Assignment:
Overview:
An annotated bibliography is a comprehensive bibliography on a topic that includes annotations. Annotations are summaries identifying the main argument, evaluating the argument (assessing its value), and explain why it is important/relevant for your topic. (Your final annotated bibliography will also include a two-page topic summary explaining what the topic is and why it is important to learn about.) Researchers use annotated bibliographies to become familiar with a topic before they write a research paper or do a research project on that topic. Going through this process helps you learn about a topic of interest to you without writing out a full research paper on it. It's a method of independent study with a certain degree of flexibility.
The annotated bibliography project for our class involves two assignments: a proposal and the final annotated bibliography. To complete both, you must choose an anthropological topic of interest to you (and approved by me), find six sources on the topic, four of which must be scholarly sources about it, and read up on the topic. You will then turn in an annotated bibliography on your topic.
The topic you choose can be anything related to one of the subfields of anthropology. You need a topic that is not too specific such as: macaque food procurement in Varanasi, India. It also shouldn't be too broad: primate-human interactions. Instead, choose a narrowed topic that you will still be able to find information on such as: primate-human interactions in major cities.
The Final Annotated Bibliography:
Create at least a two-page (double-spaced) topic summary explaining what you've learned about the topic and how it contributes (why it's important) to the field of anthropology and/or a sub-discipline. Also include a bibliography with at least six sources you found on that topic and an annotation of two paragraphs for each of the two sources.
What you need to do for your first paragraph of each annotation. For the second paragraph, read where it says "Assessing the relevance and value of sources" further down the page.
In sum, for the Final Annotated Bibliography submit:
Two pages in which you explain your topic and why it's important to study in anthropology
A bibliography with at least six sources listed in AAA format
An annotation of two paragraphs for each source on your bibliography
First paragraph - identify the argument in the source
Second paragraph - assess the relevance and value of the source
Sources:
For the Final Annotated Bibliography, you need to include six sources on the topic, four of which must be scholarly sources.
Scholarly sources include: articles from library databases, reference materials from library databases, and books from the library. Four of your sources must be from these materials.
Formatting:
Use 12-point font, double-spacing, and 1 inch margins for both the paper and the bibliography. (Double-space the annotations for your bibliography.)
You must use Citation formatting for the bibliography: