Annotated Bibliography Essay

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Annotated Bibliography Carlson, Eric. "Making Measurement Simple: The Metric System." Yale University. Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. Web. 28 Oct. 2011. This article discusses what metrics are and how and why it came about. It also shows the steps for teaching metric system in the different grade levels. The author made a lot of researches before writing this article because there are lots of sources which he used for his article. The article is credible because it is scholarly and it is a research from Yale University. It can help me to write about how the metric system can be taught in the schools. De, Simone Daniel V. A Metric America; a Decision Whose Time Has Come. Washington: National Bureau of Standards; for Sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971. PDF. This book is about the adaptation to the metric system for the U.S. and it discusses that if changing to metric system with national plan or without a plan. This book is directly related to my topic and it is available, it can be found online and also print. It is credible because it is from Michigan University and its publisher is National Bureau of Standards. This book has a lot of information which I can use in my essay. Only negative side of this book is it is not a new book but the information in this book is still relevant. Donlan, Thomas. "Editorial Commentary: Measure for Measure." Barron's 82.47 (2002): 35-. ABI/INFORM Global. Web. 8 Nov. 2011. This article mentions that if the U.S. doesn’t convert into the metric system, it will cost billions of dollars for the U.S. industry. This article is credible because it is an editorial so the author had some researches before he wrote this article. It is also related to my topic. One of my reasons for my claim is metric system is used in all international marketing. This article supports my reason so I can use this article for my

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