Week 3 Assignment
Reflect: Reflect back on the Week 1 discussion in which you shared with the class the global societal issue that you would like to further address. Explore critical insights that were shared by your peers and/or your instructor on the topic chosen and begin your search for scholarly sources with those insights in mind.
Write: For this assignment, review the Annotated Bibliography Formatting Guidelines
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and address the following prompts:
* Introductory paragraph to topic (refer to the Final Paper guidelines for your topic selection).
* Write an introductory paragraph with at least 150 words that clearly explains the topic, the importance of further research, and ethical implications.
* Thesis statement.
* Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which will become the solution to the problem that you will argue or prove in the Week 5 Final Paper. (A thesis statement should be a concise, declarative statement. The thesis statement must appear at the end of the introductory paragraph.)
* Annotated bibliography.
* Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you have read.
* Summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the global societal issue for each annotation.
* Address fully the purpose, content, evidence, and relation to other sources you found on this topic (your annotation should be one to two paragraphs long—150 words or more.
* Include no less than five scholarly sources in the annotated bibliography that will be used to support the major points of the Final Paper.
* Demonstrate critical thinking skills by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the topic.