Prepare:

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) and Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.) web pages, and 
Evaluating Sources
 (Links to an external site.) and 
Annotated Bibliography
 (Links to an external site.) tutorials.

Reflect: Reflect back on the Week 1 discussion in which you shared with the class the global societal issue that you would like to further address. Explore critical insights that were shared by your peers and/or your instructor on the topic chosen and begin your search for scholarly sources with those insights in mind.

Write: For this assignment, review the 

Annotated Bibliography Formatting Guidelines

 and address the following prompts:

· Introductory paragraph to topic (refer to the Final Paper guidelines for your topic selection).

· Write an introductory paragraph with at least 150 words that clearly explains the topic, the importance of further research, and ethical implications.

· Thesis statement.

· Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which will become the solution to the problem that you will argue or prove in the Week 5 Final Paper. (A thesis statement should be a concise, declarative statement. The thesis statement must appear at the end of the introductory paragraph.)

· Annotated bibliography.

· Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you have read.

· Summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the global societal issue for each annotation.

· Address fully the purpose, content, evidence, and relation to other sources you found on this topic (your annotation should be one to two paragraphs long—150 words or more.

· Include no less than five scholarly sources in the annotated bibliography that will be used to support the major points of the Final Paper.

· Demonstrate critical thinking skills by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the topic.

The Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography

· Must be 1,000 to 1,250 words in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style, as outlined in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource. 

· Must include a separate title page with the following:

· Title of paper

· Student’s name

· Course name and number

· Instructor’s name

· Date submitted

· For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).

· Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.

· Must use at least five scholarly sources.

· The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for an assignment. The 
Integrating Research
 (Links to an external site.) tutorial will offer further assistance with including supporting information and reasoning.

· Must document in APA style any information used from sources, as outlined in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper. (Links to an external site.)

· Must have no more than 15% quoted material in the body of your essay based on the Turnitin report. References list will be excluded from the Turnitin originality score.

· Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center for specifications.

This is part of my topic in regards to pollution and was my first week 1 post to my final.

Pollution is a serious environmental issue that has been affecting our environment for many years. Pollution occurs when a chemical substance or form of energy is distributed into the environment at a rate faster than it can be dispersed or safely stored (Environmental health Pollution Encyclopedia Britannica, 2013). It can occur naturally or artificially and environmentally affect air, water and land. There are many types of pollutants that affect our environment such as excessive plastics that are not biodegradable and radioactive material. In conclusion, pollution can be reduced if we recycle properly and treat our environment with the proper chemical treatments in order to reduce pollutants and excessive waste. We can also change this reducing the use of fossil fuels and carbon emissions. When choosing this topic I decided to write about something that I have familiarized myself with.

Pollution is a topic that I have written about before and I feel very strongly about. Having knowledge of this topic will help me write my final paper and help me critically analyze for further research. Three ways you can critically analyze sources to determine if they are scholarly is by identifying where the article is located. In other words where is the article retrieved from, such as a university library or Google scholar etc. Next we would need to identify the authors and their credentials and if the author does not attempt to persuade or bias the reader. Lastly we would need to examine the content. Is the author using credible resources and relevant information that lead to a conclusion of the topic? Scholarly sources should be used because it creates reliable and factual information when conducting research. Scholarly sources also provide credibility and improve the quality the research project.

Miller, D. Shondell and Yelin, . Joel C. (2013, September 4). Environmental health. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/science/environmental-health

Wrenn, Douglas H., Allen Klaiber, and Edward C. Jaenicke. 2016. “Unconventional Shale Gas Development,

Risk Perceptions, and Averting Behavior: Evidence from Bottled Water Purchases.” Journal of the Associa- tion of Environmental and Resource Economists 3 (4): 779–817.

Allen M, Poggiali D, Whitaker K, Marshall TR, Kievit R. 2019. Raincloud plots: a multi-platform tool for robust data visualization. Wellcome Open Res 4:63, PMID: 31069261, https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15191.1.