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Rossuck, Jennifer – English Journal, 1997
Describes how a course on censorship taught at an all-girls high school in Tacoma, Washington, drew on current event controversies to initiate discussion. Outlines the course's four units and uses Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" to frame course questions. (TB)
Descriptors: Censorship, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Course Descriptions, High Schools

Ellenbogen, Charles M. – English Journal, 1997
Describes how a teacher used Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's play "Inherit the Wind," dealing with the evolution versus creation controversy, as a medium for teaching censorship issues in a Nashville, Tennessee junior high school Language Arts and Literature class. (TB)
Descriptors: Censorship, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Creationism, Drama