Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Brigham Young University/History 221 - Gonzales (Fall 2018)

This course surveys the history of the United States from the end of Reconstruction in 1877 through the present day. Since a comprehensive exploration of historical developments and their significance pertaining to such a vast temporal and geographic scope is nearly impossible, our study will primarily focus on key historical questions, themes, and turning points that have shaped our understanding of U.S. history. Themes central to our examination of the past include: (1) the legacies of European colonialism and slavery on U.S. political economy and race relations, as well as the (2) impact of global and domestic migrations on notions of U.S. national belonging and citizenship.

Week 1
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:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

Week 2
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.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

What's a content gap?

Exercise
Add a citation

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Week 6


Guidelines for Annotated Bibliography for Wikipedia



Objective : This is an opportunity to begin significant research on your Wikipedia interventions by finding those sources and material that will help you build the citations that will provide the documentation for your article.



Annotated Bibliography:  In preparation for their Wikipedia contributions, students will present an annotated bibliography that includes at least 12 verifiable sources (15 for groups of 3) related to their topic. These can include journal articles, book chapters, newspaper accounts, magazine articles, and documentaries. A minimum of half your sources must come from academic journal articles, book chapters, or anthologies accessed via the University library. Your annotations should include both broad general texts that provide the historical, geographic, or contextual framing for your Wiki article and more specific articles that focus directly on your topic. Each entry in the Annotated Bibliography should be about 2-3 sentences long and include a description of the source and about how you are going to use it in Wiki articles. In your annotated bibliography you can already begin paraphrasing those points that you want to make using this source. The assignment will be graded based on the range and quality of the sources cited, the strength and clarity of the writing, and the creativity and resourcefulness used to track down pertinent citations. Each topic will be different, but here are some things to consider:



Quality of Sources:  The better your sources, the more credible your Wikipedia article. The highest quality sources are those that come from academic books and academic journals—academic books are published by University Presses, and academic articles are peer-reviewed. The next level would be popular books, magazines, and newspapers, and finally, the least reliable are web pages and blogs. Even here there are differences—the Human Rights Watch is a much better source for Human Rights than a random page by an unknown author. Always aim to use the highest quality of sources you can find.



Context:  In considering what sort of things to include, think about the larger historical, cultural, or geographic context of your topic, these might not specifically mention your subject but can help provide the background to establish their significance or importance. For general context, academic books and academic journal articles are best to establish the grounding and significance of your topic. Sources will generally come from databases like J-Stor, Project MUSE, LexisNexis (for Law), and google scholar. But you will also need to seek out sources that directly speak about your topic, and for these, you may need to look harder, including in local newspapers, independent films, and other more obscure sources.



Grading Criteria for Annotated Bibliography



Things I will look for in sources:



·           A wide range of appropriate sources: a mix of books, articles, newspapers



·           The scholarly value of the sources used



·           Sources that suggest that you have considered several aspects of the topic



·           Extra consideration will be given to sources that are particularly unusual, creative, or difficult to find.





Things I will look for in annotations:



·           How focused are they relative to your project?



·           How well are you able to describe the relevance of the source to your project?



·           How insightful is your understanding of the ideas presented?

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·           How effectively are the annotations written in terms of style and grammar?

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Grading Grid

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A (90-100)      An excellent range of substantive and high-quality sources that work well together to illuminate a topic in compelling ways. The sources demonstrate advanced research skills, tenacity in seeking out obscure sources, and familiarity with assessing the value of diverse sources. The annotations are well written and illustrate an understanding of the significance of the relevant issues and how they might be applied to the final Wikipedia entry.

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B (80-89)     A good range of sources that work together to construct a solid research foundation for a topic. Overall the annotations demonstrate a clear understanding of the issues involved. This assignment may have benefited from one or more of the following: greater use of high quality sources; more specific and targeted sources that directly address your topic; more creativity or perseverance seeking out useful sources; greater clarity in presenting the larger relevant issues; greater attention to existing Wikipedia sources to avoid duplication; greater attention to grammar, punctuation and proofreading.

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C (70-79)        The assignment has an identifiable topic and demonstrates evidence of some independent research. This assignment would have benefited from one or more of the following: more high quality sources; more specific and targeted sources that directly address your topic; clearer focus on the larger context and relevance of your topic; more attention to connecting your annotations to your project; greater analysis or thought in terms of understanding the larger context; more attention to existing Wikipedia sources to avoid duplication; considerably greater attention to writing, grammar and proofreading.

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D (60-70)        The assignment does not evidence meaningful research or consideration of the issues. This assignment is lacking in several significant areas including quality of research; clarity of annotations; focus; grammar and proofreading.

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F (59 or less)   The minimum requirements of the assignment were not met.

Week 7
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Biographies

Books

Cultural Anthropology

Ecology

Environmental Sciences

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Linguistics

Political Science

Sociology

Women's Studies

Week 10
This does not have to be a full and complete draft, but it should consist of at least 500 words. Additionally, your initial draft should be divided into sections (whether fully written out or not) that show what will be covered in your article.

The draft must be moved to the SAND BOX section of one group member, so that it can be read by me and your classmates. If you are unsure of what this is, then see the training module that covers this.

Week 11
Guiding framework

Thinking about Wikipedia

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 12
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
 * Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

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

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

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 13
Final Wikipedia Article

HIST 221 – The U.S. since 1877

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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Wikipedia Edits completed: <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">  Due Dec. 1

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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Wikipedia never ends, but the final draft of all your work relating to the article should be finalized and published on Wikipedia by 11:59 PM on Dec. 1.

