7 LA non-fiction
Resources for Understanding Bias in Reading Non-Fiction
Resources for Understanding Bias in Reading Non-Fiction
When reading non-fiction, it is important to understand an author's bias. Authors INTENTIONALLY create bias to support the message they are trying to create. Intentional bias is created by:
Some images that demonstrate BIAS
- Leaving information/facts out
- What a Facebook Post Did Not Say - Youtube Video of a Newscast
- Viral Video Doesn't Tell the Whole Story - NY Post Article and Video
- Adding certain images or statistics
- Word choice/tone
- Headlines, captions, subheadings, organization of an article
- Google Slide Show with many images. Can you create BIASED headlines for these images.
- Placement
Sometimes authors use UNINTENTIONAL BIAS. They don't mean to, but their underlying beliefs, culture or experiences create bias.
- Experience Bias - eg. 6 Blind Men and an Elephant Parable
- Stereotypes - Youtube Stereotypes by State - funny!
- Culture -
- Would a Red Sox fan and a Yankees fan see a game in the same way?
- Do generations see things differently - JFK as a President article
- NY Times article about how the South views the Civil War
Different Articles on PT Barnum
Different Articles on PT Barnum
- P.T.Barnum's Obituary
- CTHistory.org: P.T. Barnum - An Entertaining Life
- Parade: Under The Big Top - Showcasing the Spectacular Legacy of P.T. Barnum
- CUNY.EDU: Actual Letter from P.T. Barnum trying to a new "human curiosity."
- CT Post: P.T. Barnum: Master of Advertising and Promotion
- History Matters: The Greatest Showman - The Last Great Con of P.T. Barnum
- The Guardian: Hugh Jackman's New Film Celebrates P. T. Barnum, but Let's Not Airbrush History
- Daily Mail: Why does the new Greatest Showman film about P.T. Barnum who built a fortune on freaks and fraud gloss over his outrageous cruelty and racism?
- The Globe and Mail: Review: Awful Barnum musical The Greatest Showman proves there’s a sucker born every minute
- Smithsonian: P.T. Barnum Isn’t the Hero the “Greatest Showman” Wants You to Think
- MSN.com: Dark side of PT Barnum more shocking than any of his 'freaks': Truths The Greatest Showman conveniently ignores
Excellent example of how a good author builds an argument
Resources for argumentative writing
Resources for argumentative writing
Magazine Articles
Magazine Articles
Books
Books
Class Sets of each Magazine
Class Sets of each Magazine
- Also - All issues of Teen Ink Magazine (in the library) - Points of View Section - letters and essays in argumentative form written by students
Perspectives Flip Book Series
Books that highlight different perspectives on an issue -
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Topic Ideas
Topic Ideas
Middle School Public Debate Program. Contains a long list of possible topics to think about.
Middle School Public Debate Program. Contains a long list of possible topics to think about.
Other Resources
Other Resources
Also these books written by Parkland students highlight how their school taught them to debate and use evidence to support their arguments.
