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Fahrenheit 451: Enduring Classic or Overdone Dud

Your next writing assignment is to address the topic that has been part of our conversations over the past couple of weeks: should schools continue to teach Fahrenheit 451, or should we ditch it in favor of a different science fiction novel?

Before you begin your essay, please read these articles/ blog posts:

http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2013/11/12/fahrenheit-451-60-years-later-why-do-we-need-the-things-in-books/

http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/ray-bradbury-and-the-real-lesson-of-fahrenheit-451/

http://www.teach4real.com/2013/02/04/curriculum-upload-teaching-fahrenheit-451-in-the-urban-classroom/

Your essay needs to address the following topics:

• Why are you keeping it or ditching?
• the good and the bad
• relevancy to your lives
• themes/ social commentary 
• reading standards
• alternative readings/ novels/ benefits of free choice