Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Trinity College/AMST-203 Conflicts and Cultures in American Society - 1820s (Fall 2018)

As the dust of the American Revolution began to settle, a new generation of Americans spent the 1820s struggling to define themselves. This meant asking who, what, and where was, and perhaps more importantly, was not American. Through this process, some Americans set themselves apart—in real and imagined ways—from their neighbors at home and around the world, all while relying on those connections. We will follow these debates as they wind through American and transnational history. In doing so, we will pay particular attention to those who did not receive the full benefits of this era’s alleged expansion of democracy, and how they fought for a voice and a place in the nation’s political system nonetheless.

Instead of trying to cover every event in the history of the 1820s and surrounding decades, this course will highlight the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that shaped the epoch and changed the nation. Some of the issues we will investigate include: the construction of American identities, and the people excluded from those new frameworks; the rise of new American political system and the assumptions of race, class and gender at its foundation; Native-American history and the history of their displacement; the expansion of the United States and its influence across the continent and throughout the world; the shaping and reshaping of slavery, emancipation, and freedom; and the processes of historical memory and periodization.

Week 6
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
What's a content gap?

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 8
Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Exercise
Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

History

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Week 11
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

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

Week 12
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.

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 13
Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.

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!

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