Anybody who's read Fahrenheit 451 can guess how Ray Bradbury felt about book censorship. Find the censorship display and a quote from one of our challenged authors. Draw one connection from the book to the quote.
Review the full Censorship By the Numbers handout and answer the questions.
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These people are driving Montag crazy and he doesn't even know who they are! Read this exerpt again closely. Then, visit our media literacy book display. Browse though the books to find one media literacy concept that resonates with Montag's experience in this excerpt.
The 1950s were an era of huge growth and change in the advertising field and how products were sold to Americans and Life Magazine was one of the most popular magazines in that decade. Find an advertisement that is interesting to your group. What is it advertising? What does it tell you about the era when Fahrenheit 451 was written?
ARCHIVES ARE OFTEN OLD AND FRAGILE, WITH SEPCIAL RULES AND REGULATING THEIR ACCESS. HANDLE OUR ARCHIVE ISSUES OF LIFE MAGAZINE VERY CAREFULLY.