Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Merrimack College/WGS 3300 US Women's History (Fall 2019)

This course will explore the complex history of women in the United States from the contact period to the present, uncovering the evolution of women’s roles in American society and exploring the intersection of race, ethnicity, class, and sexual identity in shaping women’s historical experiences. The main goal is to discover how history looks different when viewed through the prism of gender. We will explore such topics as the nature of work in agricultural, industrial and post-industrial America; notions of citizenship and rights; debates about women’s proper roles; relationships between different groups of women; women’s impact on and response to changing cultural contexts; and women’s participation in movements for social and political change. For their Wikipedia assignment, students will have an opportunity to directly contribute to and help shape the representation of women in history.

Week 2
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.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 4
Choose your topic / Find your sources

What's a content gap?

Biographies

History

LGBT+ Studies

Women's Studies

Exercise
Add a citation

Week 6
Compile your bibliography for your chosen topic. Make sure all sources are secondary and are from reliable outlets. You can find your Bibliography template by navigating to the My Articles section under the home tab. The link to your bibliography template will be next to your assigned article.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7
Guiding framework

Thinking about Wikipedia

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

Week 8
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 9
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

Nominating your article for Did You Know

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
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 12
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!

Guiding questions

Guiding questions

Week 13
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.