Draft an Argumentative Research Essay

Running head: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 5

Abel Simorangkir

English Composition 2

February 1, 2021

Annotated Bibliography

Marshall, B. (2020). Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country. The School Librarian, 68(1), 44

This article paints a positive feature of Africa and its people. Like depicted in Undefeated, this article describes how Africans are industrious people who started education systems 200 years before Europe. African people are recognized in the article as leading innovators in medicine, maths, engineering, and astronomy (Marshall, 2020). The article recognizes great African inventors like William Kamkwamba, who developed a working windmill, other figures like basketball stars from Angola who plays from international basketball teams and others. Africa has produced a lot that her children can learn from. The article also talks about the negative side of Africa, like wars, slavery, and poverty, that Africans still need to work hard and overcome through learning from its great figures (Marshall, 2020). However, the article does not deeply dwell on what Africans need to do to overcome the challenges that it is facing.

McNeil, H. (2019). Yes, but….One Librarian’s Thoughts About Doing It Right. Oregon Library Association Quarterly, 25(2), 48-52.

This article creates awareness about diversity and inclusion. The article advocates that inclusion can only be achieved when people avoid the thoughts of being right, and the other party is wrong. Adopting a neutral approach will enable the people of color to gain common ground and solve racial issues. The article fuels the hope of people of color that equality can be achieved if civil rights activists continuously push for it (McNeil, 2019).

This article creates awareness about diversity and inclusion but does not categorically state what should be done to achieve it.

Morrison, H. (2013). This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration by Jacqueline Woodson, Bulleting of the Center for Children’s Books 67(2), 126-126.

This article covers an African American family struggle in search of a better life by telling the story of a rope that was passed over three generations. The rope is symbolically used as it is used as a source of entertainment to keep the little girl busy as their family moves north through a sparsely populated forest, the rope is also used for several useful functions like tying things. The rope is later passed back to the original owner as it holds the history of the family struggle as they search for a better life (Morrison, 2013).

The children might find it challenging to understand why the family holds the rope so dearly when they only use it to perform ordinary functions.

Paljug, H. L. (2020). Using Children’s Literature to Support Social and Emotional Learning in Third Through Six

This article describes how children's literature should be written. The article describes that award-winning literature should trigger children's social and emotional aspects of children to help them connect the topic of literature to the real happenings in the social world. The article demands that good children literature should strain their minds to enable them to grasp more information. By supporting the emotional learning of children by giving them practical examples, the author has to compare heroes in the stories to common people to understand the difference (Paljug, 2020).

When majorly focusing on emotional learning, children can get over carried by their emotions and miss the main lesion that the literature is passing.

Woodson, Jacqueline. This is the Rope: A story from the Great Migration; illustration by James Ransome. Paulson/Penguine, 2013. 40pg

This article describes how a rope found by a girl under a tree in South Carolina became part of that family tradition as they transition from one social status to the other. The rope became a symbol of love as it is passed across generations from one lady to the other and finally to its rightful owner. The rich oil paintings in the article preserve the memories of the warmth of the family and the strength that the family derives from their past (Woodson, 2013).

This article requires a good literature teacher to help children understand the significance of the rope to the migrating family. Children need to understand why the rope is so cherished in the family tree; otherwise, they will only find it entertaining.

References

Marshall, B. (2020). Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country. The School Librarian, 68(1),

44

McNeil, H. (2019). Yes, but….One Librarian’s Thoughts About Doing It Right. Oregon Library Association Quarterly, 25(2), 48-52.

Morrison, H. (2013). This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration by Jacqueline

Woodson, Bulleting of the Center for Children’s Books 67(2), 126-126.

Paljug, H. L. (2020). Using Children’s Literature to Support Social and Emotional Learning in

Third Through Six

Woodson, Jacqueline (2013). This is the Rope: A story from the Great Migration; illustration by

James Ransome. Paulson/Penguine

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Reflection Questions :

1. Accurately recording bibliographic information is essential and saves you time, as you can transfer this information to the References page of your drafted essay. Each source entry should include a brief summary of the source as well as 3-4 sentences describing how you intend to use that source to build or support your argument. Discuss how your annotated bibliography meets these criteria. My annotated bibliography includes a summary of the sources and how the information will be used in the paper. It provides a connection between the sources and the argumentative topic in question.

2. Which strategies were most helpful for you when searching for credible sources? The most helpful strategy was typing in keywords in the search bar as this directed me to potential sources to use for my argumentative essay. Some of the keywords included Artificial intelligence, robotics, human intelligence, and artificial intelligence, and risks of AI. When I found enough sources, I crossed out the unreliable ones by checking if they had facts, backing from research and whether they lacked bias. Furthermore, I found credible sources by looking for those with recent dates of publication.

3. What difficulties did you face while searching for credible sources? How did you overcome these difficulties? One of the difficulties I faced when searching for credible sources is coming across potential sources that turned out to be in other languages once I clicked on them. Another issue was finding a source that could offer extensive information that I could use in more than one instance in the paper. In one instance, I found a credible source; however, the information in it used programming language that overshadowed the points I needed on the negative impacts of the development of AI on the outlook of the future