HIST 463 Consumerism in Modern America

  • Week 1 (09/24 - 09/30)

    Meetings: Thursday (09/28)

    • Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

      In Class

      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:

    • Get started on Wikipedia

      Assignment

      Training

      Wikipedia policiesStart
      Sandboxes, talk pages, and watchlistsStart

      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.)

    • Everyone has a Wikipedia account

      Milestone
      This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

  • Week 2 (10/01 - 10/07)

    Meetings: Thursday (10/05)

    • Evaluate Wikipedia

      Assignment

      Training

      Evaluating articles and sourcesStart
      How to edit: Wikicode vs Visual EditorStart

      Exercise

      Evaluate WikipediaDue on Oct 7thView

    • Choose possible topics

      Assignment

      Training

      Finding your articleStart

      Exercise

      Find potential articlesDue on Oct 7thView

      Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

    • Discussion

      In Class
      Thinking about sources and plagiarismView

  • Week 3 (10/08 - 10/14)

    Meetings: Thursday (10/12)

    • Discussion

      In Class
      What's a content gap?View

    • Add to an article

      Assignment

      Training

      Adding citationsStart

      Exercise

      Make a small editDue on Oct 14thView

    • Exercise

      Assignment
      Building your bibliographyDue on Oct 14thView

  • Week 4 (10/15 - 10/21)

    Meetings: Thursday (10/19)

  • Week 5 (10/22 - 10/28)

    Meetings: Thursday (10/26)

    • Everyone has started writing

      Milestone

      Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

    • Discussion

      In Class
      Thinking about WikipediaView

  • Week 6 (10/29 - 11/04)

    Meetings: Thursday (11/02)

    • Have your article edits ready to be peer reviewed; be assigned two articles

      Assignment
      Guiding framework

  • Week 7 (11/05 - 11/11)

    Meetings: Thursday (11/09)

    • Peer reviews are complete

      Milestone

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

    • Respond to your peer review

      Assignment

      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 8 (11/12 - 11/18)

    Meetings: Thursday (11/16)

    • Contact Prof. Heinz for Feedback

      Assignment

    • Continue improving your article

      Assignment

      Training

      Contributing images and media filesStart

      Exercise

      Continue improving your articleDue on Nov 18thView

      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 9 (11/19 - 11/25)

    No scheduled meetings this week

  • Week 10 (11/26 - 12/02)

    Meetings: Thursday (11/30)

    • Polish your work

      Assignment

      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!

    • Prepare to move your work to Wikipedia

      Assignment
      Moving group work liveStart

      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

    • Exercise

      Assignment
      Did You KnowDue on Dec 2ndView

  • Week 11 (12/03 - 12/09)

    Meetings: Thursday (12/07)

    • Final article

      Assignment

      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!

    • Reflective essay

      Assignment
      Reflective essayDue on Dec 9thView

    • You've finished your Wikipedia assignment!

      Milestone

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

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  2. Week 210/01 - 10/07
  3. Week 310/08 - 10/14
  4. Week 410/15 - 10/21
  5. Week 510/22 - 10/28
  6. Week 610/29 - 11/04
  7. Week 711/05 - 11/11
  8. Week 811/12 - 11/18
  9. Week 911/19 - 11/25
  10. Week 1011/26 - 12/02
  11. Week 1112/03 - 12/09