Oct 17 Thurs 9pm ET 8pm CT 6pm PT || Oct 18 Fri 10am Korea https://zoom.us/j/93238244411
Whether and how students should read controversial books (e.g., Seuss, Heather has Two Mommies).
Philip Nel (Kansas State U. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/05/16/breaking-up-with-racist-childrens-books; https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/02/27/no-virginia-school-district-did-not-ban-drseuss-books
Jonathan Zimmerman (U Penn, https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/03/11/dr-seuss-and-censorship-dont-cancel-dr-seuss-column/4627595001
Students: Gerald Han (Sunny Hills HS, California), Aaron Han (La Mirada HS, CA).
Zoom link is listed above (https://zoom.us/j/93238244411), but please register below (email/name).
Presentation & Comments: Hx_Seuss 2024 Everyone's welcome to share her/his thoughts! We will share in social & mainstream media, and post forum on Youtube.
Contact Joseph Yi, Hanyang University (joychicago@yahoo.com) or Gerald Han (royalmarker6743@gmail.com)
*Cosponsor: National Writing Invitational (https://sites.google.com/view/nwi2/submissions/dr-seuss) invites students (K-12) to write a story, poem, or essay related to Dr. Seuss, by Nov. 31. FREE ENTRY (no submission cost).