? Discuss some traditional approaches to government in Virginia throughout the Colonial,
Antebellum and Reconstruction eras. How did the political changes of the 20th century
(1900s) impact Virginias traditional political approaches?
? Explain the differing positions between federalism and anti-federalism in the debates
over ratifying the U.S. Constitution during Virginias Ratifying Convention in 1788. How
did these differing viewpoints concerning the role of the federal government linger
through the state during the Antebellum era? What 20th century (1900s) political debates
in Virginia also had their roots in that disagreement?
? Trace Virginias civil rights struggle from the colonial era through today. What were
periods of strides forward and setbacks? Identify a current issue (since 2010) in Virginia
that has its roots in that struggle.
You can use the databases from the Jerry Falwell Library to find two scholarly journal articles.
JSTOR, Project MUSE, ProQuest, and EBSCO are all excellent databases to start looking for
American history resources in.
Demonstrating the ability to use integrated quotations is important because in writing you should
never have a quotation standing alone as a complete sentence. Rather, you need to integrate the
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quote into a sentence of your own. See the link in the Resources section for this assignment for
details on at least four different ways to integrate quotations in your writing.
Knowing how to properly paraphrase in writing is important because it can keep you from
inadvertently plagiarizing. Paraphrasing is not rearranging words from your source or just using
a thesaurus to swap one word out for another one. When you want to paraphrase information,
you need to use your source for details and to understand the main idea, but then explain that
idea entirely in your own words, with original sentence structures that are not imitative of the
sources author. The best way to do this is to read your source over several times until you have a
solid understanding of it, and then type your paper without looking at your source, so that you
are not unduly influenced by the writing and are just communicating the ideas instead. For more
details and examples, see the instructions in the Resources section for this assignment. Note that
you must cite paraphrases in the same way you cite direct quotes, since the ideas you have
written were original to someone else.
The bibliography must be formatted in current Turabian, and the sources should have an evident
Virginia focus to them. The sources must be listed in alphabetical order, and the integrated
quotation and paraphrase must both be footnoted. Footnotes and bibliography entries are
formatted slightly differently, so be sure to format each correctly. See Libertys Chart of
Citations and the Bibliography of Reference Examples for formatting details and examples.
Review the Research Project: Annotated Bibliography Grading Rubric before submitting, to
be sure your submission fulfills all the assignment requirements.RESEARCH PROJECT: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
This assignment is designed to help you get a jump start on your Research Paper Assignment
that is due in Module 7. This will benefit you in two ways. First, you will start your research this
module, which will help give you the time you need to write a good paper; second, you will get
feedback on this assignment about your formatting and the direction of your research, which you
can apply to your research paper when you write it. The hope is you will gain a few extra points
on your paper from that! For this assignment, you will be required to find and read two articles
from scholarly journals and then summarize them, paraphrase from them, and practice
integrating quotes from them into sentences of your own. Being able to evaluate the credibility of
a source and determine if it meets your purposes is important in all walks of life, as is knowing
how and when to give credit where credit is due. This assignment will give you practice with
both of those things to help you hone those skills.
INSTRUCTIONS
You will compile an annotated bibliography that contains two scholarly articles from academic
journals you can use for the Research Project: Research Paper Assignment due in Module 7.
Following each citation, you must include a brief paragraph (around 150 words, and no fewer
than 120 words) that summarizes the article and explains its relevance to the chosen research
paper prompt. You will then provide both an integrated quotation and a paraphrase from the
article that you may be able to incorporate into the research paper, both footnoted in Turabian
style.
The articles must be sources you can use for the Research Project: Research Paper
Assignment, where you will select one (1) of the topics below and fully address all the questions
it contains:
? Discuss some traditional approaches to government in Virginia throughout the Colonial,
Antebellum and Reconstruction eras. How did the political changes of the 20th century
(1900s) impact Virginias traditional political approaches?
? Explain the differing positions between federalism and anti-federalism in the debates
over ratifying the U.S. Constitution during Virginias Ratifying Convention in 1788. How
did these differing viewpoints concerning the role of the federal government linger
through the state during the Antebellum era? What 20th century (1900s) political debates
in Virginia also had their roots in that disagreement?
? Trace Virginias civil rights struggle from the colonial era through today. What were
periods of strides forward and setbacks? Identify a current issue (since 2010) in Virginia
that has its roots in that struggle.
You can use the databases from the Jerry Falwell Library to find two scholarly journal articles.
JSTOR, Project MUSE, ProQuest, and EBSCO are all excellent databases to start looking for
American history resources in.
Demonstrating the ability to use integrated quotations is important because in writing you should
never have a quotation standing alone as a complete sentence. Rather, you need to integrate the
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Page 2 of 2
quote into a sentence of your own. See the link in the Resources section for this assignment for
details on at least four different ways to integrate quotations in your writing.
Knowing how to properly paraphrase in writing is important because it can keep you from
inadvertently plagiarizing. Paraphrasing is not rearranging words from your source or just using
a thesaurus to swap one word out for another one. When you want to paraphrase information,
you need to use your source for details and to understand the main idea, but then explain that
idea entirely in your own words, with original sentence structures that are not imitative of the
sources author. The best way to do this is to read your source over several times until you have a
solid understanding of it, and then type your paper without looking at your source, so that you
are not unduly influenced by the writing and are just communicating the ideas instead. For more
details and examples, see the instructions in the Resources section for this assignment. Note that
you must cite paraphrases in the same way you cite direct quotes, since the ideas you have
written were original to someone else.
The bibliography must be formatted in current Turabian, and the sources should have an evident
Virginia focus to them. The sources must be listed in alphabetical order, and the integrated
quotation and paraphrase must both be footnoted. Footnotes and bibliography entries are
formatted slightly differently, so be sure to format each correctly. See Libertys Chart of
Citations and the Bibliography of Reference Examples for formatting details and examples.
Review the Research Project: Annotated Bibliography Grading Rubric before submitting, to
be sure your submission fulfills all the assignment requirements.
