Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Washington/ARCHY 319 Archaeology of Australia (Winter)

Amongst the core aims of archaeology is using archaeological evidence to tell a convincing story about past human behaviour. This course will focus on the kinds of stories told about past human behavior in Australia from the arrival of the first hominins right up until recent times. At the end of this course, you will be able to:

Describe some of the archaeological evidence from Australia and construct a basic timeline of major social, economic and technological events across the continent.

Understand the controversies current in Australian archaeology, especially those surrounding major events and processes.

Apply scientific archaeological thinking to evaluate different sides of the current controversies, interpret archaeological evidence and evaluate the validity of different explanations

Week 1
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.

For this class you will write a new article that is a biography of a female Australian Archaeologist. You must choose one from this list. You're welcome to suggest another archaeologist, but please check with me before you make a start. Here's the list:

Laurajane Smith

Hilary du Cros

Angela McGowan

Jennifer M. Webb

Louise Zarmati

Cherrie De Leiuen

Marcia-Anne Dobres

Jane Lydon

Sue Anderson

Jo McDonald

C.T. Gleeson

Julie Drew

Anne Clarke

Elsie Branell

Sharon Sullivan

Silvia Hallam

Sarah Colley

Susan Lawrence

Caroline Bird

Denise Donlon

You need to skim through these scholarly articles to help you choose who to write about, and probably also cite these articles in your biography:

Beck, W. &amp; L. Head. 1990. Women in Australian prehistory. Australian Feminist Studies 11: 29–42. https://doi.org/10.1080/08164649.1990.9961673 http://sci-hub(.)tw/10.1080/08164649.1990.9961673

Bowdler, S., &amp; Clune, G. (2000). That Shadowy Band: The Role of Women in the Development of Australian Archaeology. Australian Archaeology, (50), 27-35. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/stable/40287449

De Leiuen C. (2014) Gender, Feminist, and Queer Archaeologies: Australian Perspective. In: Smith C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_1026

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.)

Exercise
Evaluate an article

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2
Choose your topic / Find your sources

Exercise
Add a citation

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 3
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 4
Guiding framework

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.

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

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 5
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

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!

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

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