Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UCLA/Immigration Debate in Historical Perspective (Winter 2016)

Work, Migration, and Citizenship

Disagreement over immigration policy has become a centerpiece of the U.S. presidential election. Some candidates call for a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and others demand forced deportation. History can help us make sense of these debates, but for the most part this class will not focus on contemporary policy proposals. Instead we will look to the specifics of the past to develop a deeper understanding of migration and citizenship in the long term. We will explore the ways immigrants have shaped, and been shaped by American culture. We place immigration to the U.S., and migration within the U.S., in a wider context of global migration of which U.S. story is just one part. Through it all, we examine relationship between work and citizenship in the United States, and the intersecting dynamics of race, ethnicity, and social movements that confront social and economic inequality.

Week 1

 * Overview of the course
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.

Handout: [http://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia Editing Wikipedia ]

Week 2

 * Complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.

Week 3

 * Add 1–2 sentences of new information, backed up with a citation to an appropriate source, to a Wikipedia article related to the class.

Week 4

 * Identify a Wikipedia article that would benefit from illustration, find an appropriate photo or illustration.
 * Add the image to the Wikipedia article.
 * Use this image as the focus of your &quot;A Picture is Worth 250 Words&quot; assignment.
 * All media uploaded to Wikipedia must fall under a &quot;free license,&quot; which means they can be used or shared by anyone. Examples of media you can use are photos that you take yourself, images and text in the public domain, and works created by someone else who has given permission for their work to be used by others. For more information about which types of media can be uploaded to Wikipedia, see Commons:Help desk.
 * To add a media file to an article, you must first upload it to Wikimedia Commons. For instructions on how to upload files to Commons, refer to Illustrating Wikipedia. This brochure will also provide you with detailed information about which files are acceptable to upload to Wikipedia and the value of contributing media to Wikipedia articles.

Week 5

 * Identify the Wikipedia article you will edit in the next phase of the class.
 * Post on the Talk page explaining the changes you expect to make

Week 6
Identify at least two sources that support the changes you plan to make, and meet Wikipedia's standards for sources.

Week 8
By week 8 you should finish your Wikipedia contribution.