ENGLISH 4 : MODULE 02 : LESSON 06: PREPPING YOUR SOURCES
Assignment
Complete the reading for this lesson.
Take notes on your sources.
Use your notes to create your Annotated Bibliography.
In the Assessments area, submit the Annotated Bibliography to 02.06 Prepping Your Sources.
ample Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography
Duffy, Michael. “Primary Documents – U.S. Espionage Act, 15 June 1917.” First World War.com, 22 Aug. 2009, www.firstworldwar.com/source/espionageact.htm. Accessed 2 Oct. 2018.
Key use: This article contains specific information on the issues related to the landmark case. The article explains the Espionage Act of 1917 and why it was passed into law. This source might provide helpful quotes about the Espionage Act and how it related to the Schenck v. the United States case.
“Landmark Supreme Court Cases.” Bill of Rights Institute, 2018, billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/landmark-cases/. Accessed 2 Oct. 2018
Key use: This web page has a list of landmark cases relating to free speech and other liberties granted in the Bill of Rights. The list and links are easy to use. This source is a good starting point to locate landmark cases for further research.
SCHENCK v. the US (1919). Findlaw, 2018, caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/249/47.html. Accessed 2 Oct. 2018.
Key Use: This is the original document of the Supreme Court decision on this landmark case of free speech, Schenck v. the United States. The document includes the charges brought against Mr. Schenck, the evidence provided in the case, and the final ruling by the judges. This source will be helpful in establishing the facts to inform the audience. Shmoop Editorial Team.
Shmoop Editorial Team. “Schenck v. the United States.” Shmoop, Shmoop University, 11 Nov. 2008, www.shmoop.com/free-speech/schenck-v-united-states.html. Accessed 2 Oct. 2018.
Key use: This article provides an explanation of the Schenck v. United States landmark case. This is a helpful summary of the Schenck case; it clearly explains the way free speech has changed because of the Schenck case. This source should be used both for support in understanding the landmark case of Schenck v. the United States and to provide quotes for use in informative/explanatory articles about free speech and the Schenck case.
Multiple Options
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When you begin to plan and write your informative/explanatory article, you will have many options for including facts and information. By the time you start planning and writing your informative/explanatory article, you will have read through many pages of information.
Returning to your notes to find specific information later can be a challenge. Making lists of sources, making sticky notes, and highlighting text as you scan through resources can be helpful, but do those strategies work well enough to keep your thoughts organized when you start writing?
Use the activity below to explore the process of using and organizing research:
Key Words
Imagine you are writing a paragraph to explain how the case of Schenck v. the United States is related to the Espionage Act of 1917. You have identified the following citations for sources as support for that portion of your article.
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Which source would you use to locate a useful quotation or paraphrase about the Espionage Act?
“Landmark Supreme Court Cases.”
“First World War.com – Primary Documents – U.S. Espionage Act, 15 June 1917″
Schenck v. United States.249 U.S. 47.
“Schenck v. United States”
Submit
Missing Pieces
Now imagine you are writing a paragraph to explain how the case of Schenck v. the United States changed the interpretation of the First Amendment right to free speech. You have the following citations for sources identified as support for that portion of your article.
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Which source would you use to locate a useful quotation or paraphrase about how Schenck. v. United States changed the interpretation of free speech?
A Better Way
Consider the same situation and question with the updated citation documentation. Read through each entry and notice the types of information included for each resource.
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Which source would you use to locate a useful quotation or paraphrase about how Schenck. v. United States changed the interpretation of free speech?
“Landmark Supreme Court Cases.”
“First World War.com – Primary Documents – U.S. Espionage Act, 15 June 1917″
Schenck v. United States.249 U.S. 47.
“Schenck v. United States”
Submit
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Annotated Bibliographies
To keep the information organized, do what professional writers do: make an annotated bibliography. The purpose of an annotated bibliography is defined by its own title. To annotate is to make notes or to classify information. A bibliography derives its meaning from the Latin words “Biblia,” meaning books, and “graphy,” meaning writing of or study of. As forms of communication expanded beyond books, so have the types of sources included in a bibliography.
An annotated bibliography has two parts: the notes (annotations) and the list of sources (bibliography).
Examine the sample entry from an annotated bibliography:
ENGLISH 4 : MODULE 02: LESSON 06: PREPPING YOUR SOURCES
Constructing an Annotated Bibliography
The creation of the annotated bibliography follows the earlier process of selecting possible resources for use in your writing.
Select the steps to view each process of creating a bibliography:
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Remember, the purpose of an annotated bibliography is to make note of or to classify your list of resources. The entries on your annotated bibliography will support you as you begin to organize your thoughts for writing. The best part is that the pile of information you have gathered in your early research will be streamlined into one document. Then, as you organize and write your informative/explanatory article, use the annotated bibliography as your quick reference guide. You’ll know where to look for the perfect fact, quote, or paraphrase to use in each paragraph of your article.
Lesson Summary
Creating Your Annotated Bibliography
In this lesson, you have explored the purpose of annotated bibliographies and how to construct them. For this assignment, you will create and submit an annotated bibliography for four to six sources. Each entry in your bibliography will include the source citation and annotation or explanation of the source and its potential usefulness to your article. Consult this sample of an annotated bibliography to guide your work.
All sources in your annotated bibliography will relate to the amendment or personal freedom you chose from the Bill of Rights.
Previously, you created a list of 12 sources to use in your research. Now, you will narrow that list to four to six sources in your annotated bibliography. Your annotated bibliography will include:
a minimum of one source related to the landmark court case you selected to relate to your topic
a minimum of one source related to an advocate’s statements related to your topic
a minimum of one source related to contemporary court cases related to your topic
a minimum of one multi-media source related to your topic (video, slideshow, infographic, or another multi-media source)
the citation for the amendment from the Bill of Rights you selected as your topic
Follow these steps to create your own annotated bibliography.
Step 1—Take notes
Your notes will help you create the annotated bibliography entries. For each source, take notes on the following elements:
Citation information: consult
Purdue Online Writing Lab to determine what details need to be recorded
Type of source: What type of source is it?
Key points: What information from this source seems the most important?
Connection to your topic: How does this source support your topic?
Usefulness to your topic: What information from this source would be most useful to include in your informative/explanatory article?
Step 2—Create a final annotated bibliography
Using the notes you completed in Step 1, create your final annotated bibliography for the four to six required sources.
For each source, the annotated bibliography entry will include:
the MLA citation
two sentences explaining what the source is and the information it contains
one sentence explaining how the source might be used in your informative/explanatory article
To put the citation information in correct MLA format, use the
Purdue Online Writing Lab for reference. You may also use online resources, such as
EasyBib or
Citation Machine, to create your citations. Simply enter information from your sources, such as the title, author, URL, and date of publication, and your MLA citations will be created for you. Check that entry are correct before you submit your work.
View a sample and review the 02.06 Prepping Your Sources rubric to see how you’ll be graded for your work.
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