Research topic: Stono Slave Rebellion [1739]
Research topic: Stono Slave Rebellion [1739] Instructions Purpose: While information abounds in the 21st century, finding reliable resources has become exceedingly more difficult. However, never fear, an annotated bibliography is here to help! This assignment will assist you with your research for your upcoming Research Paper. Please take this assignment very seriously. At its successful completion, you should be ready to dig right in and start work on your upcoming research paper. Directions: Using the topic you have selected from one of the three provided in the Research Topic′s list in this Canvas Module, you will now choose FOUR scholarly sources on your assigned topic that you intend to use in your upcoming Research Paper. Please note if you do not select a topic from the Canvas List of Research Topics you will receive a zero for this assignment. (For more information on scholarly sources and where to find them please refer to the first few pages of this module.) For each of your FOUR sources, you will need to create a citation, which will be followed by a brief desсrіptive and evaluative paragraph- the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited. Format of the Annotated Bibliography: For each of your FOUR sources you will need the following: Full Citation of the source. All citations must be written in standard MLA style. After the Work Cited entry, start a TWO paragraph annotation containing a summary and evaluation of the source. Each paragraph should be at least 5 full sentences in length. Your first paragraph should provide a brief summary of your source. Basically, you should hit the highlights and tell me what your source is about. Your second fully developed paragraph should tell me why you feel your source is scholarly. For example, is the author a professional in the field (in this case a PhD′d historian, or is your source published by a university press? *** Remember EACH source should have TWO paragraphs. At the completion of your assignment, you should, therefore, have EIGHT paragraphs total. *** Example Paper: To further assist you with this assignment please click here for an EXAMPLE of a completed Annotated Bibliography. Preview the document Assignment Goal: The goal of this assignment is not only to find scholarly sources but to help you think about what makes a good scholarly source. With this in mind please be sure to fully comply with the assignment directions below. If you simply provide me with a citation and no annotations you have undermined the intentions of this assignment. Therefore, for every citation, you must include the required to annotative paragraphs. For every citation that does not include annotations, 25 points will be deducted from your grade. For instance, if you provide two citations that lack the required two paragraphs you will be deducted 50 points. If you provide four citations and no annotations you will receive a zero for the assignment. Note on Plagiarism: Plagiarism is the stealing of intellectual property and is therefore illegal. If you knowingly copy information from another person’s literary work and do not give credit you will receive a zero on the assignment in question. Note on File Type: Please submit all uploaded assignments as Microsoft Word Files (.doc or .docx) or as PDFs (.pdf.) Because I do not have a Mac I am unable to open documents in Pages (.pages) and you will receive a zero for this assignment. FINE PRINT: I will only accept and grade one submission of this assignment. If you submit more than one submission I will only grade your first submission. I do not accept late or emailed submissions of this assignment. If you plagiarize any portion of this assignment you will receive a zero. If your MLA citation is incomplete you will receive a zero for that source. [Exception: In some cases, if a source does not provide an author name, you are required to leave the author′s name out of your citation. This will be fine.] All other missing material, such as missing Journal Titles, Article Names, Etc will cause your citation to be considered incomplete. Additionally, simply provide a URL will also result in a zero. You will receive a deduction of 25 points for any citation that does not include the above mentioned required annotations. This means if you simply provide a list of citations without any additional paragraphs you will receive a zero for this assignment. Your assignment will be evaluated using the Assignment Rubric posted below. Rubric Annotated Bibliography 2020 Annotated Bibliography 2020 Criteria Ratings Pts This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Student fully addresses the assignment. 20.0 pts Perfect Your paper fully addresses all portions of the assignment. 13.0 pts Paragraphs Too Short Your Paragraphs are too short too fully address this assignment. 7.0 pts Only one paragraph provided Your paper only provides one paragraph per citation and does not fully address all portions of the assignment. 20.0 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Source one is scholarly. 15.0 pts Full Marks Your first source is scholarly. 0.0 pts No Marks Your first source is not scholarly. I would encourage you to review the Canvas Research Module, in particular, paying close attention to the types of sources to avoid. Please see the attached screenshots below (all taken from the Canvas Research Module) for additional information on what scholarly sources are, how to find them, and types of sources to avoid. 15.0 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Source two is scholarly. 15.0 pts Full Marks Your second source is scholarly. 0.0 pts No Marks Your second source is not scholarly. I would encourage you to review the Canvas Research Module, in particular, paying close attention to the types of sources to avoid. Please see the attached screenshots below (all taken from the Canvas Research Module) for additional information on what scholarly sources are, how to find them, and types of sources to avoid. 15.0 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Source three is scholarly. 15.0 pts Full Marks Your third source is scholarly. 0.0 pts No Marks Your third source is not scholarly. I would encourage you to review the Canvas Research Module, in particular, paying close attention to the types of sources to avoid. Please see the attached screenshots below (all taken from the Canvas Research Module) for additional information on what scholarly sources are, how to find them, and types of sources to avoid. 