An annotated bibliography

Assignment Unit # 6
Assignment Introduction
An annotated bibliography organizes your research by way of APA citations and a short paragraph about each source. For this assignment, you will create an annotated bibliography for four sources related to an argument for change. One of the sources should help you to address a rival viewpoint or misconception related to your topic. Your instructor will provide insightful feedback on the sources you find so you can determine whether to use them in the Unit 8 Assignment, a persuasive research essay

Assignment Instructions
Keeping track of the sources you have found to support your argument for change, assessing the credibility of those sources, and determining their value for supporting your argument will help you to write a more effective academic essay. An annotated bibliography allows you to do all of these things; it is essentially a references page with annotations for each source that summarize the main idea, assess the sources credibility, and note the value of the source for your argument.

For the Unit 6 Assignment, you will prepare an annotated bibliography that includes four sources related to your idea for change. Please include the following:

>>Title page in APA format
>>Your revised thesis statement for an argument for change in your community
>>Citations and annotations for four separate sources, which can be primary or secondary but should all be credible and appropriate for academic research
>>One source that includes a visual or graphic component to help you prepare for the Unit 9 Assignment (the presentation)
>>One source that addresses a rival hypothesis or misconception about your topic (NOTE: the source does not have to oppose your thesis; it just needs to help you address a rival perspective)
>>Citations should be in APA format
>>Annotations should include the following:
>>Use 12 sentence summary of the sources main idea, followed by an in-text citation, e.g. (Smith, 2014)
>>Evaluation of the sources credibility, including the authors credentials and the verifiability of the sources information; this should include where you found the source (Library, Google search engine, government website, etc.). Use the criteria covered in Evaluating Information to guide your evaluation.
>>Discussion about how you will use the source to support your argument for community change (this would include whether it poses a challenge to your argument that you will need to address). In this section, paraphrase a key point from the source that supports or challenges your thesis and include an in-text citation.
NOTE: No separate references page is needed, but each annotation should have a complete reference citation in APA format.
Sources that would be appropriate to use are as follows:

>>Book, ebook, article, or a chapter from book or ebook
>>Periodical (e.g., newspaper, magazine, journal article)
>>Internet source (e.g., blog, organization website, article from internet site)
>>Video or audio source (e.g., documentary, video blog, TED Talk, podcast)
>>A primary source in which the authors of the content are the primary researchers (the ones who conducted research), e.g., a government report, case study, or speech
>>An interview with an expert source either published online or conducted by the student
>>A visual or graphic source from a credible .org, .gov, or .edu site
>>The writing should be in Standard English
>>Submit your Assignment to the Unit 6 Assignment Dropbox.

>>ASSIGNMENT RESOURCES
>>How to Write an Annotated Bibliography
>>Common Citations in APA Format
>>Getting Started with APA Citation Style
>>Internet-Only Sources
>>Formatting an APA Paper and Title Page
>>Formatting an APA Style Reference List
>>Unit 6 Sample Assignment
>>Unit 6 Assignment Rubric

Rubric for the assignment

Criteria 1 – Write Thesis statement – (5%)
Meets all criteria:
Includes a thesis statement that is persuasive and problem solving
Thesis statement is community-based
Thesis statement is in enthymeme form (includes a claim and reason)
Thesis statemen

Criteria 2 – Annotations (60%)
Meets all Criteria
Writes an annotation for at least four sources, each of which includes:
Summarizes the sources main idea
Evaluates the sources credibility using at least 3 criteria from Evaluating Sources
Reflects upon how the source will support or challenge the thesis
Summarizes and paraphrases ideas from sources (uses no direct quotation)

Criteria 3 – Research (15 %)
Meets all criteria:
All four sources are credible and appropriate for an academic audience
Includes a source that poses a challenge to or misconception about the argument for change
Includes a source with a visual/graphic componen

Criteria 4 – APA style – 10 points
Meets all criteria
Applies APA style to in text citations and references citations with minor to no errors
Applies APA formatting style to document layout, including a title page, with minor to no errors

Criteria 5 – Writing Conventions = 5 points
Meets all criteria
Writing is focused, concise and organized
Articulates at a college level with sentence variety and complexity
Few or no grammar or punctuation errors
Uses non-offensive, inclusive and respectful language

