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Assignment: Proposal and Annotated Bibliography
Purpose: Academic research often undergoes scholarly approval. The research proposal and bibliography are your opportunities to research and promote your preliminary research on a focused research question. An annotated bibliography is a list of secondary sources on a particular research topic, cited in MLA format, followed by a set of structured notes (annotations) that summarize and evaluate each source.
Goal: Write a 400 to 500 words proposal that solidifies your interest in a specific issue and develops your focused research question for the final essay. Include an annotated bibliography of five sources in which you critically evaluate their claims, evidence, methods, and credibility.
Rewards & Learning Points:
As you complete this assignment, you will
A. Gain an understanding of the academic approval process for research.
B. Implement the key elements of a research proposal
C. Learn and implement the key practical elements of an annotated bibliography.
D. Understand how to choose, evaluate, and integrate sources.
E. Practice entering an intellectual conversation with other scholars on your issue.
Task
Follow these steps to write your proposal:
Question A. Introduce your research topic and your focused research question.
Question B. Give brief background information on your issue.
Question C. Explain why you became interested in this issue and why this topic is important to you. Your statements here should be engaging and personally connected.
Question D. Briefly discuss the communities you are serving by embarking on this research. Explain why this research is important to them.
Question E. Discuss your purpose, plan, and goal.
Question F. Discuss potential research challenges and how you will overcome them.