1. M3A1: Project: Annotated Bibliography
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Project: Annotated Bibliography
This activity is designed to assist you in developing research
skills, to explore an area of diversity of interest upon which you
wrote your proposal in Module 2 and to prepare for the Project
1 essay.
We have touched on many types of diversity in this course.
Project 1 asks you to select one area of diversity you would like
to learn more about and research this area of diversity to answer
the following questions:
What are the most important communication barriers that affect
your chosen area of diversity?
How is this group affected by discrimination, prejudice,
stereotypes, or ethnocentrism?
What communication strategies can help to improve
communication for this group and reduce discrimination,
prejudice, stereotypes, or ethnocentrism?
This project has three parts. You have already completed the
first part, the proposal explaining your chosen topic. This is the
second part, where you are asked to research an annotated
bibliography of sources related to your topic. The third part of
the project will ask you to write the final essay based upon the
research you find.
For this assignment, you will create an annotated bibliography
of at least five college–level sources related to your Project 1
topic. Your sources should come from reputable sources, such
as academic journals, books, professionally published
magazines and newspapers, or reputable websites.
You may
not
use Wikipedia, blogs, or personal web pages.
For your annotated bibliography, you will need to list each of
your sources in

2. APA
style. Beneath each source, you will write one fully developed
paragraph that explains the most important information from
that source and tells the reader how this information relates to
your topic and to communication in relation to the area of
diversity you have selected to research.
There is more information about creating annotated
bibliographies in the resources below:
Annotated bibliographies.
(2007). University of North Carolina. Retrieved from
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/annotated_bibliogra
phies.html
How to prepare an annotated bibliography.
(2010, February 12). Cornell University Library. Retrieved
from
http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/skill28.htm
To assist you with completing this assignment the following
resources are available:
Getting Started with Your Research:
Starting Your Research
APA
writing conventions:
The Basics of
APA
Style
Frequently Asked Questions:
Find Answers 24/7
Research Databases:
Research Databases