Assignment: Introduction, Thesis Statement, And Annotated Bibliography
Prepare: To help with the preparation of your annotated bibliography, review the following tutorials and resources from the Ashford Writing Center:
• Introductions & Conclusions
• Annotated Bibliography Tutorial (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
• Annotated Bibliography
• Evaluating Sources
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 and address the following prompts:
• Introductory paragraph to topic (refer to the Final Paper guidelines for your topic selection).
o Write an introductory paragraph with at least 150 words that clearly explains the topic, the importance of further research, and ethical implications.
• Thesis statement.
o Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which will become the solution to the problem that you will argue or prove in the Paper. (A thesis statement should be a concise, declarative statement. The thesis statement must appear at the end of the introductory paragraph.)
• Annotated bibliography.
o Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you have read.
o Summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the global societal issue for each annotation.
o 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.
o Include no less than five scholarly sources in the annotated bibliography that will be used to support the major points of the Final Paper.
o Demonstrate critical thinking skills by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the topic.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
References
Ashford university (2018). Developing a topic.
Cline, W. R. (1992). The economics of global warming. Institute for International Economics.
Meinshausen, M., Meinshausen, N., Hare, W., Raper, S. C., Frieler, K., Knutti, R., ... & Allen, M. R. (2009). Greenhouse-gas emission targets for limiting global warming to 2 C. Nature, 458(7242), 1158.