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Assignment: Annotated Bibliography
Project-Annotated Bibliography
I. Choose one topic related to sociology. You may choose something that we have discussed in the class; or you may choose another topic of your interested that we may not address in our short 5-week journey!
II. Find 10-12 articles, books, webpages, or other data related to that topic.
III. Create an annotated bibliography in MLA or APA format with the articles that you have found.
An annotated bibliography is simply an [always alphabetized] works cited page with a summary of each source situated just below the citation. Here is an example of an annotated bibliography that is properly formatted.
This is just a sample! Remember: Strive for 10-12 sources for this assignment.
Sample Annotated Bibliography
"Assessment of the Potential Impact of Regulated Marijuana in New York State" PDF. July. 2018. Mar 12. 2019.
In the Criminal Justice and Public Safety section, the authors bring statistics from the recent years to bring into light how people of color are disproportionally target for cannabis possession than people who are not of color. African
Americans in New York are four times more likely to go to jail than anyone else (Assessment). During a report in 2014 when stop and frisk laws were still in effect, white people were 50 Percent more likely to have an arrest made in adjournment in contemplation of Dismissal meaning there was no conviction (Assessment). In 2017, African Americans made up 48 percent of marijuana arrests, 38 percent were Hispanic, and 9 percent were white (Assessment). It is also important to note that the arrests made in marijuana possession were nonviolent and did not lead to any guns or violent crimes.
Blaszczak-Boxe, Agata. "Marijuana's History: How One Plant Spread Through the World." LiveSciemce. Perch. Oct 17, 2014. March 10. 2019.
Create a presentation or summary about what you learned from doing this research. Your presentation may come in any of the following forms or more.