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Proposed Edits on “And Tango Makes Three”


 * First I plan to streamline this article. I am going to do an overhaul on the sentence structure and syntax of each paragraph to make it flow better. The word choice is often either lengthy and complicated or it is incredibly repetitive. I plan to make the overall article more cohesive while also improving its legibility.
 * Then, I am going to edit the “Proposed Value” section of the article. It is a short section that features positive feedback from scholarly sources. I plan to delete that title and instead turn it into an “Analysis” section. Wikipedia notes that this section is very important in establishing the “impact of the book’s ideas”. Here I will keep what has already been written and add more about how scholars view the book. Then I will add an entire section dedicated to how teachers have found use for this book in the classroom, a crucial part of the books reception and impact.
 * After, I plan to streamline the “Response” section. There are far too many examples of instances where this book has been challenged or banned. I am going to narrow it to three examples for each subsection and each example will only be a few sentences.
 * I want to strengthen the “Themes" section as well, as it provides more context for why the book may be considered important to teach.

Bibliography

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Isajlovic-Terry, Natasha, and Lynne (E F) McKechnie. "An Exploratory Study of Children's Views of Censorship." Children & Libraries 10.1 (2012): 38-43. Education Database. Web.

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Möller, Karla,J. "Heather is 25! so, what Literature Featuring Gays and Lesbians is Available for Primary Grades Today?" Journal of Children's Literature 40.1 (2014): 62. Web.

Phillips, Donna Kalmbach, and Mindy Legard Larson. "Preservice Teachers Respond to and Tango Makes Three: Deconstructing Disciplinary Power and the Heteronormative in Teacher Education." Gender and Education 24.2 (2012): 159. Education Database. Web.

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Wiki Article Evaluation: "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"

The information in the article is all relevant to the topic.

All of specific cases of the book being challenged come from the same few source which does not give very much information. Gives a very narrow scope.

The article is biased and clearly attempts to defend the novel; not objective. The reviews the author cites are all positive and paint the book in a good light.

The article gives excessive context by explaining the historical trauma that the Spokane Indians faced, this seems unnecessary as it does not directly talk about the novel. Providing a link to another page about the Spokane Indians would have been more effective.

The article is rated at a C-Scale, meaning that it has solid information but it is incomplete and needs to be edited to remove information that is not relevant and to add information that is more reliable and pertinent.

It is part of 3 WikiProjects: Novels, Children's Literature, and Indigenous Peoples of North America.

This article has been the product of 3 educational assignments, meaning students edited it.

There have been a lot of edits surrounding the idea of censorship and controversy in the Talk section.