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This course studies the many historical transformations in American women's lives and roles from pre-Columbian times through the colonial period, the era of the Revolution, and the nineteenth century. We will examine women's diverse experiences as they re-envisioned their place within their families and communities, entered wage work and the professions, struggled for equal rights and social justice, and represented their own perspectives through writing and the visual arts. We will emphasize how gender has intersected with women's racial, class, ethnic, sexual, regional, and other identities as ideals of femininity and masculinity changed over time.
Student | Assigned | Reviewing |
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CJbtw | Tamsen Eustis Donner | Sacred White Buffalo Mother Mary Catherine |
Judeyoder | Martin v. Massachusetts | Lettie Lavilla Burlingame |
Notkazbrekker | Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne | Emma Amelia Hall |
Ella011001 | Herminia Dassel | Mabel Augusta Chase |
Plutoisstillaplanet2me | The Missing Bride (1855) | The Silent Partner (1871) |
Yazsmin | Emma Amelia Hall | Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne |
Ta'mar0388 | Memoir of Old Elizabeth | African American women missionaries |
Chloiemj | Mabel Augusta Chase | Herminia Dassel |
Finnleys | Hannah Jenkins Barnard | Julia Stockton Rush |
Emhg00 | Sacred White Buffalo Mother Mary Catherine | Tamsen Eustis Donner |
Sofia11111 | African American women missionaries | Memoir of Old Elizabeth |
Emmabtimms | The Silent Partner (1871) | The Missing Bride (1855) |
Katiemweekley | Lettie Lavilla Burlingame | Martin v. Massachusetts |
Mariamdunn | Julia Stockton Rush | Hannah Jenkins Barnard |
Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you.
By class time on Oct 18, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
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:
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. Together in class, we will apply what you've learned about Wikipedia, and evaluate an existing article:
We will be checking in as a class and in groups to make sure you've gotten started smoothly on the project.
By Oct 27, you should have selected the new article you'd like to write from those listed on this dashboard.
Everyone has identified sources to work with and has begun writing their article drafts.
By November 1, in your sandbox, you will report on the new article you plan to write, and you will list the sources you have found so far for the new article.
You should also note which article or articles you plan to edit. You may want to choose articles that are related in topic or theme to the new article you plan to write.
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
By November 15, you should have finished all 6 training modules to which this course page directed you: Wikipedia policies; evaluating articles and sources; drafting in the sandbox; plagiarism; moving work out of the sandbox; & Sandboxes, talk pages, and watchlists.
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!
Every student will review assigned articles drafted by their peers and provide constructive feedback.Due November 29.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:
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
It's the final week to develop your article. Remember your work must total at least 1000 words -- a new article at least 500 words long, and at least 500 words edited in other articles.
Remember this is part of the assignment! The other parts -- your writing and editing -- will be on Wikipedia, but this is a separate self-reflection to submit in the course online dropbox.
In class on December 13, we will explore and discuss all the work we have done on the Wikipedia projects this semester!