Banned and Challenged Books

Rubric

	A	B	C	D
Reasons	States reasons for the book being banned or challenged and supports them with many specific excepts from the book	States a reason and supports it with a few specific excepts from the book	Gives reasons with little support from the book	Merely states the reason for banning or censoring
Other Factors	Looks at other factors such as geographic location, year of publication, sociopolitical climate, group initiating the book being banned, group against banning, etc.	Looks at one other factor that may have contributed to banning or censoring of a book and supports it with information about the book	Information is implied regarding other factors that may have contributed to the banning or censoring of the book	No other information is included
Resources	Locates 3-4 different places the book was banned or challenged and the reasoning behind it	Locates 2 other places the book was banned or challenged and supplies the reasoning behind it	Locates 1 other place the book was banned or challenged	No information is given regarding other places where the book was banned or challenged
Classroom Use	States an opinion about using the book in classrooms. Thoroughly supports the opinion.	States and opinion and attempts to support the opinion	States an opinion regarding classroom use	Does not provide any information
Personal Response	States an opinion regarding banned and/or censored books and supports it with many reasons.	States an opinion and supports it with a few reasons	States and opinion but provides little support	Merely states an opinion