3-2 Collection of Sources

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Module Three Collection of Sources Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

Your local community has decided to create a statue to commemorate an event. As part of this statue, a time capsule will be included, the contents of which will be opened in 50 years. You have been asked, as the community expert on the historical event related to this statue, to create a paper that will be included as part of the time capsule that includes information about the event being commemorated. The people opening this time capsule in 50 years will then be able to reflect on your insight into the event as you have described it.

In this assignment, you will collect sources for your project about what to include in the monument time capsule. Creating a collection of sources, with a brief description of each source, will help you find, analyze, and understand your historical sources. This ensures you have collected credible sources that will support your ideas. Sometimes this is called an annotated bibliography, and the analysis and description of each source is called an annotation. Refer back to this module’s resources for additional clarification.

Directions

You will create a collection of sources to support the topic you selected in Module Two for the final project. You must choose a minimum of one primary source and two secondary sources related to your chosen topic. Be certain to use the Collection of Sources Template, linked in the What to Submit section below, to help you get started with this assignment. Also, use this module’s resources for help with identifying one primary and two secondary sources.

The project consists of multiple draft assignments leading up to a final document. You will complete the following assignments:

• Module Two Topic Proposal: You will revise your work on this proposal to form Part One (Introduction) of your project.
• Module Three Collection of Sources: This assignment will inform multiple parts of your evaluation of sources for the project.
• Module Four Discussion: This assignment will provide a summary of your chosen project topic.
• Module Five Project Draft: You will revise your work on this draft to form Part Two (Background of the Topic) and Part Three (Deconstructing the Historical Narrative) of the project.
• Module Six Discussion: You will describe your personal experience with your chosen topic.
• Module Seven Project: You will submit your revised Parts One through Three along with Part Four (Changing the Narrative of History).

You will use the Project Template linked in the Supporting Materials section below to complete all drafts and the final document.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Summary: Summarize one primary and two secondary sources related to your chosen topic.
   1. Create an APA-style citation that would appear in a References list.
   2. What is the main idea?
   3. What are two or three key points?
2. Context: Describe the context of the sources you chose about your chosen topic. You should address each of the following questions:
   1. Are they primary sources or secondhand interpretive accounts?
   2. How is the content in the sources presented? Do the writers appear to “take sides” or simply give facts?
3. Variations: Explain why there are variations in the narrative of the event presented by your selected sources. You should address the following questions:
   1. How do your selected sources present information about the topic in varied ways?
   2. What information is presented in some sources but omitted in other sources?
4. Evaluation of Credibility: Evaluate the credibility of the primary and secondary sources using methods from this module’s resources.
   1. What is the purpose of the source?
   2. How do you determine credibility for the sources you chose? Does it vary from source to source? Use specific examples of evaluation methods from this module’s resources on research gaps and bias in your response.
   3. Is the secondary source peer reviewed? If not, what gives it credibility?
5. Biases: Describe potential biases in the primary and secondary sources.
   1. What specific biases are present in the secondary sources?
   2. What specific biases are present in the primary source?
   3. How do an author’s beliefs and agenda impact the information presented in the account?
6. Relevance: Explain the relevance of the primary and secondary sources to the topic.
   1. How does each secondary source relate to the historical event you have chosen?
   2. How does the primary source provide evidence for the event that shows why it should be included in the time capsule?

What to Submit

Use the Module Three Collection of Sources Template to create your collection and submit it for grading. Sources should be cited according to APA style both throughout and at the end of your journal.

Although Brightspace allows the addition of video notes in assignment submissions, you may not use the Video Note tool to complete this assignment.

Template: Project Template Use this template to create your final project document.

AI Usage

If you use gen AI tools to support your work on this assignment, be sure to follow these AI usage guidelines. You must acknowledge your use of these tools in your work. Guidelines on how to cite AI tools can be found in this Shapiro Library guide.

Module Three Collection of Sources Rubric