Assignment: Annotated Bibliography

It probably feels like we just started our learning in this class, but this week we're going to begin planning for our final paper. To begin, start thinking about a topic for our final persuasive essay. You learned about persuasive writing during this week's lecture - and we'll get into more details about the essay in the coming weeks - but for now, let's focus on two areas:

1. Select a topic for this essay about which you are passionate. List of approved topics.

2. Locate five sources that will be helpful in the research of your final paper. You're going to submit these sources in the form of an annotated bibliography. "Annotation" is another word for "notes." Using APA formatting, write the name of the source. Directly below the source, write an annotation of approximately 100-125 words. In the following links you will find some examples of annotated bibliographies.

TOPIC: Business and personal ethics should/should not converge.

Persuasive Topics

Here are the approved topics for the persuasive essay. You do not have to select one from your own program of study, but if you select a topic that is not on the list, you must first get approval from your course faculty member.

Health Sciences and Nursing

• Healthcare as a right or privilege
• Mandatory or voluntary vaccines
• Electronic medical records versus paper records
• Diversity awarenessin healthcare - mandatory or voluntary

Tech and Design

• Ethical responsibility for video game content - yes or no
• Video games do/do not reinforce stereotypes.
• Marketing of videogames should/should not be subject toparental control
• Websites and hypertext transfer protocols

Criminal Justice

• Interpreters in court do/do not influence verdicts and sentencing
• Mandatory sentencing is/is not a deterrent for certain crimes
• Privatizing prisons will/will not make the system more efficient
• Single parents homes do/do not cause higher crime rates
• Race helps/does not help incommunity policing

ECE

• Homechildcare is/is not a viable alternative to day care
• Pre-school should/should not be mandatory
• Breastfeeding is/is not better for mothers and children
• Standardized testing should/should not take place in kindergarten

Business

• Business and personal ethics should/should not converge
• Diversity awareness is/is not mandatory for success in business
• The Global Economy is/is not the basis for business expansion
• Marketing to children is/is not ethical