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Course name
US History since 1914
Institution
Point Loma Nazarene University
Instructor
Kelli McCoy
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
US History from 1914 to the present
Course dates
2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-11 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
13


Upper-division survey of US History from 1914 to the present

Student Assigned Reviewing
Jperry98 Sundown town
Btaylor1724 Social purity movement
Andrewmanker The Covenant with Black America
LizVel Lemon Grove Incident
Emsavi South Africa–United States relations
Ksottile Golden age of baseball
Zallen13
Glotay Annie Glenn
Ekayeanders 20th-century philosophy
Kitaferd Progressive Party (United States, 1912), Progressive Party (United States, 1948), Social privilege, W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs of America, Consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Role of the United States in the Vietnam War, Awards and decorations of the Vietnam War, Fiscal conservatism
TheStory07 Anti-Christian Movement (China)
AKL887 Poston War Relocation Center
KMSavage319 George Vujnovich, Llewellyn Chilson

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Thursday, 10 January 2019
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 January 2019   |   Thursday, 17 January 2019
Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 January 2019   |   Thursday, 24 January 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)


Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 January 2019   |   Thursday, 31 January 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 February 2019   |   Thursday, 7 February 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

History

LGBT+ Studies

Women's Studies

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 February 2019   |   Thursday, 14 February 2019
In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 February 2019   |   Thursday, 21 February 2019

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 February 2019   |   Thursday, 28 February 2019
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 March 2019   |   Thursday, 14 March 2019

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 March 2019   |   Thursday, 21 March 2019
Assignment - Original analytical paper

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.


Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 March 2019   |   Thursday, 28 March 2019
Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 2 April 2019   |   Thursday, 4 April 2019
Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.