MAKING NON-FICTION MAKE SENSE GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

NON-FICTION MAIN IDEA REASONS/SUB-POINTS EVIDENCE

EXAMPLE FROM THE LAST LECTURE, “GETTING TO ZERO G”: Have a specific dream Experience weightlessness in “the vomit comet” Have a plan Test a theory with his students Could VR “dry-runs” help the nausea Plan B—be flexible in your approach “What can you bring to the table?” Make yourself valuable Journalism

BURY MY HEART… SECTION ONE: DEE BROWN’S BACKGROUND Cracking the “winning the West” myth Loved Old Western movies…tradition “Those aren’t real Indians” Background Librarian Dozen books: histories, novels, Civil War stories Interest in finding the truth…sifting out the reality from the myth

BURY MY HEART… SECTION TWO: BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE Success story Five million copies More than a dozen languages “More of an event than a book” Challenged traditional views of The West Called to the American conscience of the gov’s treatment of Native American tribes Changed the way we thought

BURY MY HEART… SECTION THREE: POSITIVE REVIEWS Received overwhelming positive reviews “Impossible to read and impossible to put down”—N. Scott Momaday Made people think and question themselves and their nation “[S]addened me and shamed me […]made me realize once and for all that we really don’t know who we are, or where we came from, or what we have done, or why.”— Geoffrey Wolf

BURY MY HEART… SECTION FOUR: SOME NEGATIVE REVIEWS Some dismissed it “revisionism” Fad Created to make “us” feel guilty Some Native Americans were jealous “Every Indian will wish he had written it. I wish I had.” —Vine Deloria

BURY MY HEART… SECTION FIVE: LEGAGY Outlasted the critics 30 th printing Changed history Did more than tell it, it affected the way we think Affected policy and attitudes Was Actually Revisionist The revision was overdue and necessary

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS DIFFERENT TYPES MAIN IDEA HIGHLIGHT MAIN POINTS SHOW MOST IMPORTANT EVIDENCE SEQUENCE TELL A STORY MAY ALSO SHOW CAUSE AND EFFECT STRUCTURE BREAK DOWN INTO CHUNKS SHOW THE LENGTH OR IMPORTANCE OF EACH SECTION WILL LIKELY HAVE MUCH IN COMMON WITH MAIN IDEA ORGANIZERS

GRAPHIC ORGANIZER: MAIN IDEA Bury My Heart Success story Five million copies More than a dozen languages “More of an event than a book” Challenged traditional views of The West Called to the American conscience of the gov’s treatment of Native American tribes Changed the way we thought BACKGROUND Cracking the “winning the West” myth Loved Old Western movies…tradition “Those aren’t real Indians” Background Librarian Dozen books: histories, novels, Civil War stories Interest in finding the truth… sifting out the reality from the myth POSITIVE REVIEWS Received overwhelming positive reviews “Impossible to read and impossible to put down”—N. Scott Momaday Made people think and question themselves and their nation “[S]addened me and shamed me ” —Geoffrey Wolf LEGACY Outlasted the critics -30 th printing Changed history -Did more than tell -Affected the way we think Affected policy and attitudes Was Revisionist The revision was overdue and necessary NEGATIVE REVIEWS Dismissed it -“Revisionism” - Fad Created to make “us” feel guilty Some Native Americans were jealous “Every Indian will wish he had written it. I wish I had.” —Vine Deloria

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS:ASSIGNMENT READ CHAPTER 1AND TAKE NOTES WORK WITH A PARTNER TO ORGANIZE THE INFORMATION REFER TO EXAMPLES ON THE BOARD FEEL FREE TO MAKE UP YOUR OWN GRAPHIC ORGANIZER COMPARE YOUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TO A GROUP OF SIX (THREE PARTNERSHIPS) DISCUSS AS A CLASS