Human Rights Paper Work for 2/17-19

Step One: Correctly transfer your properly formatted annotated bibliography wot the document I provided in Workspace.

Step Two: Find two more sources, and then add them to your annotated bib., making sure to 

• Alphabetize
• Cite Correctly
• Provide clear description of credibility, relevance, and content

Step Three: Work on your research! 

Use the document I provided to identify, describe, and give evidence for the various human rights violations involved in your issue.Remember: you aren't writing in paragraph format yet, but you are

• Providing an abundance of facts and evidence
• Describing these issues in your own words
• Citing the sources of information.

General Human Rights Links

Here are some websites that have links to a wide variety of human rights issues and resources. Please use them to help you identify a human rights issue for your research paper.


Amnesty International Topics Page
Human Rights.Gov Issues Page
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights First
The UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights: Human Rights Topics Page
The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

Annotated Bibliography for Research Papers

Today, we will be working with finding additional sources for our research papers.

First, find three sources that meet the guidelines we identified. 

• One needs to be an article from a newspaper, magazine, or journal 
• Periodical publications create new content on a regular basis; they are not intended to store basic content over time.
• One needs to be a website of an organization dealing with this issue
• Semi-permanent source of information on the topic. These generally have introductory material supplemented with coverage of recent developments or publication of research reports
• One needs to be a report or document (government, research, ngo)

Next, create an MLA format bibliographic citation of each source. 

• You may refer to MLA writing guides at the Purdue Online Writing Lab or the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• You can refer to this image  or this page to format your works cited page .

Then, in the annotations section of the citation, describe

1. The professional or personal credibility of your source
2. The type of evidence or information provided by the source
3. How this info. is relevant to your discussion

Writing Concluding Paragraphs

Once the essay's argument has been presented, the author needs to come to a conclusion that completes, organizes, and reasserts the relevance of the discussion. Here are some general tips for writing your conclusion

*Reassert the central argument of your paper. Use words that echo the thesis -- but don't repeat the whole thesis sentence.

*Continue by briefly reiterating the most important supporting claims from the body of the paper.

*Finish by establishing the relevance of this general issue to a contemporary audience. What was so significant about the way these ideas were presented when the piece was written? Why may these ideas still be important today? What can we learn about these ideas or the way they were expressed that might impact us in the future?

Avoid:
Informal diction: I, me mine, you, yours, we, us 
Listing: first, second, third
The phrase, "In conclusion..."