Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)/146B (Spring 2013)/Course description

History 146B: American Working Class Movements. This course traces the changing nature of work, working-class communities, class politics, and social movements in the United States since the late 19th century. We will trace the intertwined fates of an activist federal state and powerful industrial unions between the 1930s and the 1970s, and how this relationship unwound. We will examine how women, African Americans, and immigrants struggled to make the workplace more inclusive, and how organizing traditions have been developed and passed down across generations of activists. We will also ponder the ways Americans imagine inequality, particularly economic inequality in film, art, and popular culture.

See my Wikipedia User page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tobyhigbie) for a list of potential entries to start or expand. The list is also linked via the course website. Remember: since Wikipedia is constantly growing, some of these may have already been developed.

FYI: A Message from Our Volunteers
Hi there and welcome to Wikipedia.

My name is Tim Davenport, I write as "Carrite" at Wikipedia (WP), and I spend a good part of my time working on radical politics and labor history-type stuff. I'm consequently very interested in seeing Dr. Higbie's class contributions be successful in providing quality, lasting content to the encyclopedia. I have rounded up a number of colleagues at WP who have agreed to help answer any questions from the class as they arise.

If you have any questions about (a) Wikipedia policy doctrine with respect to Phrasing Neutrality, "Notability," Sourcing, etc. or (b) Wikipedia's somewhat idiosyncratic "markup code" that needs to be written in the edit windows to generate the text seen on page, please do not hesitate to ask me or any one of us. Similarly, in the unlikely event that you run into another user who behaves inexplicably or aggressively towards your contributions, do not hesitate to contact me or any one of us. We are here to help.


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Good luck with your work! —Tim Davenport /// Corvallis, OR /// MutantPop@aol.com /// Carrite (talk) 18:43, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

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