Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/New College of Florida/Music in the US (Spring 2020)

This course examines music as a means through which people interact within and across cultures in the United

States, both locally and globally. It focuses on genre in the context of history, beginning with musical encounters

between European settlers and indigenous peoples in the seventeenth century, and ending with case studies in the

blues in print, recording, and live performance during the twentieth century. Other topics include black face

minstrelsy and the white racial imagination, the polka’s shift from a popular ballroom dance to ethnic music,

transatlantic performers such as the dancer Fanny Elssler, the singer Jenny Lind, the violinist Ole Bull, the whistler

Mrs. Alice J. Shaw, and the early jazz band leader James Reese Europe, salon culture and the piano, and symphonic

instrumental music in the US, the spiritual’s movement from plantations into print and onto college campuses, the

rise of the recording industry, and the US’s use of music as part of soft diplomacy programs. More generally, the

course focuses on the work music does and the uses to which it is put through a number of case studies.

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.

Week 4
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 6
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

History

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7
Guiding framework

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

Week 10
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!