1.    The title of the topic you are writing about.
2.    A brief description of the topic at the beginning of the write-up.
3.    Citations with annotations for the sources of information.  See the grading rubric for the number of citations and the source of the information.  The format for the citation is the APA style.
4.    Sources should include one or more of the following:
    A book or book chapter
    One online dictionary entry with the definition of one of your key words or phrases
    Three articles from a scholarly journal
    One article from a newspaper
    Authoritative Web pages
    A statistical resource using a statistical database
    An authoritative podcast or web video
    Governmental data sources (.gov

The final paper must also include 3 visuals in the form of charts, tables, graphs or other visual that shows data or information to support a point in your paper.  The visuals must take no more than 1/3 of the page.  Larger visuals must be reduced in size to fit to 1/3 of the page