You will research a specific civil rights issue (Higher Education being harder to obtain in less privileged neighborhoods) and trace its progress throughout the decades. You will be required to make connections between the Civil Rights Movement of the 50s/60s/70s and the progress and/or setbacks up until today.
You will complete TWO annotated bibliographies
Follow the guidelines and structure on the annotated bibliography template.
Connection-Questions you may want to ask as you research:
Historical context of issue?
Systemic racism associated with this issue?
What were historic reforms for the issue? Think Civil Rights Movement.
What is difficult about reform today?
Any progress or problems today?
Main idea of your sources purpose (2-3 sentences) using a verb from the provided bank.
If your article is informational/expository use: Describes, Explains, Summarizes, Recounts, Chronicles, Reports. For example: The author of my source reports that.
If your article is persuasive/argumentative use: Argues, Refutes, Questions, Asserts, Claims, Insists. For example: The author of my source argues that.
Evaluation (3-4 sentences) explains the information the source provides and why the author is an expert.
Connection (6-8 sentences) to explain how the source is connected to your topic. Why is the information important for your research?
