This project has two parts--an annotated bibliography and an oral presentation.  First choose a person who you think has an exemplary life, and then find five credible outside sources about your person.  Take time to evaluate each source using the principles Lauren discusses in her presentation.  After you've found and evaluated five sources, generate an annotated bibliography that summarizes and evaluates the sources.  Then take the  information you gathered to produce a 4-5 minute oral presentation in which you give an overview of the person's life and argue for why s/he has an exemplary life.  Use the principles on citing sources orally that Steve Price gave during his mini-presentation.

Annotated Bibliogaphy:  Follow the MLA Guidelines for creating a works cited entries in chapter 56 of The Bedford Handbook.  For each entry you should have a 5-7 sentence annotation in which you summarize the main points of the source and evaluate the quality of the source using the principles that Lauren teaches you (you can apply the Evaluating Internet Resources handout from the library web page to just about any source).  You will submit one annotated bibliography entry on Tuesday, November 13 before the presentations begin, and I will quickly review it with you. All completed bibliographies are due Thursday, November 15 at the beginning of class.  Here's what a sample bibliography entry for this assignment might look like.  Here's what an overall annotated bibliography might look like (this is from another assignment in another class-but it shows the big picture of what it should look like)

Oral Presentation: Each of you will make a 4-5 minute presentation of your subject in which you give an overview of his/her life and argue for why you think the person has an exemplary life.  As part of your discussion I would like for you to also anticipate counterarguments for why someone might say your subject's life is not exemplary--what flaws does the person have and how would you answer a skeptic's concerns?  I will use the following grade sheet to evaluate your presentation.

Topics: As  I told you in class, you will be more likely to find good sources if you choose a person who is deceased.  If you choose someone who is alive, you might want to do a preliminary search to make sure there are sources available.