Introduction To The Humanities: Slavery
Essay Topic: Investigate the history of slavery and discuss the ways in which this history impacts contemporary society. NOTE: Please remember to focus on a specific humanities-based area of impact (i.e. art, music, literature, history, philosophy). Keep in mind that your primary focus should be the impact of slavery upon contemporary society and not upon the history of slavery or its impact upon areas unrelated to the humanities.
For example, you might focus on the impact of slavery upon contemporary African American sculpture.
Please note that the Week Four Course Project Assignment has TWO requirements--an Annotated Bibliography containing a total of five sources and a first draft Introduction to your intended essay. Create a complete Annotated Bibliography for 5 academic scholarly sources, which include your introduction and thesis, publication details, and the annotation. A total of 5 academic-scholarly sources are required for completion of your final research project. An annotated bibliography is simply a properly formatted APA reference entry for a source followed by a brief description of the relevant contents of that source. each annotation must be between 150-250 words. (Please note that your annotation word count does not include the APA reference.)
Scholarship means that:
• the author has a Ph.D. or other terminal degree,
• the work appears in a multi-volume, peer-reviewed journal,
• and has ample references at the end.
Good annotations:
• capture publication details,
• offer a student introduction and thesis, and
• a detailed reading of the source, covering the following:1. Offers the student's introduction and thesis to the best extent s/he knows it at this point in time,
2. Summarizes key points, and
3. Identifies key terms (using quotation marks, and citing a page in parentheses);
4. Locates controversies or "problems" raised by the articles;
5. States whether the student agrees or disagrees and gives reasons;
6. Locates one or two quotations to be used in the final research project; and
7. Evaluates the ways in which this article is important and has helped the student to focus his/her understanding.
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