(Include Articles) 

Targeted Group: Middle Schoolers (11-14 years old)

Rationale/Justification for Project: Provide a safe place for middle schoolers and to prevent gun violence.  

Annotated bibliographies provide you with the opportunity to cite, summarize, and compare and contrast resources you will use in a project. You will cite each resource in APA style, write an approximately 150-word description that summarizes the central theme and scope of the resource. For more information on annotated bibliographies, consult Perdue Online Writing Lab Common Writing Assignments/Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography Samples // Purdue Writing LabThe Purdue University Online Writing Lab serves writers from around the world and the Purdue University Writing Lab helps writers on Purdue’s campus.Purdue Writing LabPurdue Writing LabFor this project, you are to identify at least 2 original sources of research from scholarly sources. Must have been published within the past 3 years.   For an Annotated Bibliography, the following critical elements must be addressed:

• Summarize the central theme of the resource.
• Include a paragraph in which you do the following:
  • Evaluate the author authority or background.
  • Explain how this resource will work in conjunction with other cited works to illuminate the topic of interest.