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Course name
Early American History Graduate Seminar
Institution
Cal Poly Pomona
Instructor
Rachel Van
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History
Course dates
2022-08-29 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-12-07 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
14


This class is a graduate reading and research seminar in early American history to 1877. Students will complete a research paper asking them to write or revise a Wikipedia page on an individual notable within early American history.

Student Assigned Reviewing
CallejotheThird
Jcayala97 José Francisco Ortega
Sunnshinegarcia
Jenniferhowell
Alflac Paxton Boys
TisCZY Mattie Silks
Melllea Elizabeth Van Lew
Jodij324 Salmon P. Chase
BARBARlC
Haillynnortiz Douglas H. Cooper
Glendora Emily Luis Jayme
Fpradojr Oliver Wolcott Jr.
R13A199K9 Eliza Snow

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 29 August 2022
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:

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account and peruse the Wikiedu timeline.  On Blackboard, I have links to sample biographies revised by previous students.

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 12 September 2022
Milestones

Use Wikiedu training resources to gain understanding of Wikipedia's structure and policies.  For a biography you will need to find a "notable" person from early America whose page is in need of revising, but also someone with secondary sources available on their historical contributions and life.  You may use primary sources, but the secondary sources help to establish notability and peer reviewed assessments of how to read the primary sources.

Milestones

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

History

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 19 September 2022
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 26 September 2022
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia - Annotated Page & Memo

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 3 October 2022

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 10 October 2022
Assignment - Finalize Your Topic, with sources & analysis

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 17 October 2022
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

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 24 October 2022
Assignment - Add to an article - Questions about the technology?

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 31 October 2022
Assignment - NO CLASS - DRAFT

No class this week - instead, use this time to write, consult with me or our subject librarian, and to get a draft of your revised page completed by the end of the week.

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 7 November 2022
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
Monday, 14 November 2022
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

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

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 21 November 2022

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 28 November 2022

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 5 December 2022
Assignment - Final article

Final contributions to your Wikipedia Page are due.

  • 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!
In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Assignment - Reflective analytical paper

Write a paper using your Wikipedia article to reflect on your findings and research, the process, and Wikipedia as a tool of public history.