Annotated Bibliography

Websites Primary

"Board of
Educ. v. Pico." LII | Legal Information Institute at Cornell LawSchool. 02 Mar.
1982. Web. 29 Aug. 2010.
<
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0457_0853_ZO.ht
ml>.

This website
explained whole process of what happened with banning books. Also it
explained what laws were getting violated. It also explained what each judge
thought about the case. It also showed part of what the judges said during the
court cases. 
Board of
Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 Et Al., Petitioners,
v. Steven A. Pico, by His Next Friend, Frances Pico Et Al. On Writ of Certiorari

to the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Supreme Court of the United 
States, No. 80-2043." ERIC – World’s Largest
Digital Library of Education Literature. Web. 19 Oct. 2010.
< http://www.eric.ed.gov:80/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?
_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED219813&ERICExtSearch_
SearchType_0=no&accno=ED219813>. 

This website explained what types of schools the books were getting banned
from. It also explained what was getting violated because of the banning of
books. Lastly it showed how many books were getting banned from the start
of the case.

""Board of
Education, IslandTrees
UnionFree School 
District v Pico." UMKC Schoolof Law. Web. 29 Aug. 2010.
<http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/pico.html>.

This website explained that the parents and the school district wanting these
books banned. It showed that a comite made a list of books that they thought
were unjust to be in the school libraries. Also it showed why the book
reviewing comite was summoned to review theses books.

 "Board
of Education v. Pico - ACLU - ProCon.org." ACLU.ProCon.org - Is the ACLU
Good
for America? Web. 19 Oct. 2010.
< http://aclu.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=442>. 

This website tells us which chief justice voted for either Pico or the Island
Trees school district. It also gave their many opinions about how they felt
about the case itself. Also this website described that its the students aren't
getting forced to read these books. Its also showed which judge sided with
pico and which judges sided with the district. 
BOARD OF EDUCATION v. PICO, 457 U.S.853 (1982)." FindLaw: Cases and

Codes. 02 Mar. 1982. Web. 29 Aug. 2010.

< http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?
court=us&vol=457&invol=853>.

This website explains why the District banned each book. It gave primary
source quotes from the head of the district. It also had each explanation of
why they banned ach of the nine books. 

First Amendment Library - Case." Firstamendmentcenter.org: Welcome to the

First AmendmentCenter Online. Web. 19 Oct. 2010.
< http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/case.aspx?id=849>.

This website informed us of how the Island Trees School District dis honored
the First Amendment. Also it informed us when the the supreme court case
started and ended. It also informed us what lawyers supported who. 

Freedomforum.org: Board of Educ., Island Trees Union

Free School District. No. 26 v. Pico." The
Freedom Forum. Web. 29 Aug. 2010.
< http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?
documentID=14965>.

This website tells us how many of the Supreme Court voted against case and
how many agreed
with it. It also showed how many of the students actually sued against them. It
also described why this case is important.

ISLAND TREES
SCH. DIST. V. PICO BY PICO, 457 U.
S. 853: Volume 457:: 1982." US Supreme Court
Cases from Justia & Oyez. Web. 19 Oct. 2010.
< http://supreme.justia.com/us/457/853/>. 

This website describes the reasons why the books were banned. It also gives
pages quotes the District found most "filthy." This shows us quotes from the
judges during the court case. Which gives primary source quotes to use on
the website.
"Island Trees
School District Board of Education v. Pico, U.S. Supreme Court Case
Summary
& Oral Argument." The Oyez Project | U.S.
Supreme Court Oral Argument Recordings, Case Abstracts and More. Web.
31 Aug.
2010.< http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1981/1981_80_2043>.

 It gives us information about the case such as when it happened and it also
tells us what
issues there were. Also it gives the oral argument of the case. This gives more
primary source quotes able to be used.

Island Trees
Union Free School District Board of Education
v. Pico: Supreme Court Drama." ENotes - Literature Study Guides, Lesson
Plans,
and More. Web. 29 Aug. 2010.
< http://www.enotes.com/supreme-court-drama/island-trees-union-free-
school-district-board>. 
This website gave us information about why the school board made their
decision about banning
library books.

