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But at the same time it was objected to by numerous detractors for, well, many of the same reasons. Why did you want to teach it?
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Justin Richardson. One of our main standards in second grade is creating a community. Published in 2005, the book has been consistently challenged for years.
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But the impact of the book goes far beyond children’s reading and the “culture war” debates about … Any book that has any type of social situation where it might be different than your own has the potential to be challenged.
This interview has been condensed and edited for length and clarity. Like with any good instruction, it’s based on when the students are ready, and you can tell that by their interactions with each other.
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In fact, objections were so sustained and diverse that in 2011 Dr. Martha L. Magnuson published a study analyzing the motives behind the numerous objections to And Tango Makes Three.. "homosexual overtones.” Others have said the book "is based on one of those subjects that is best discovered by students in another time or in another place." Read about The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Read about Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Were you surprised to learn that this book had been challenged? Sherman Alexie’s coming-of-age novel has been a fixture on the American Library Association’s list of banned and challenged books. Funny, tender, and true, the story of Tango will delight young readers and open their minds." And Tango Makes Three proves that all kinds of love can create a family." Cameron Carter teaches second grade at Slate Hill Elementary in Worthington, Ohio. I think it depends on the students that you have — and you can gauge that in the first few weeks of school: Are they still in that immature stage, or do you feel that your class is ready as a community to talk about a concept or an issue? The film some historians have called “America’s most beloved” is wartime propaganda disguised as a Hollywood love story.
--Wendy Wasserstein "A little miracle for children. It didn’t surprise me at all. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, BANNED: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
Challenges have included complaints that the story is “unsuitable for young children” and has "homosexual overtones.” Others have said the book "is based on one of those subjects that is best discovered by students in another time or in another place."
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This is the first year he’ll be teaching And Tango Makes Three.
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About The Authors. When these students go out in the world — especially in Columbus, which is a big city — they are going to be surrounded with all different types of people.