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Course name
Social Protests of the 1960s
Institution
Glendale Community College
Instructor
Becka Cooling
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History
Course dates
2019-03-11 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-06-12 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


The course introduces students to the history of protest movements in the 1960s, focusing on the period 1954-1974. Students will be making edits to improve articles of their choosing, as related to course content.

Student Assigned Reviewing
St. Hypnos
Aniofsuburbia
Teoab
Gguzman23 East L.A. Walk-outs
Bvalverde101 Protests of 1968, 1960s Berkeley protests, Counterculture of the 1960s, Student strike of 1970
Amar402
Cindyy8
Phrontisterium
Artmin405 Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Mario Savio, Free Speech Movement
Verniiiceee
JackieAlv Dolores Huerta, Women's liberation movement
Ant0244
Peach Taffy
Na4191
Emma.wollenweber G.I. Bill
Knichelson
Mengyangwiki
Vicky12244 Second-wave feminism
Pjh2328
Cchuay12689
Xairxx
Bthomas759

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 11 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 March 2019
In class -
In class -
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:


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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 18 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 25 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 8 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 10 April 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
Monday, 15 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 17 April 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 7

Course meetings
Monday, 22 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!


Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 29 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 1 May 2019
Milestones

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