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Course name
Race and Racism in the Americas
Institution
USC
Instructor
Jorge Leal
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
American Studies and Ethnicity
Course dates
2019-08-27 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-16 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
19


Students will develop a public history contribution in which they will incorporate your analytical, research, writing, and creative skills to be part of the Boyle Heights Museum upcoming exhibit, “Tradition of Innovation."
Throughout the first part of the course, this assignment will require to complete a series of online trainings, activities, and assignments that culminate in the researching, drafting, editing, and publishing of a Wikipedia article that directly relates to a particular place, event, person of interest, or theme that will be part of this exhibit. Class-members will be selecting article topics/themes will be pre-selected by the instructor.
New articles or editing of existing articles that are not included in the initial article list will have to be proposed by approval to the instructor.
This project will be supported with the content covered in course readings, lectures, and class discussions that examine how race and racial orders create place, in this case Boyle Heights in L.A.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Hdlasry
Miss.Corrin
Mfuse98 History of the Japanese in Los Angeles
Callmejchung Homeboy Industries
Kiara M Nguyen
Jamie2881
Tmshin
Calaai021101 Libros Schmibros
Ashleycavv
Samkosai
Isisgaleno
Jgomez37 Theodore Roosevelt High School (Los Angeles)
Diwu582 Pan American Bank
Lillygmelich

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 August 2019   |   Thursday, 29 August 2019
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

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:


Assignment - Get started on 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.)

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 September 2019   |   Thursday, 5 September 2019
Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 September 2019   |   Thursday, 12 September 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

History

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 September 2019   |   Thursday, 19 September 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 September 2019   |   Thursday, 26 September 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 October 2019   |   Thursday, 3 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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


Assignment - Respond to your peer review

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 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 8 October 2019   |   Thursday, 10 October 2019
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

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


Assignment - Continue improving your article

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

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 October 2019   |   Thursday, 17 October 2019
Assignment - Polish your work

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!


Assignment - Final article

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!

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 October 2019   |   Thursday, 24 October 2019
In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 October 2019   |   Thursday, 31 October 2019
Milestones

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