QuickMenu Save
Document. Web. 05 Sept. 2010. <http://www.islandtrees.org/>. 

This website tells us all about the Island

Trees School
District. 

VP. Web. 05
Sept. 2010. <http://www.redata.com>. 

This website gave us a picture of the IslandTrees

School  District. 

The National Archives 75th Anniversary: Photo

Galleries. Digital image. National Archives and Records Administration.
Web. 24 Mar. 2011.
<http://www.archives.gov/75th/photos/1970s/04.html>.

The National Archives website gave us primary source photos of some of

the justices that sereved in the court during the case Island Trees
School District v.Pico.

http://www.aclu.org/free-speech/aclu-maryland-calls-acclaimed-books-
be-returned-school-shelves

We used this in our conclusions because it shows relevance to today that

Pico’s decision is
now a Supreme Court precedent and current court cases must be judged
according
to that ruling.

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html

This website further explained some books that were banned, and why. Some
people felt that the vast
majority of the books were“unfit for minors”.

http://aclu.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=442

This website gave us a case summary on our topic, dealing with IslandTrees
School  District v. Steven Pico in their debate. It also provided us with the
background information, and
what ended up being the Supreme Court’s decision.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?
articleid=1662140&show=abstract

This site gave us the information of a general review on the Island Trees
School District, their views and opinions.

Websites Secondary Sources

"Island Trees Board of Education v Pico (1982)." Web. 18

Oct. 2010. 

This website described to us that the staff could not take the books of the
shelf just because they did not like them. 

http://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/books/blackboy.asp
This website provided us with information on the book, Black Boy, and where
there was conflict involving the Howell High School, how they felt this book
was taken by students.

http://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/books/slaughterhousefive.
asp

This site was of use for the information on the book, Slaughterhouse Five, and
why people felt it
should have been banned.

"Island Trees Board of Education v Pico (1982)." Web. 18

Oct. 2010. 

This website described to us that the staff could not take the books of the
shelf just because they did not like them. 
http://www.banned-books.com/bblist.html

           
This website made us aware of which authors and books
have been banned at many schools. There were authors such as Mark Twain,
Judy
Blume, and J.K. Rowling. Their names coming up were a major shock on our
part.

"Island Trees Board of Education v Pico (1982)." Web. 18

Oct. 2010. 

This website described to us that the staff could not take the books of the
shelf just because they did not like them. 

http://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/books/slaughterhousefive.
asp

This site was of use for the information on the book, Slaughterhouse Five, and
why people felt it
should have been banned.

http://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/books/blackboy.asp

This website provided us with information on the book, Black Boy, and where
there was conflict
involving the Howell High School, how they felt this book was taken by
students.

http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/2011/02/the-school-library-versus-the-
school-board-an-exploration-of-the-book-banning-trend-of-the-1980s/

We became well aware of our topic, Island Trees School District v. Pico, but
this
website informed us of other schools attempting to ban books and not minding
whether they’re violating the First Amendment or not. The community began
to
wonder if schools teach about the Constitution simply by violating
it.

http://www.banned-books.com/bblist.html

           

This website made us aware of which authors and books

have been banned at many schools. There were authors such as Mark Twain,
Judy
Blume, and J.K. Rowling. Their names coming up were a major shock on our
part.

http://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/books/goaskalice.asp
           
This website presented us information of how the book, Go Ask Alice, was
banned through 2001- 2009, for drug use, explicit language, and a few family
members were
actually offended by the book.

Mullally, By
Claire. "Firstamendmentcenter.org: Libraries & First Amendment in Speech -
Topic." Firstamendmentcenter.org: Welcome to the First AmendmentCenter
Online. Web. 29 Dec. 2010.
<http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/speech/libraries/topic.aspx?
topic=banned_books>.

This website has historical dates of banning books throughout

history.