<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Note, you must also bring a printed copy of the text of your article (only your contributions if adding to an existing page) to class on Monday, Dec. 3. Please format and print this in a word processor document like Microsoft Word or Google Docs. Please use 12 pt. Times New Roman Font and 1-inch margins. Also, please include a final works cited page.

<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">The Wikipedia portion of your grade will be graded as follows:

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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Grading Goal:  <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">A substantial and thoughtful intervention that uses a wide range of sources (minimum of 12) effectively to make significant contributions across Wikipedia. The article consists of a minimum of 1000 words and demonstrates understanding of different kinds of sources and an appreciation of their strengths and utility to document their topic. Sources can include in scholarly books and articles; national, international and community newspapers; films, television, and videos; musical recordings, government, organizational, and community websites and reports. Remember, at least half of your sources must come from academic journal articles, books, magazines, etc. Also, the university library system should be the primary mode of accessing your sources. The article displays a sophisticated understanding of the topic, careful and precise editing, and a clear understanding of Wikipedia standards. The article represents significant research into the academic literature surrounding the topic and places the topic within a larger socio-historical context. It also evidences a thorough interrogation of existing Wikipedia pages that address the issue.

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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Things that detract from this excellence and will result in deductions:

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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> ·          <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Focusing on a small aspect of a topic without making important connection to related topics and Wikipedia entries

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> ·          <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Insufficient attention to other related Wikipedia pages

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> ·          <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Lack of organization and structure in your contributions

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> ·          <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Biased language

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> ·          <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Lack of attention to grammar and style—remember clear, accessible, and impartial language is the goal!

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> ·          <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Insufficient research to support your points

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> ·          <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Over-reliance on poor quality sources

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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Things that merit extra points:

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> ·          <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">An article/page that includes visual material—remember this must conform to WikiCommons standards of use!

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> ·          <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">An article/page that is well organized into topics and sections with headings and subheadings that flow logically and are easy to follow

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> ·          <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Research that evidences extra effort to track down sources

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> ·          <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Inclusion of primary sources from news and magazines

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> ·          <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Proof-reading and editing Wikipedia entries of other students

Week 14
Each group will have 10 minutes  to present their Wikipedia article to the class. Be sure to split your time equally among yourselves (5 min. each). Due to time constraints and the number of presentations, there will not be time for Q&amp;A.

Be sure to explain the following in your presentation:


 * 1) What is your topic and why did you choose it?
 * 2) What specific contributions did you make to your article (text and images)?
 * 3) How does your article/contributions relate to the history of the U.S. since 1877?
 * 4) What did you learn from this project?

Week 15
Each group will have 10 minutes  to present their Wikipedia article to the class. Be sure to split your time equally among yourselves (5 min. each). Due to time constraints and the number of presentations, there will not be time for Q&amp;A.

Be sure to explain the following in your presentation:


 * 1) What is your topic and why did you choose it?
 * 2) What specific contributions did you make to your article (text and images)?
 * 3) How does your article/contributions relate to the history of the U.S. since 1877?
 * 4) What did you learn from this project?

Week 16
Wikipedia Reflection Paper Instructions

(5 double-spaced pages, 12pt. font, 1-inch margins)

Please create a heading for each of the 3 following sections and answer the questions in full sentance and paragraph form.

I. Individual Contributions &amp; Learning Goals (3-4 pages):

Please describe your contribution to Wikipedia in detail. Specifically, explain how your article (new or addition to existing) contributes to the collective knowledge of the public via the Wikipedia community. Also, describe how your article relates to one or more of the following course themes: (1) the legacies of European colonialism and slavery on U.S. political economy and race relations; (2) the impact of global and domestic migrations on notions of U.S. national beloning and citizenship; (3) the power of historical memory and narrative.

Also discuss, what obstacles and challenges did this project present, and how did you go about addressing them? This is a place to outline any particular efforts that you made to research your topic, track down material, engage with other Wikipedia editors, etc.

What insights did you gain about Wikipedia, yourself, or the research process?

'''II. Collaboration, Self-Assessment (1/2 to 1 page):'''

Collaborating with others is an important aspect of this project. Please think about and rate your own contributions to collaboration, using a scale of 1-5 where 5 indicates exceptional contributions, and 1 indicates insufficient contributions.

Attendance and participation in group meetings:

Follow-through on tasks:

Contributing to collective ideas on group presentation (be specific):

Contributing to execution of group presentation, this can include preparing PowerPoint, compiling handouts, writing outline, etc.: Rate yourself and detail your contribution:

Additional contributions to others in or out of your group (editing, proofreading, translation, sharing materials, etc):

Contributing to collective ideas on Wikipedia article(s) (If you were the sole author of a page write N/A but mention any edits you might have made to the pages of other students if applicable):

Contributions to research efforts (be specific about any extra efforts in research):

'''III. Collaboration, Assessing Others (1/2 to 1 page): '''

Name those you collaborated with and rank their contributions (copy and paste the grading grid for each member of the group). Assign each fellow student a number 1-5 for each area. These are confidential assessments.

Name of Group Member:

Attendance and participation in group meetings:

Follow-through on tasks:

Contributing to collective ideas on group presentation (be specific):

Contributing to collective ideas on Wikipedia article(s) (be specific): (Write N/A if not applicable)

Contributions to research efforts (be specific about any extra efforts in research):

Contributing to execution of group presentation, this can include preparing PowerPoint, compiling handouts, writing outline, etc.: Rate each group member and detail their contribution:

Did you receive any assistance from another class member that you want to recognize?:

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