· Use the book The Jungle as an example of how people used books to describe the conditions of work and food safety in the meat packing industry. (CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION ARTICLE)

· Use The Jungle to talk about how it sparked political action from people, including the President. Use this to discuss the different acts like “The Meat Inspection Act of 1906” and “The Pure Food and Drug Act,”

· This formulated the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) we have today.

· Consider adding other examples of books that helped spark an action to fix a problem (may be racism, abuse, politics, etc).

Argument 2: By banning books, you are not just limiting your children to something, but also limiting other people’s children as well.

· Discuss that book banning is often done out of fear of parents having their children know something they don’t want them to know yet.

· Use the quote by The National Coalition Against Censorship that says, “Even books or materials that many find “objectionable” may have educational value, and the decision about what to use in the classroom should be based on professional judgments and standards, not individual preferences.” (NCAC ARTCILE).

· Use this to talk about how often, books that are in the curriculum are often picked because of the importance of the content covered.

· Discuss that if people truly feel strongly about a certain book because of contents that parents are not comfortable with, religious beliefs, or anything other problem, parents can opt their child out of reading specific books and will be given an alternative assignment.

· This allows parents who feel very strongly about it to keep their children from reading it without affecting children that are not theirs. (Might not include)

Argument 3: Books help people develop different social-emotional feelings towards different groups (Muslims, Gay people, etc.)

· Books open in ways that can directly or indirectly express acceptance and positive feelings about people in society.

· Example of a study done that showed the J.K Rowling series Harry Potter.

· Books like this are often criticized for the material regarding witchcraft and the religious concerns people may have about it.

· Further the conversation with showing how the study indicates that those who read fiction material like this have shown to have improved attitudes with “immigrants, homosexuals, and refugees.” (PROCON ARTCILE).

· Try to develop other examples of studies done that have shown people having improved or changed attitudes about specific groups after reading certain books.

Argument 4: Books allow readers to connect with their own experiences about situations that they are unfamiliar with or unsure how to respond to.

· Jay Asher, author of 13 Reasons Why describes how books being banned makes it more difficult for people to open about their issues saying, “I hear from readers, and now viewers of the Netflix show, that my work encouraged them to ask for help or reach out to someone about the situation they’re in. When you hear stories like that on a daily basis and then hear adults call for your work to be banned, it’s proof of why the stigma around these issues is so dangerous.” (PBS ARTICLE).

· Consider discussing the fact it was ranked 3rd most challenged book of 2012

· Books like “Speak” which deal with rape can help many young individuals who have dealt with sexual assault to open up.

· Describe the incident in which a parent whose children went to Laurel Nokomis School in Sarasota County, which she didn’t want her child reading the material.

· The incident went as far as calling the book a form of “child pornography.” (NCAC ARTICLE).

Counterargument 1: Books may inspire children to start participating in behavior that is out of their age group like using profanity, drugs, and sexual activity.

· Books like The Thing They Carried and Glass have been argued by parents that it inspires children to use the vulgar language seen throughout the novels and also the encouragement of drugs, violence and sex. (ILA ARTICLE)

· Develop more on personal experiences that parents have had where their children participated in behaviors because of a book they read.

Rebuttal: Studies have shown the opposite to be true; no evidence that books have led to deviancy.

· Make a point that fourth graders in general are at that age where mayhem is a natural occurrence.

Counterargument 2: Books may inspire people to act in a negative way such as theft, rape, and even murder.

· Use an anecdote to discuss the murder of John Lennon.

· When John Lennon was murdered, his murderer Mark Chapman had the book The Catcher in the Rye on him at the time of the killing.

· Chapman says that he saw himself in the main character Holden Caulfield and used the murder to level himself with Holden’s rebellious actions.

· Chapman claimed that the main point of the novel was the preservation of innocence, and felt that John Lennon had went against it, therefore killing him. (AMERICAN SCHOLAR ARTICLE)

Rebuttal: Mental health can play a huge role in murder, in addition to books being shown to decrease this type of behavior. (NEEDS MORE DEVELOPMENT)

· Mainly relies on anecdotes to make the case; no studies or evidence that books have caused people to murder.

Conclusion:

· Books give people the ability to learn and get inspired about the topics and issues that are happening in the world today.

· Overall meaning of the paper

· Give comments about all the ways in which books are a positive aspect in learning and often prove to have more benefits than negative outcomes.

· The “so-what” factor of this paper

· Talk about how book banning is still relevant today and many parents are still trying to push to ban books, while many schools are making that change.

· Encourage individuals to take action in helping books get unbanned while also showing the true importance that books have on learning and growth in the world.