{"id":19457,"date":"2022-03-01T17:02:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T17:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/2022version\/?p=19457"},"modified":"2024-09-13T15:51:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T15:51:24","slug":"copy-8-copy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/?p=19457","title":{"rendered":"Skills Lesson: Bias"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs\" data-active-tab=\"0\"><ul class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-links\"><\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Lesson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Materials \u2013 Available for Download in the Downloads Tab:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A copy of the Skills Lesson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When people write or create images or even pass laws, they usually bring their own set of beliefs and attitudes to what they make. They have a <strong>bias <\/strong>that affects the final product. It\u2019s important to be able to figure out what that bias is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes, the bias is stated clearly. The writer in the example below does not try to hide the bias of the newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/GR_3083\/page\/nundefined\/mode\/1up\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_3083_0000-1024x401.jpg\" alt=\"Banner announcement in printed text. Reads: \u201cOklahoma War-Chief. The Oklahoma War-Chief will resume publication, as a breezy newspaper, Saturday, April 26th, 1884. The new management makes no promises further than the that the CHIEF will be the authorized Organ of the Oklahoma Colony interests, and will favor the opening of the entire Indian Territory to settlement. Independent, (not neutral), it will be the mouth-piece of any political or other organization; but Standard Oil Companies, Cattle Rings, Barbed-wire-fence folks and other robber monopolies will receive attention \u201cshort, sharp an decisive.\u201d It will aim to give NEWS from all the world\u2014but especially from Oklahoma\u2014news commercial, social and political. Terms--$1.50 a year, invariably in advance. Advertising rates reasonable. Address W. F. Gordon, (For the present) Arkansas City, Kansas.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-19461\" style=\"width:787px;height:308px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_3083_0000-1024x401.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_3083_0000-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_3083_0000-600x235.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_3083_0000-768x301.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_3083_0000.jpg 1232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/GR_3083\/page\/nundefined\/mode\/1up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oklahoma War Chief  [Announcement of resumption of the publication of a newspaper] (April 26, 1884)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other cases, you have to figure out what the bias is by looking at the material and thinking critically about it. The person who created these illustrations for the book <em>Conquering the Wilderness<\/em>, by Colonel Frank Triplett, made the bias of the book very obvious\u2014showing the European Americans marching steadily into the brightness of a new day and labeling it \u201cdestiny,\u201d and showing American Indians watching the march and labeling it \u201cthe struggle against destiny.\u201d This form of bias is often called propaganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/GR_4195\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0007-e1646155108631-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"Print of a hand-drawn image. A wagon train of pioneer wagons move westward across a plain. In the background is a mountain range with the sun rising over it. In the upper left is a small circular image of white explorers standing on the edge of a cliff and pointing to a river valley below. In the lower right is a circular image of men two men on a road by a tent. In the background is a body of water with a boat. The image\u2019s title \u201cThe March of Destiny\u201d hangs across the top of the main image on a banner.\" class=\"wp-image-19459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0007-e1646155108631-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0007-e1646155108631-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0007-e1646155108631-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0007-e1646155108631-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0007-e1646155108631-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0007-e1646155108631.jpg 1541w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/GR_4195\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;The March of Destiny,&#8221; in <em>Conquering the Wilderness<\/em> by Frank Triplett (1883) <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/GR_4195\/page\/22\/mode\/2up\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0053-e1646155167856-1024x594.jpg\" alt=\"Hand-drawn image of seven or so Native men in horses. They wear feathered headdresses and carry spears. They appear to be looking at something in the distance. They are on the edge of a hill in a mountainous area.\" class=\"wp-image-19460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0053-e1646155167856-1024x594.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0053-e1646155167856-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0053-e1646155167856-600x348.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0053-e1646155167856-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0053-e1646155167856-1536x891.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0053-e1646155167856.jpg 1540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/GR_4195\/page\/22\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;The Struggle Against Destiny,&#8221; in <em>Conquering the Wilderness<\/em> by Frank Triplett (1883) <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other sources, a bias can be more difficult to spot. You may even have to look outside the material and learn the identity and background of the creator. The person who wrote the next example was D. L. Payne, leader of the \u201cBoomer\u201d movement, which was determined to get the government to break their treaties with Native American tribes and open all of \u201cIndian Territory\u201d to white settlement. He had a strong pro-settlement bias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/GR_3226\/mode\/2up\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_3226_0000_crop.jpg\" alt=\"Paragraph of printed text. Reads, \u201cI will assert, without fear of contradiction, that there never was a tribe or an Indian that owned or had a title, (in fee simple) to one acre of land west of 96. The only claim the Indians ever did possess was that of a \u2018hunting permit,\u2019 or as termed in the treaty of 1828, an outlet as far as thee then possessions of the United States went, or to Mexico. Through the stupidity, or oversight, of the Interior Department, the United States government treated for certain lands claimed by the Chickasaws, Choctaws, Seminoles and Creek Indians in March, 1866. The Interior Department treated for the lands with a view to locate other Indians and freedmen thereon, as stated in the treaties; but in after years (1876-1878) Congress passed laws virtually prohibiting its use for that purpose.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-19468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_3226_0000_crop.jpg 739w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_3226_0000_crop-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_3226_0000_crop-600x190.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/GR_3226\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Excerpt from &#8220;To Our Oklahoma Colonists,&#8221; Southwest Colonization Association (1882)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, a bias is not necessarily a bad thing. Lewis Hine took photographs for the National Child Labor Committee. The bias of his photographs was simply that children should not be required to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/collection\/nclc\/item\/2018674998\/resource\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/service-pnp-nclc-01500-01581v.jpg\" alt=\"Sepia tone image of young boys working in a textile mill. They are barefoot and climbing on yarn winding machines.\" class=\"wp-image-19551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/service-pnp-nclc-01500-01581v.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/service-pnp-nclc-01500-01581v-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/service-pnp-nclc-01500-01581v-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/service-pnp-nclc-01500-01581v-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/collection\/nclc\/item\/2018674998\/resource\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louis Hine, &#8220;Bobb Mill No. 1,&#8221; Library of Congress (1909)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Downloads<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Download the following materials below: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A copy of the Skills Lesson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SkillsMiniLesson_Bias_Download.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Download a copy of the Skills Lesson: Bias here..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d991d3f7-ee89-471d-b416-94d078cc7554\" href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SkillsMiniLesson_Bias_Download.pdf\">Download a copy of the Skills Lesson: Bias here.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/SkillsMiniLesson_Bias_Download.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d991d3f7-ee89-471d-b416-94d078cc7554\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[124,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cm","category-skillslesson"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GR_4195_0007-e1646155108631.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19457"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22859,"href":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19457\/revisions\/22859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}