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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.
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.
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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.)
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
In your sandbox, write a few sentences about what you plan to contribute to an existing article.
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
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
Submit the list of articles you are writing on and a working bibliography, using Chicago style citations, of the sources you are using. With regard to your new article in particular, your bibliography must include at least 3 scholarly sources. At least one of those three must be a book written by an academic historian and published by an academic press. The other scholarly sources for your new article may also be academic books or they may be articles published in peer-reviewed journals. None of your sources may be other Wikipedia articles. (If you refer to other Wikipedia articles within your article, those should be links, not citations.) Choose all your sources carefully to make sure they are authoritative. See handout for other instructions.
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.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
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.
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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. 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.
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