SCED 376 / EMAT 531 Annotated Bibliography

Purpose: While the classroom textbook may be teachers’ and students’ main resource in the classroom, it should not be the only one. Teachers need to be knowledgeable about available supplementary resources for themselves and for their students. These resources can provide additional support for content or literacy. This annotated bibliography should provide breadth and depth to the theme or topic chosen for your unit. You are asked to review and evaluate a minimum of 2 content area textbooks, 2 electronic sources and 2 audio and/or visual sources.

Format: Bibliographic entries must be typed. Use a standard 1” margin on all sides and 12 font. Begin each entry on a new page. Submit all entries in a notebook or folder. Use the following format.

► type of source

► title of source

► author of source

► publication date of source

► publisher of source

► number of pages / minutes / etc.

► genre – choose from the following or add to the list

Autobiography	Reference	Non-fiction activity book
Website	Magazine	Novel / historical fiction
Video / film (indicate type)	Documentary	Poster
Advertisement	Compact disk	Cassette
Poetry	Newspaper	Electronic game
Board game	Play	Fable
Short story	Myth	Biography
Map / graph	Forms	Speech
Correspondence	Catalogue	Cookbook

► summary / description of the text (1-2 paragraphs)

► suggested audience (age group or content area)

► author’s intent and / or your purpose for using this text - choose from the

following or add to the list

Preparation for reading

In-class reading or use

Independent reading or use

Graphics / illustrations

Reinforcement

Extension activity

► suggested content area connection (e.g. appropriate topic within the unit outline)

► suggested activity / activities (possible relationship to PAR)

► your evaluation of the text – EXCELLENT / ABOVE AVERAGE /

AVERAGE / NOT USEFUL - consider the following or add to the list

Overall organization

Level of language

Degree of authenticity

Illustrations / graphics

Creativity

Overall quality

Rubric: (to be used for the evaluation of sources)

TARGET	ACCEPTABLE	UNACCEPTABLE
Information provided for all categories; all commentary thoughtful and appropriate in all categories; well written and well organized (3 points)	Information provided for all categories; most commentary thoughtful and appropriate in all categories; minor problems with organization and / or writing which do not limit comprehension (2 points)	Information provided for most categories; some commentary thoughtful and appropriate in all categories; major problems with organization and / or writing which limit comprehension

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRPAHY – SAMPLE

Type of source – Visual

Title – Paris Fashions of the 1890s

Editor – Stella Blum

Publication date – 1984

Publisher – Dover Publications, Inc.

Number of pages – 88

Genre – reference

Summary of the text – 350 designs in black and white and color of women’s and children’s clothing in the 1890s in Paris. There is also a brief introduction about the culture of middle class women at this time dealing with changing times, the Industrial Revolution, the invention of electricity, etc.

Suggested audience – middle or high school students

Author’s intent – reference and / or resource to this particular time period

My purpose – Have additional graphic representation of types of clothing within a historical and cultural context

Suggested content area connection within unit – clothing

Suggested activities –

1) make copies of black and white plates and have students color them and make an

oral presentation

2) enlarge several of the color plates for a bulletin board; have students label the

clothing

3) ask students to compare and contrast clothing for different “events” – outdoors /

evening / afternoons / day

4) ask students to compare and contrast American clothing from the same period to

the French examples

5) (affective) – ask female students if they would have wanted to wear these clothes

Evaluation – ABOVE AVERAGE – There is a wide variety of samples and some indication of the types of fabric and / or materials that were used. The examples are limited to the middle class though and the text is in English, although I selected it for the visuals. The book is well organized too.