5.6 Annotated Bibliography

Task:  

For this assignment, you will build an annotated bibliography that answers an essential question about Aboriginal Reconciliation.  Examine and summarize the resources you find and how they pertain to the research topic in the essential question.

Essential Question: Which historically significant events and people in Canadian history indicate the most progress towards, or decline from Truth and Reconciliation for Canada's Indigenous people? 

Your goal is to collect information as it pertains to and answers this essential question. Find at least 5 historically significant events and/or people that you can use for the purposes of the essential question.

Your Annotated Bibliography should include:

  • a brief introduction that introduces your focused topic
  • 5 sources (website, article, video, book, magazine, etc.).  For each reference you are to write a short 150 word summary about the value and relevance of the source.  
  • 5 properly formatted citations  Use MLA format (see handout or the Purdue Online Writing Lab).  Put the citation WITH the annotation.

Assessment:  Below you will find the exemplary criteria used to assess the assignment.  

Learning Target: Exemplary (6/6):  Exemplary comprehension of the task and clear accomplishment of the objective.  Student demonstrates a comprehensive examination of the lived experiences of Canada's First Peoples and the responsibility of Canadians in relation to Reconciliation.  Through research the student is able to demonstrate the ability to reflect, support, analyze and synthesize information within, between and beyond texts from a variety of sources. Student demonstrates exemplary ability to use acknowledgements and citations to recognize intellectual property rights.

Written Expression:  Exemplary (6/6):  Sentence structure and vocabulary are varied, skillfully written, and carefully chosen.  Work has been proofread and there are few or no errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.  Content contributes to the essential question and makes insightful connections with logical organization.

 Estimated Allotted Time:  2 hours

Submission:  "5.6 Annotated Bibliography" 

This is where you will upload your assignment to your teacher for marking.

You will upload the file (.docx, .pdf, .png, .ppt, etc.) containing your assignment.  

Name the file with your name and the title.  eg. Sally Brown Annotated Bibliography

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