Topic: Immigration in the US
I will attach prior assignments on the topic to guide you.
Directions:
For the Final Research Project, you must consult at least one scholarly book. For this assignment, you will be asked to select that book and to add an annotation on it to the Collaborative Annotated Bibliography we have been developing as a collective. This annotation will be in addition to the three annotations you have been asked to contribute in each module.
Here are some guidelines for selecting an appropriate book and preparing an annotation on its content:
To find an appropriate book:
Go to the SUNY Empire online library, or a public or university library.
By now, you have completed two short research-based written assignments and with your classmates developed a Collaborative Annotated Bibliography of substantial length. You may find it useful to go back to the bibliographies of those sources to see if they include a book that is of value to your project.
After you have chosen a book, familiarize yourself with the book and its contents. You need only to “skim” the book at this point, in order to get a sense of:
the topics it covers;
the key argument of the author(s); and
some of the sources the author(s) relies on to support the argument.
As you write your book annotation, be sure to:
Introduce the subject, scope, and type of book.
Identify the book by author, title, and publishing information, following the same guidelines for preparing the other annotations you have done.
Specify the type of book (for example, fiction, nonfiction, biography, autobiography).
Describe the book’s theme.
Include background to enable reader(s) to place the book into a specific context. For example, you might want to describe the general problem the book addresses or earlier work the author or others have done.
Briefly summarize the content, discussing some of the issues the book raises.
Provide your initial reactions to the book
Describe the book: Is it interesting, memorable, entertaining, instructive? Why?
Respond to the author’s opinions:
What do you agree with? And why?
What do you disagree with? And why?
Relate the book to larger issues such as your research topic and others within modern U.S. History.
Try and keep this annotation short. However, since you are being asked to do some additional work, you may aim for 300 words as a maximum amount.
Evaluation Criteria
Please use the Chicago Style for citations, and take care to ensure that the citations are completed properly.
