Biographies and autobiographies are my favorite text to read! I was excited when I saw we would be discussing it in class, and although we didn’t really get the chance to, I am excited to be able to write a lesson plan based on it. So much can be learned by every person’s life story!
The children’s literature books we looked at were very surprising. I have seen some of them before in Reading 1 and Diverse Learners, but never ones based on historical figures written in such poor taste. How do these books get published? Is this a form of freedom of press? Why are there not limitations on what can be published? Is there no screening process?
Hi Kelly, I would like to hear more about your experience with writing a sample lesson during class. I am glad you like biographies. I too am fascinated by the lives of others.
Oftentimes, publishers print books and are unaware of their biases. You also have to consider the date of book publication and the context of the time period and what was an acceptable way to represent groups of people. I do believe today there is more awareness to this problem. That does not mean that every new resource published today will be bias free, however, with more people aware of bias they will be able to choose different resources.