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Graphs and Visuals – For the Graphs and Visuals assignment, you are to refer back to the topic that you selected and posted on the Week 2 Discussion Forum (2-5 Final Project One Milestone One) assignment. The rubric calls for you to research graphs and visual images that you will use later on to illustrate a slide presentation that you will submit in Week 7 for your Final Project Two assignment. Before starting your search for the images, review the critical elements in the Graphs and Visuals rubric and then look for images that will help to illustrate the points that you plan to make in your presentation. For example:

· Make sure that the images chosen are relevant and varied. It is not enough that they just relate to your topic, the visuals should help to support your thesis.

· Provide the proper APA citations for each of the five images. For images in the public domain, use the following citation style - [Image of xxx. Retrieved from https://xxxxxxxx]

· Include a paragraph for each image that explains why it was selected and describe how the image relates to your topic. 

Resource List – The Resource List assignment requires that you research your topic and compile a list of five scholarly and/or popular that you will use for your Final Project assignments. IMPORTANT NOTE: While the directions call for a mix of scholarly and popular, you should make sure that you accumulate at least FIVE SCHOLARLY sources in your list. That is due to the fact that during Week Five you will need to include as least FIVE scholarly sources for the 5-4 Final Project Part One assignment for the best possible grade. Be sure to identify each source as either scholarly or popular.

· Your list must adhere to APA style guidelines. Use this link to access the Purdue OWL Formatting and Citing Guide: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

· Refer to the rubric for this assignment to ensure that you cover all of the critical elements in your submission.

· Provide a comprehensive paragraph that explains how you located the sources and describe the search engines used.

· Also, include a comprehensive paragraph that discusses whether the process of finding the sources was easy or difficult and explain why.

Final Project Two – Final Project Two is not due until Week 7. However, I have attached this rubric so that you can understand how the work that you complete this week builds on following assignments and ties into the final slide presentation.  Finally, you should begin each assignment with a review of the attached rubrics so that you have a clear understanding of what is expected. The rubrics can also be found at the bottom of each Module in the Assignment Guidelines and Rubrics folder.

Your success is important to me and I will do everything that I can to make that happen. Let me know if you have further questions. Best of luck!