The following is an argumentative
research assignment designed to marry the worlds of explanatory
research, literary analysis, and real-world idea application. This formal
research assignment culminates in a formal presentation, which also includes a
Works Cited.
The Objectives
Through the completion of
this project, students will:
– successfully summarize,
paraphrase, and directly quote from primary and secondary
source material
using MLA guidelines
– integrate real-world
research and literary works as evidence for their own ideas
– engage with literature
as cultural artifact
– create an original
assertion
– support claims with
factual and interpretive evidence
– organize ideas into a
presentation (you will create a PowerPoint, Prezi, Canva, etc) answering the
questions below, which will be demonstrating organic progression of thoughts
– evaluate source
material
– create accurate
bibliographic citations
– hypothesize solutions
to complex problems
Essential Questions
In
completing this assignment you will answer the following questions:
·
What am I and/or my community afraid of?
·
How does fear influence communities and/or
decisions made by communities?
·
How does fear prohibit progress within a
community or individual?
·
How can we overcome fear and encourage healing
and unity in communities?
(Use literature from
class, movies, news, political rhetoric, etc. to address the questions above).
You are also required to complete an annotated bibliography (below):
Length: 10 entries
An annotated
bibliography is a way for researchers to evaluate source material, and
when done properly it can be a useful tool in the construction of a research
assignment. It includes a very brief summary of the source, and then goes
on to include notes on the text that could be useful either to yourself (while
writing your paper), or to someone else who might potentially use the same
source.
Your annotated
bibliography must have a minimum of 10 sources. You do not
have to use all sources in your presentation. That said, all source material
found in your presentation must come from your annotated
bibliography. Any source material found in your presentation that is not in
your bibliography will cost you 10 points per source.
Your annotations should
be concise and include the following:
Brief paragraph (150-300
words) in which you concisely evaluate the article, summarize central
theme or idea, assess the authority or background of the
author, remark on intended audience, compare/contrast the
work with another article(s) you have cited, and explain how
it illuminates your topic.
Each column of the rubric
corresponds to one annotated source. The bibliographic entry, while required,
is not included in grading. You will lose points for an absent or incorrect
citation, but you will not gain points for that portion of your annotation.
Each category is worth 1 point, and will be marked based on the following
scale:
1 = exceeds expectations – Annotation categories earning a score of 1 are
exceptionally well done, thoughtful, contain no errors of fact or usage, and
are especially full or apt.
.8 = meets expectations – Annotation categories earning a score of .8 are
satisfactory, but may contain errors of fact or grammar, and may not represent
a full answer.
.65 = below expectation – Annotation categories earning a score of a .65 may be
implicitly discussed, or severely deficient in explanation.
0 = not present – Annotation categories earning a score of a 0 are absent from
the annotation.
** Points will be deducted for grammatical and spelling errors.
