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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:13:07 -0500
Thank you, Marc, for bringing up point of view in non-fiction. I think this is an extremely interesting and important dimension when thinking about critical thinking (which is a fundamental dimension of Common Core,).
You mentioned Paul FLeischman's "Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines" (Candlewick, September) and Steve Sheinkin.
"Eyes Wide Open" and Sheinkin's "Port Chicago 50: DIsaster, Mutiny and the Fight for Civil Rights" (Roaring Brook Press) are both texts that, if I were a teacher in middle or high school, I'd be eager to use in the classroom to talk about both research and point of view. Indeed, Fleischman's book is ABOUT critical thinking.The environmental movement is the subject but also the means by which he talks about how we as humans respond to issues and information. Where do we get our information and how do we know it's reliable? (To paraphrase one of my favorite quotable moments in the book: Get your gas from Exxon, don't get your news from them.) What happens when we don't like what we're hearing or reading? What happens when we are presented with information
that challenges what we believe or think we know? How do we respond as individuals, and as the human race?
Sheinkin's book is completely grounded in a social justice perspective--that is the position from which he explores what happened when the Port Chicago men refused to load munitions after a deadly explosion. It doesn't change the facts, but for me it invigorates the narrativee in which the facts are presented, and encouraging readers to think about the impact of this is an exciting prospect to me.
I'm looking forward to talking about this (and voice and lots of other good stuff!) when we discuss Tonya Bolden's "Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty" (Abrams, 2013) the week of June 23.
Megan
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:13:07 -0500
Thank you, Marc, for bringing up point of view in non-fiction. I think this is an extremely interesting and important dimension when thinking about critical thinking (which is a fundamental dimension of Common Core,).
You mentioned Paul FLeischman's "Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines" (Candlewick, September) and Steve Sheinkin.
"Eyes Wide Open" and Sheinkin's "Port Chicago 50: DIsaster, Mutiny and the Fight for Civil Rights" (Roaring Brook Press) are both texts that, if I were a teacher in middle or high school, I'd be eager to use in the classroom to talk about both research and point of view. Indeed, Fleischman's book is ABOUT critical thinking.The environmental movement is the subject but also the means by which he talks about how we as humans respond to issues and information. Where do we get our information and how do we know it's reliable? (To paraphrase one of my favorite quotable moments in the book: Get your gas from Exxon, don't get your news from them.) What happens when we don't like what we're hearing or reading? What happens when we are presented with information
that challenges what we believe or think we know? How do we respond as individuals, and as the human race?
Sheinkin's book is completely grounded in a social justice perspective--that is the position from which he explores what happened when the Port Chicago men refused to load munitions after a deadly explosion. It doesn't change the facts, but for me it invigorates the narrativee in which the facts are presented, and encouraging readers to think about the impact of this is an exciting prospect to me.
I'm looking forward to talking about this (and voice and lots of other good stuff!) when we discuss Tonya Bolden's "Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty" (Abrams, 2013) the week of June 23.
Megan
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