User:Ghamilton5000/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title Economic History
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is listed as a start class and of interest to several WikiProjects. There have been comments in the Talk page about the need to include some of the debates in the field. One of the comments is from Dr. O'Grada, Irish economic historian.
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Most of the content seems relevant to the topic.
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * Does each claim have a citation? Many claims do not have citations
 * Are the citations reliable? Most of the sources look reliable, many from peer reviewed journals, but there are a few from newspapers, such as the one from NYT columnist Paul Krugman, There seem to be a lot of quotes used in the article rather than rephrasing the information. There are claims without citations.
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)? It doesn't address an equity gap
 * Check out the article's Talk page to see what other Wikipedians are already contributing. Consider posting some of your ideas to the article's Talk page, too.
 * Time on the Cross is cited but not discussed. The last contribution on the Talk page was about one year ago.

Option 2

 * Southernization
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is primarily about the Southernization of the US and has a brief mention of Shaffer's concept Southernization as it relates to world history. This is classified as a stub class article and so has lots of room to improve, but the part that I was interested is only a small part of this article. It could be expanded to elaborate more on the concept and its use in World History. It has several inaccuracies. For example references the end of Southernization in 5th century AD.
 * This article is primarily about the Southernization of the US and has a brief mention of Shaffer's concept Southernization as it relates to world history. This is classified as a stub class article and so has lots of room to improve, but the part that I was interested is only a small part of this article. It could be expanded to elaborate more on the concept and its use in World History. It has several inaccuracies. For example references the end of Southernization in 5th century AD.


 * Sources
 * Shaffer, Lynda. Southernization. American Historical Association, 2003.
 * Janet Abu-Lughod's Before European Hegemony: the World System A.D. 1250-1350 (Oxford University Press, 1989) might also be a relevant source for the "other uses" section of the article.
 * "'Southernization' as a Construct in Post-Civilization Narrative," in The New World History, ed. Ross Dunn (Boston: Bedford, 2000). Voll offers a critique of Shaffer's Southernization theory.

Option 3

 * Historical Thinking
 * Article Evaluation:
 * Home page has warning template (2012) about use of weasel words, lack on inline citations. Proportionally, the article has a large part of the text addressing use of textbooks which seems to get into the "fact" versus "constructed" debate over history instruction in the U.S.
 * Textbook section is not about using textbooks to teach historical thinking skills but weighs in on the argument of the content of US history textbooks.
 * More description of historical thinking skills would improve the article.
 * The National History Standards section makes it appear that these are the standards adopted across the nation. There are no adopted national history or historical thinking standards. Add information about the historical thinking skills in AP.
 * The National History Standards section makes it appear that these are the standards adopted across the nation. There are no adopted national history or historical thinking standards. Add information about the historical thinking skills in AP.


 * Sources
 * One inline citation is to the NY Times (teaching slavery in Texas)
 * Peter Seixas Big Six are not included. SHEG & OER should also be added as references

Option 4

 * Article title: Periodization
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has warning template - lacks inline citations. Classified as a start class article, with various organizations rating it as a High-importance (WikiProjects Time), low importance (WikiProjects History). It is considered a Vital article in history.
 * Content examples Eurocentric. References AD rather than CE.
 * Historiography section could be improved to discuss the changes in periodization eg Middle Ages versus Postclassical
 * Historiography section could be improved to discuss the changes in periodization eg Middle Ages versus Postclassical


 * Sources
 * Only 6 sources are cited

Option 5

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