From: Debbie Reese <debreese_at_illinois.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 05:57:40 -0500

Chiming in to the discussion to note that not all nonfiction is "fact" or "truth" ---- authors

have points of view and bias and use of biased sources does appear. I'm thinking of books about American Indians, First Nations, Aboriginals...

What sorts of differences, for example, might Marc's students find if they compared info in a nonfiction picture book about a specific tribe to the info available on that tribe's website? Lisa Mitten's page. http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/nations.html

And, given that people do use the Internet for info, I'll point to a page that provides info on how to evaluate an Internet page about American Indians.

Debbie

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