15.0 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Source four is scholarly. 15.0 pts Full Marks Your fourth source is scholarly. 0.0 pts No Marks Your fourth source is not scholarly. I would encourage you to review the Canvas Research Module, in particular, paying close attention to the types of sources to avoid. Please see the attached screenshots below (all taken from the Canvas Research Module) for additional information on what scholarly sources are, how to find them, and types of sources to avoid. 15.0 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Your MLA citations are complete. 10.0 pts Perfect! Your citations are complete MLA work-cited citations and include the author, title (in some cases article title and journal title), place of publication, publisher, and publication date. (Please note that you made need additional information depending on what type of source you are using. 7.5 pts Information Missing Your citations are missing at least one key piece of your citation. Please see the attached screenshots for more information regarding proper MLA citation formating. 4.0 pts Information missing Your citations are missing multiple pieces of information. Please see the attached screenshots for more information regarding proper MLA citation formating. 0.0 pts No Marks Your citations are not in MLA format. Please see the attached screenshots for more information regarding proper MLA citation formating. 10.0 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Your MLA citations are in proper MLA format. 10.0 pts Perfect! Your citations are in proper MLA format and include the following where applicable: 1) Hanging Indent 2) Italicized Book or Journal Title 3) Article title in quotes 4) No portion of your citation is in all caps 7.5 pts Your citation lacks a hanging indent. Your citation is not in proper MLA format and lacks a hanging indent. Please see the attached screenshots for more information regarding hanging indents. 5.0 pts Your citation has some minor formatting concerns. Your citations have minor formatting problems including one of the following: 1) Your Journal or Book titles are not italicized. 2) Your article title is not in quotes (and or is improperly italicized) Please see the attached screenshots for more information regarding proper MLA citation formating. 2.5 pts Your citation has some major formatting concerns. Your citations have major formatting problems including the following: 1) Portions of your citation are in all caps. Please see the attached screenshots for more information regarding proper MLA citation formating. 0.0 pts No Marks Your citation has major formatting issues and is not in MLA format. Please see the attached screenshots for more information regarding proper MLA citation formating. 10.0 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Correctly Following Directions Your paper has fully followed the assignment directions and has provided me with a properly written Annotated Bibliography. 0.0 pts – 0 points Your paper has fully followed the assignment directions and has provided me with a properly written Annotated Bibliography including two paragraphs for each citation. 0.0 pts – 100 points Your paper has simply provided me with a list of citations without any annotative paragraphs. 0.0 pts – 25 points Your paper has partially followed the assignment directions and has provided me with a properly written Annotated Bibliography – including two paragraphs for three of your citations – or simply including only three sources with the correct number of annotated paragraphs. 0.0 pts – 50 points Your paper has partially followed the assignment directions and has provided me with a properly written Annotated Bibliography – including two paragraphs for two of your citations – or simply including only two sources with the correct number of annotated paragraphs. 0.0 pts – 75 points Your paper has partially followed the assignment directions and has provided me with a properly written Annotated Bibliography – including two paragraphs for one of your citations – or simply including only one source with the correct number of annotated paragraphs. 0.0 pts Total Points: 100.0 Library Sources to Avoid As I mentioned on the previous page, while the HCC library databases are wonderful, not everything in them is scholarly. Below is a list of material types you should AVOID AT ALL COSTS!: ALL Encyclopedias & Dictionaries ALL Other Short answer and Reference Books (Think World Leaders, American Biographies, Scientific Moments. When in doubt ask your Professor) Newspapers (think New York Times, CNN, World Today, etc.) Popular Magazines (think ESPN, Cosmopolitan, Sports Today, Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, etc. ) Films (think anything that is not in print… even a documentary!) Primary Sources (think anything written in the first person using ″I″) *** for more information on scholarly sources please see the following page*** Autobiographies Pamphlets Documentary Films JSTOR Daily News Articles Remember if you do not see a Work Cited or Reference Page walk away from the article! Web Resources to Avoid Google is a wonderful place full of a plethora of articles, however, determining the credibility of those articles can be tricky. A good rule of thumb is to avoid the following web pages and types of web pages: Wikipedia (This page can be edited by anyone and all information should be considered false until proven otherwise.) history.com (This page is created by television producers and not professional historians. It is not a reliable resource.) biography.com (This page is created by television producers and not professional historians. It is not a reliable source.) any URL ending in .com (While there are some good .com pages it is very difficult to determine the reliability of these types of pages and they should best be avoided) any URL ending in .org (Again while there are some good .org cites it is also very difficult to determine the reliability of these types of pages and they should be avoided at all costs.) any URL ending in .gov (While government web resources are useful they have not been peer-reviewed and are therefore not scholarly. Remember this includes anything produced by the National Park Service.) Remember if you do not see a Work Cited or Reference page walk away from the web page in question! Other Sources to Avoid Your Textbook (although accurate this source has not been peer-reviewed.) Any other Textbook