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 * A. Start by sharing ALA's concentration points: **
 * "Libraries provide ideas and information across the spectrum of social and political views.
 * Libraries are one of our great democratic institutions. They provide freedom of choice for all people.
 * Parents are responsible for supervising their own children’s library use" (Strategies and Tips for Dealing with Challenges to Library Materials, n.d.).

GLE 0207.4.1 Compare the life cycles of various organisms. GLE 0207.2.1 Investigate the habitats of different kinds of local plants and animals. GLE 0207.2.2 Investigate living things found in different places. GLE 0407.4.1 Recognize the relationship between reproduction and the continuation of a species. GLE 0807.5.3 Analyze how structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations within a population enable it to survive in a given environment. GLE 0807.5.4 Explain why variation within a population can enhance the chances for group survival. GLE 0807.5.5 Describe the importance of maintaining the earth’s biodiversity.
 * B. Discuss 2nd -8th grade TN Science Standards the book connects to: **

“The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services.
 * C. Discuss legal side of things: **
 * Other case where Supreme Court rules banned books in violation to First Amendment: Island Trees School District Board of Education v. Pico in 1981
 * Library Bill of Rights with focus on…
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">3. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">4. Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas” (Library Bill of Rights, n.d.).

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Library Bill of Rights. (n.d.). Retrieved April 21, 2016, from <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strategies and Tips for Dealing with Challenges to Library Materials. (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5;">2016, from [|http://www.ala.org/bbooks/challengedmaterials/support/strategies#preparing]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">References **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">: