Edu 430/530 Professionalism and Social Justice

Annotated Bibliography Overview

Each of your TSJ lesson plans should have an annotated bibliography attached. The bibliography for these assignments should contain the following:

  • Section A. At least two references that relate to the content you have taught
  • Section B. At least two references that reflect how TSJ is used in this lesson
  • Section C. At least two references that would be used by students during the lesson

References can include: books, articles, web pages, poetry, prose, fiction, non-fiction, etc. Be specific. Using the entire Teaching Tolerance web page is not acceptable. Using the entire Rethinking Our Classrooms, Volume 1 book is not acceptable.Include resources that would help another teacher understand your lesson plan and your thinking.

Use APA style for listing the resources.
You can find information about APA style at the Penfield Library web site:

WHAT IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?

An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.
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We don’t expect it to be that long, nor do you have to attest to the accuracy of the source you are documenting. But we do want a very brief description of the contents and some sense of its use to you, in other words in a few lines (3-4 sentences). Keep these two things in mind: Tell what the book/website/article is about.Tell how you used it, how it was helpful specifically.

Sample Annotated Bibliography:

Turner, E.E. & Strawhun, B.T.F. (2005). With math, it’s like you have more defense. In E. Gutstein and B. Petersen (Eds.) Rethinking Mathematics. Teaching Social Justice by the Numbers. (pp 81-87). Milwaukee, WI: Rethinking Schools.

This article talks about how we can use mathematics to understand physical conditions in schools and how to use that knowledge to help create positive change in the schools. Mathematics becomes a piece of social justice activism as students learn to use mathematics to understand overcrowding in school and issues of lessened safety and academic accountability that are associated with overcrowding. I used this article to structure my thinking about the role of standardized testing in schools and how charter, voucher, and private schools are not always required to give students standardized tests (but they can pick the “cream of the crop” students) while public school must teach to test.