Government and U.S. History classes visited a Freedom Walk hosted by the library to raise awareness about freedom of speech during Banned Books Week Tuesday.
“I hope students learn about their rights protected by the First Amendment,” librarian Amanda Trussell said, “and that when they walk into school, they do not lose any of their constitutional rights.”
The Freedom Walk had six stations including a first amendment terms and definitions station, a court decision station, a books as mirrors and books as window station, a banned books station, a station to look up local representatives and a voter registration station.
“Since it’s banned books week, we wanted kids to know that books are also part of freedom of speech, and they have access to knowledge and experiences of other people,” Trussell said.
For senior Daniel Hall, the Freedom Walk showed him the battle between freedom of speech and what is put in the education system. He believes events like these are important to hold.
“It actually gets the kids of America to interact with what they’re going to be doing soon like voting,” Hall said. “Not just voting for representatives but for bands, rules, laws and amendments that they can participate in later on in life.”
