It was a take-home sheet headed “How Does a Historian Work?” and it was meant to prepare students for a test on Thursday. One mother proceeded to quiz her child on its list of vocabulary words. The first six were evidence, source, primary source, secondary source, reliable source, and point of view.
“Then came No. 7,” the mother, who asked not to be named, later told The Daily Beast.
The seventh word was bias and the mother was shocked by what accompanied it.
The media is often biased and will add words that persuade you to think one way or another. Read these two statements made by reporters after the 2020 election.
President Trump made claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
President Trump made false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
The first sentence is just giving you information, while the second leads you to believe he is wrong before you have all the facts.
Never mind that the whole world has all the facts and what the second statement leads you to believe is the truth. And, in failing to acknowledge that former President Donald Trump’s claims have been proved false, the first statement might lead you to imagine that his claims might have merit.
“It’s actually the most biased example of bias I’ve seen,” the mother later said. “It seems pretty out of place for a sixth-grade class.”
She was sure there might have been any number of other examples that would not have brought politics into the classroom. She showed the study sheet to her husband.
“He read it and went, ‘What is going on?’” she recalled.
They showed it to a neighbor who is a lawyer. He had much the same reaction.
“We’re laughing, but it’s not funny,” the mother said.
Her sixth grader responded as a sixth grader might, not understanding the danger of the Big Lie.
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“Then came No. 7,” the mother, who asked not to be named, later told The Daily Beast.
The seventh word was bias and the mother was shocked by what accompanied it.
The media is often biased and will add words that persuade you to think one way or another. Read these two statements made by reporters after the 2020 election.
President Trump made claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
President Trump made false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
The first sentence is just giving you information, while the second leads you to believe he is wrong before you have all the facts.
Never mind that the whole world has all the facts and what the second statement leads you to believe is the truth. And, in failing to acknowledge that former President Donald Trump’s claims have been proved false, the first statement might lead you to imagine that his claims might have merit.
“It’s actually the most biased example of bias I’ve seen,” the mother later said. “It seems pretty out of place for a sixth-grade class.”
She was sure there might have been any number of other examples that would not have brought politics into the classroom. She showed the study sheet to her husband.
“He read it and went, ‘What is going on?’” she recalled.
They showed it to a neighbor who is a lawyer. He had much the same reaction.
“We’re laughing, but it’s not funny,” the mother said.
Her sixth grader responded as a sixth grader might, not understanding the danger of the Big Lie.
How the Big Lie Ended Up in a Sixth-Grade Classroom in Florida
A study sheet used the media’s coverage of the Big Lie as an example of bias—in a state whose governor has avoided taking a clear position on whether the 2020 election was stolen.
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