Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Vanderbilt University/Eugenics and Its Shadow (Fall 2019)

This course examines the history of eugenics and the persistence of eugenic ideas and policies in contemporary medicine, politics, and everyday life after World War II. Topics covered include educational and medical efforts to promote “fitter families” and “better babies,” the place of eugenics in popular culture, intelligence testing, immigration, compulsory sterilization, genetic testing, and genetic engineering. We will engage with the idea that eugenic ideologies and practices manifested in myriad ways, and we will explore the continuities and discontinuities with current-day genomic medicine and social justice concerns.

Students will be adding and editing articles related to the history of eugenics, including important people, events, laws, technologies, and research.

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?

History

LGBT+ Studies

Medicine

Psychology

Science Communication

Exercise
Add a citation

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

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

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 8
Guiding framework

Thinking about Wikipedia

Every student has finished reviewing their two assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed. Using the guidelines and questions provided in the Wikipedia Peer Review Training, you will create a 1.5-to-2-page, **single-spaced** letter to your peer that provides feedback on their article. Upload a copy of each letter to Brightspace under assignments. Print or email a copy to the author (ask for their preference).

Week 9
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 10
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

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.