"Censorship |
Define Censorship at Dictionary.com." Dictionary.com | Find the Meanings
and
Definitions of Words at Dictionary.com. Web. 19 Oct. 2010.
< http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/censorship>.

This website gave us the meaning of the word censorship, which was one of
the main arguments
used in this case. 

"Court Cases."
ALA| Home -
American Library Association. Web. 19 Oct. 2010.
<
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/firstamendment/courtcases/courtcas
es.cfm>.

This website helped us by describing the different court cases that were
similar to
this particular one.
Creating, By.
"Historic Supreme Court Cases." Learn Social Studies and American History.
Web.
28 Dec. 2010.< http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/CourtCases.htm>.

This website further explains other Supreme Court cases that violated the
First
amendment as well.

Journals Secondary

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319U.S.624

(1943)

This Journal explains a case similar to Island Trees

School District v. Pico. It was the West Virgina State Board of Education v.
Barnette. The school board also wanted to take books away from one of their
school libraries.

Gail Paulus Sorenson,”

Removal of Books from School Libraries 1972 – 1982: Board
of Education v. Pico and its Antecedents,” Journal
of Law of Education 12 (July 1983), 417 – 41

This journal explains the case of Island Trees School

District v. Pico and other cases pertaining to this
one.

Larry L. Kraus, “What

Island Trees v. Pico Means to Schools, the Clearing House 57 (April 1984),
343-5
This journal explains how and why the Island Trees School
District is ruining the community, and what the
community itself could do to stand up for
themselves.

Clark, Elyse. "A Slow,

Subtle Exercise in Censorship." A Slow, Subtle Exercise in Censorship
7.32 (1986). Print.

This journal explains many institutes still use censorship. It explains what
censorship is and what
institutions used it in 1986.

Magazine Secondary
"The Growing Battle of the Books."
Time 19 Jan. 1981. Time Magazine. Web. 23 Mar. 2011.

This magazine article is about the Constitution stating

schools do not have the rights to ban books yet the rate of banned books in
Americastill increases each
year.

Tinker v. Des Moines." 1969. 1969.

Web. 28 Mar. 2011.

This magazine explains a case in 1969 that involves

banning books. We used this in our website to compare our case to their
case.

Books Primary
Hughes, Langston. The
Best Short Stories by Negro Writers. Boston,
Little, Brown, 1967. Print.

The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers by Langston

Hughes we also got from a teacher who got this book from Canyon
SpringsHigh School. As we flipped through the book we noticed a story,
Thank you Ma'm. We then realized we read this story
when we were in seventh grade in our Interactive Reader.

La, Farge Oliver.

Laughing Boy,[Boston]: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. Print.

Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge , The book was banned by Island Trees
School
District. We also tried to find page quotes to put in our website.

Anonymous. 1971. Web.

Go Ask Alice by anonymous was another book banned by the Island Trees
School District. A teacher lent us this book and Lauren and Lily
were the only ones out of the group that read the
book.

Wright, Richard. Richard Wright's Black Boy.

New York:
Chelsea House, 1945. Print.

Black Boy by Richard Wright was one of the books banned by the Island
Trees School District. A teacher at our school let us borrow this book. We
found different page quotes we could use for our website.
The Fixer. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.
Print.

The Fixer by Malamud Bernard is one of the books that the

Island Trees School District banned. One of our teachers was able to find
this book and gave it to us. We look through the book looking for different
quotes we can use for the website.

Wright, Richard.
Richard Wright's Black Boy. New
York: Chelsea House, 1945. Print.

Black Boy by Richard Wright is one of the books banned inIsland Trees
School District v. Pico.
We were lucky that one of our teachers had this book to lend to us.
Dunklee,
Dennis R., and Robert J. Shoop. "Amazon.com: The Principal's Quick-
Reference
Guide to School Law: Reducing Liability, Litigation, and Other Potential Legal
Tangles (9781412925945): Dennis R. Dunklee, Dr. Robert J. Shoop: Books."
Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books,
and DVDs
& More. 2006. Web. 28 Dec. 2010.
< http://www.amazon.com/Principals-Quick-Reference-Guide-School-
Law/dp/1412925940>.