Sample Paper Research Paper

Please note that this is a sample Unit 6 Assignment to help inspire and guide your own original writing of the assignment. Be sure to review the assignment instructions and grading rubric, complete each task in the instructions, and contact the instructor with any questions.
Commented [S.1]: The title page and document
are properly formatted in APA style. For tips on
formatting, see the Writing Centers video on
formatting: https://youtu.be/G583_1VafKQ
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Unit 6 Annotated Bibliography Assignment
Thesis statement: Despite assertions that bullying is just kids being kids, the behavior actually
comes from not understanding differences, disabilities, and specialness a problem parents,
educators, and others who work with children can use fiction to solve. Constantinescu, C. & Samuels, C. A. (2016, September 6). Studies flag potential downside to inclusion. Education Week. www.edweek.org.
Constantinescu and Samuels (2016) review studies that suggest inclusion of special
students education with typical peers can be problematic, particularly for younger children. In fact, several studies indicated that typical children in kindergarten and first grade who have special needs
peers in their classes are more likely to have behavior issues, problems with social skills, and
lower scores in reading and math. The authors describe the experience of one education teacher
who expressed concern that inclusion of special needs students in the classroom negatively
influences the behavior of other students by precipitating and increasing incidents of verbal
and/or physical conflict between the students (Constantinescu & Samuels, 2016).
Education Week has been publishing since 1981, and they cover different angles on an
array of education-related issues. The authors have published other articles in Education Week
and elsewhere. The topics are all about education, but not all are focused on inclusion or special
needs students, which helped me conclude that they do not have a biased agenda. Within the
article, they cite research studies to support their ideas, and this article was published in 2016,
making it recent.
This article could be seen as a challenge to my argument. Clearly, the described situation
is unacceptable, but inclusion is not the problem; it is a lack of strategies and support to teach all
Commented [S.2]: Dont forget to include your
revised thesis statement!
Commented [S.3]: Place the citation (using the
hanging indent) before the annotation.
Commented [S.4]: The annotations need to
include a summary of the main idea of the source
(be sure to remember an in-text citation!), an
evaluation of that source’s credibility using the
criteria covered in units 5 and 6, and a reflection
on the source’s value to your project. Does it
support your thesis or offer a challenge or
misconception that you will need to rebut?
Commented [S.5]: Note that the annotation
clarifies that this source poses a challenge to the
students thesis.
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students appropriate responses to conflict, which will help them to develop empathy and
understanding of differences.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). (2018, April). Children and youth with
disabilities. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cgg.asp
This website has a helpful graphic from the U. S Department of Education that shows the
percent of students, classified by disability type, who had accommodations due to disabilities
during the 2015-2016 school year.
Figure 1
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with
Disabilities Act (IDEA) database
As the graph shows, learning disabilities, which could include issues like dyslexia, are 34% of
those receiving special education services. Of the 6.7 million students (14% of the overall
enrollment in public schools) receiving special education services in this year, 9% had autism
and 6% had an intellectual disability, according to the U. S. Department of Educations data (as
Commented [S.6]: Be sure to label figures.
You will find a source in the Unit 9 Writing
Center readings to help you with this, Formatting
Graphics and Visuals
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cited in National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2018). In addition to this graph, the
site has a graphic about the amount of time that these children spend in general education
classes:
Figure 2
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with
Disabilities Act (IDEA) database
As this graph indicates, a majority of children with special needs spend 80% of more of their
time in a general education classroom, a clear reason that typical children in those classrooms
need to better understand disabilities (as cited in NCES, 2018).
I believe the National Center for Education Statistics website is a credible place to find
statistics; the page was last updated in April 2018, and according to their home page, this center
is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education, and it is
housed within the U. S. Department of Education (NCES, About Us, n.d.).
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Stopbullying.gov. (n.d.). Bullying and children and youth with disabilities and special health
needs. https://www.stopbullying.gov/at-risk/groups/special-needs/index.html
This non-profit has developed numerous resources on its website to address the problem
of bullying and kids. The page titled Bullying and Youth with Disabilities and Special Needs
describes why children with special needs are more apt to be bullied, details how to create safer
environments for these children in a school setting, notes the role of federal Civil Rights
disabilities laws in this issue, and offers additional resources that could be helpful for parents,
such as a tip sheet on special health needs (StopBullying, n.d.)
On their About Us page, the organization notes that it draws information from various
government agencies and that it has an Editorial Board to review content that draws from people
in government agencies like the Department of Education, the Centers for Disease Control, and
the Department of Justice; furthermore, the site is maintained by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (Stopbullying.gov, n.d.). This site has a wealth of resources that will help
me to develop my point that special needs children need special protection from bullying.
Walsh, M. (2015). Your child with special needs is being bullied: What can you do? The
Exceptional Parent (Online), 45(9), 42-43.
Walsh (2015) examines the particular challenges that special needs children face when
being bullied and some reasons that they may be more likely to be targets of bullying. In
particular, she notes that typical children just may not understand behaviors and cognitive
challenges that come with disabilities like autism. She also notes an important problem that can
arise for special needs children who are bullying victimsregression. This is when a child loses
skills that he or she had previously developed, and this can be a particular problem in the
classroom since these children already struggle to achieve academic success.
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I found this article in the Purdue Global Library, which gives me confidence in its
reliability, but I also base my evaluation on the fact that this was published in 2015 and written
by a lawyer who specializes in advocating for children with disabilities. The publication has also
been around for 45 years as of 2015. This article will help me to support my claim that education
is crucial for addressing bullying of special needs children as well as why this is so important in
a classroom settingto address regression.
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References
Cassidy, E. (2018, April 2). Twitter changes reporting form to include hate against people with
disabilities. The Mighty. https://themighty.com/2018/04/twitter-changes-reporting-form include-hate-against-people-with-disabilities/
Constantinescu, C. & Samuels, C. A. (2016, September 6). Studies flag potential downside to
inclusion. Education Week. www.edweek.org.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). (2018, April). Children and youth with
disabilities. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cgg.asp
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). (n.d.). About us. https://nces.ed.gov/about/
Stopbullying.gov. (n.d.). About us. https://www.stopbullying.gov/about-us/index.html
Stopbullying.gov. (n.d.). Bullying and children and youth with disabilities and special health
needs. https://www.stopbullying.gov/at-risk/groups/special-needs/index.html
Walsh, M. & Krooks, L. (2015). Your child with special needs is being bullied: What can you
do? The Exceptional Parent, 45(9), 42-43.
Commented [S.7]: A separate references page is not required for the assignment, but it is useful
to practice! The first two citations, for instance, are from periodical with websites, so they’re
formatted differently than other web sources. (See the comment below.) Also, this includes
additional sources that were used for the credibility evaluation component of the
annotation. Remember key rules about formatting the references page, such as using the hanging
indent, alphabetizing entries, and ensuring that any sources listed here are cited in-text as well.
For more details on reference page formatting and citations, see Academic Writer and review
the APA resources in Units 5 and 6. Commented [S.8]: Remember the sentence level capitalization rule for book, article, and web page titles. For help with web articles, review “Webpages and Websites (APA Style 7t

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