Instructions for Research Proposal (1,550 words) and Annotated Bibliography (1,200 words):
a). Your proposal should provide a clear outline of your proposed research question and indicate why it is a significant and worthy topic of investigation. A strong thesis statement is required!! Also, your proposal should outline how you intend to organize and carry out your investigation and what examples or case studies you will use to illustrate your argument.
b). Annotated bibliography should have 2 scholarly sources (each should be 150 words), none of which are assigned as course readings. Each bibliographic entry should (1) provide a very brief summary of the source, and (2) a brief description of how it is appropriate to your chosen research topic.