 This book we used pages 273-274. This book had quotes from reasons why
the Island
Trees school district banned the books. It explained certain things the judges
looked for in their decisions.
Interviews

Stevens, Roberta. "History

Day Interview." 21 Mar. 2011. E-mail.

Roberta Stevens is the president of the American Library Association.

We requested an interview with her about book banning statistics and she did
respond. Through our emails we discovered that we needed to also contact
Barbara
Jones, the Director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom and Deborah
Caldwell-Stone, the Debuty Director.

"Larry Burgess Interview." Personal interview. 29 Mar.

2011.

The whole group including our History Day advisor/

teacher Mrs. Rodriguez drove and met at Smiley Library in Redlands, Ca. We
met in
Larry Burgess's conference room. Larry Burgess is the owner of Smiley
Library,
author, and historian. The interview took thirty five to forty minutes. One
interesting thing we learned from this interview is that children need a
permission slip to check out books from the teen or adult
section.

"Debrah Cadwell- Stone Interview." Telephone interview.

27 Mar. 2011.

Our whole group met with our two advisors/teachers at

the District Office in Moreno Valley, Ca. We went inside a conference
room and at twelve o'clock we called Debrah Caldwell-Stone the director of
the
American Library Associaton, We feel this was our most important interview
because we learned many new things; new cases that involve with book
banning,
what the American Library Association does, and what censorship means in
another
point of view. She is a very inspirational women and we were glad to have a
chance to interview her.

Boyer, Paul. "History Day

Interview." 21 Mar. 2011. E-mail.

Paul Boyer is an author who wrote the book Purity and

Printed which is about censorship throughout history. We emailed him
requesting
an interview; however he said he could not grant an interview at this time due
to "weight of commitments and travels." However, we hope to conduct this
interview before Nationals.

History Day Interview." Message to John Ockerbloom. 27 Mar. 2011.

E-mail.

John Ockerbloom is an author. We emailed him requesting an interview.

He said he could not interview due to being away for business, however if we
make nationals we would like to conduct an interview with
him.
Newspaper Primary

The New York Times - Breaking News, World News &

Multimedia. 27 June 1982. Web. 27 Mar. 2011.
<http://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/27/weekinreview/the-island-trees-
case-turns-another-legal-corner.html>.

This newspaper explained what books the Island Trees

School District banned and it has
interviews with Richard Ahrens and Edna Yarris whose child was one of the
kid who filed a lawsuit on the Island Trees School District. However, the
interviews were currently unavailable.

http://www.cheverote.com/texts/righttoread.html     
Reprinted from the New York
Times, Sept. 14, 1976.
This newspaper article informed us of how an actual author felt of his book
being banned from
school’s libraries. It’s a shame that many people won’t have the liberty to read
these books, just because they feel the theme or moral of the story is
injustice. “So let the truth be written by those who have lived it, to be read by
those who didn't.”

THE ISLAND TREES CASE

TURNS ANOTHER LEGAL CORNER." The New York Times - Breaking
News, World News
& Multimedia. 27 June 1982. Web. 27 Mar. 2011.
<http://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/27/weekinreview/the-island-trees-
case-turns-another-legal-corner.html>.

This newspaper explained what books the Island Trees School District
banned and it has
interviews with Richard Ahrens and Edna Yarris whose child was one of the
kids
who filed a lawsuit on the IslandTrees School  District. However,
the interviews were currently unavailable.
Music Secondary

 Way, By
The. "YouTube - Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It (instrumental
Finger
picking)." YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. 8 Sept. 2008. Web. 07 Dec. 2010.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u2i4nmZAOg>.

This website provided us the music we needed for our website. The reason
why we out this song on the website is the name itself says it all. “Were not
gonna take it. No we ain’t gunna take it. Were not gunna take it anymore.” The

lyrics reminds us how the students felt, and how they weren’t just going to
stand around doing nothing while their school district 
just took away books from their school library.