Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/California State University Channel Islands/Modern European Imperialisms 1830-1930 (Fall)

This course will explore the modern world’s often brutal – and always complex – encounter with some of the peoples it colonized in the modern “Age of Empire,” and the many different ways in which historians have written about this encounter. Special attention will be paid to the French, British and Belgians in Africa, and the devastating impact of their policies. Themes we will consider include the motives for European expansion; the emergence of new racist and humanitarian ideologies; masculinity, interracial unions, and fears of miscegenation; women’s roles in empire; strategies of resistance and accommodation to colonial rule; and the continuing influence of the colonial past on Europe’s multicultural societies today.

The course has two specific objectives: 1) to familiarize students with the many different ways historians have written and continue to write about empire in the modern era and 2) to complete a group project on a topic related to the topic of modern empires based principally upon primary source material. By using contemporary accounts of a particular colonial encounter, students will gain a better understanding of the process of expansion at a time when the West had an overwhelming technological advantage over the peoples it colonized. Themes to consider include: the difference between land-based and overseas empires; the economic, political and moral motives for expansion in the nineteenth and/or twentieth centuries; the emergence of new racist and humanitarian ideologies connected to empires; forms of colonial violence, from legal codes to genocide; strategies of resistance and accommodation to colonial rule; and men and women’s different roles in empire.

Week 5
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

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.

Week 7
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 9
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Biographies

Books

Cultural Anthropology

History

LGBT+ Studies

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 10
Guiding framework

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

Week 11
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.

Week 13
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 14
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 15
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!

Week 16
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.