Fantasy League
Annotated Bibliography

Instructions:

For this assignment, you will use the library research databases (or another reputable method) to compile not only credible sources but the best sources that you can find that will inform your understanding of your Mini-Exhibition theme and/or identified cultural heritage. Just like we have worked on in class, think of these as your Mini-Exhibition Fantasy League.

Helpful Note:

• Reread Heritages of Change, Chapter 4.5

Requirements:

• Completed Fantasy League rating table (cut and paste table from this document - click here)

  • Minimum of  ten (10) different sources found during search, including the three selected for Annotated Bibliography

  • Note: we will complete an example Fantasy League rating in class together.

• Minimum of three (3) relevant, fact-checked sources related to your Mini-Exhibition, either the larger theme or the individual cultural heritage

  • These should be the BEST sources (your Fantasy League), not the first ones you find. What do you need to know? What information do you need? What information will your audience need? What types of sources would be the MOST useful?

• Correct MLA citations for each of the sources (see your textbook and/or Purdue OWL)

• Annotations for each of the three sources

  • Each annotation should be at least a healthy paragraph in length, and each of the following three parts should be given equal space in the annotation:

    • A summary of the source, detailing the topic(s), major arguments and claims, and main ideas discussed.

    • An evaluation of the source’s usefulness to your argument, its validity, its reliability, and any bias present. When you evaluate sources, you discuss the authors and their credentials, any agendas present, and the sources’ goals.

    • A reflection on how the source fits into the puzzle of your research project. You will examine how it shapes your argument and influences your thinking about the topic.

  • Example Annotated Bibliography Entry

Checklist to Complete Your Fantasy League Annotated Bibliography

1) Search for relevant, fact-checked sources related to your Mini-Exhibition, either the larger theme or individual cultural heritage artifacts

• Remember to search our library resources

• These video tutorials were assigned for you to complete (and many of you indicated that you had already seen and used them in your FYE course last semester), and I will expect to see the use of their information in these tutorials in your work.

  • Information Sources

  • Search Process

2) Cut and paste the Fantasy League rating table from this document - click here into your own document.

3) While you are searching, keep track of your process on Fantasy League rating table in column #1 of your rating table. You are showing me HOW you conducted your search and HOW and WHERE you found your sources.

• By the end, there should be a minimum of three different methods of finding sources. Methods=different databases in the library resources, Google search, etc.

• You should have a maximum of 3 internet sites if you use them and a maximum of 2 Google Scholar sources if you have them.

4) Find a minimum of ten (10) sources.

5) Complete the evaluation of ALL ten (10) of your sources.

6) Select your top three (3).

7) Reread these three (3) again carefully.

8) Create correct MLA citations (and add to the same document as your Fantasy League table).

• If you need help creating MLA citations, see the Purdue OWL MLA guide – click here.

9) Look at this example (click here) of all three parts of an annotation and a citation.

10) Write annotations for each of the three (3) sources (and add to the same document as your Search Log and Fantasy League table).

• Annotations include three parts:

  • summary of source's content

  • why the source is credible (author, journal, date, etc.)

  • analysis of why the source is in your Fantasy League (Why include this source over others? How will this source be useful?)

11) Turn in on Google Classroom as ONE document.

In-Class Fantasy League Annotated Bibliography Activity

When selecting a fantasy team, you evaluate players based on what you think their performance in different statistics will be like during the season. You need to select a fantasy team of articles for your bibliography that will lead to the most effective researched writing. For all of the articles provided, evaluate them for each of the categories of criteria, assigning a ranking from 1-5 (1 is the best) for every column. Then determine which three articles have the best Overall Player Ratings and would make the BEST fantasy team. We’ll compare your teams to our expert’s selections to see which team wins!

• Group 1

• Group 2

• Group 3

• Group 4