Week 3 – Assignment       

Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography

Prepare: To help with the preparation of your  annotated bibliography, review the following tutorials and resources  from the Ashford Writing Center:

Reflect: Reflect back on the Week Two Discussion in  which you shared with the class the global societal issue that you would  like to further address. Explore critical insights that were shared by  your peers and/or your instructor on the topic chosen and begin your  search for scholarly sources with those insights in mind.

Write: For this assignment, review the Annotated Bibliography Formatting Guidelines and address the following prompts:

• Introductory Paragraph to Topic: Refer to the Final Argumentative  Essay guidelines for your topic selection. Write an introductory  paragraph with at least 150 words, which clearly explains the topic, the  importance of further research, and ethical implications.
• Thesis statement: Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which  will become the solution to the problem that you will argue or prove in  the Week Five Final Argumentative Essay. A thesis statement should be a  declarative statement that makes one point in 25 words or less. The  thesis statement must appear at the end of the introductory paragraph.
• Annotated Bibliography: Develop an annotated bibliography to  indicate the quality of the sources you have read. For each annotation,  you need to summarize in your own words how the source contributes to  the solution of the global societal issue. Your annotation should be one  to two paragraphs long (150 words or more) and fully address the  purpose, content, evidence, and relation to other sources you found on  this topic. The annotated bibliography must include no less than five  scholarly sources that will be used to support the major points of the  Final Argumentative Essay. Critical thinking skills need to be  demonstrated by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various  positions of the topic.

The Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography Assignment

• Must be 1,000 – 1,250 words in length (excluding the title and  reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the  Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must use at least five scholarly sources.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.