DISCUSSION: Groups came up with lists of the six most influential books of all time. The lists included: The Bible, the Koran, the dictionary. More recent books included: Dr. Seuss and 1984. We compared the lists to Boston Public Library's list of most influential books of the last 100 years and Wikipedia's list of the 100 most influential books ever.
POWERPOINT: We examined the history of printing, the printing press and moveable type. We discussed banned and challenged books, electronic book readers such as the Sony Reader and Amazon's Kindle and copyright issues.
SHOW AND TELL: We looked at books including the Koran, Uncle Tom's Cabin, old textbooks, and Where's Waldo -- banned because of a topless woman in Waldo's beach scene.
HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 4 (Newspapers) and complete Workbook exercises.
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