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Course name
HIST3443 Early Frontier
Institution
University of Oklahoma
Instructor
Anne Hyde
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History
Course dates
2020-01-13 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-08 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
35


This is a survey of early America and Indian Country from the beginning to the 1840s. The course is fairly focused on three issues: conquest, colonization, and frontier life. The class will survey Wikipedia for missing people, places, and events from that era and those places in a group assignment. From lists we generate together students will propose and develop a Wikipedia article. They can either update one or propose a new one, if the group agrees it is important.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Jckilpinen Tuscarora War Onondaga people
Catalek Yamasee Siege of Fort Detroit
Wesrhea York (explorer) The Gloucester County Conspiracy
Connormccutcheon Onondaga people Tuscarora War
Ericksondembowski James Ohio Pattie Edward Rose (Fur Trapper)
Gdavis98 Siege of Fort Detroit Pierre Cholenec
Molly.f.hughes William Trent Chief Tom Blount
Pstamp151 Thomas Nairne
Aidan Vogel Mourning Wars Red Sticks
Mellnov24 The Gloucester County Conspiracy York (explorer)
JoshBullock01 Qualla Boundary
Steven C Elliott Battle of Burnt Corn
Garrison Morgan Red Sticks Mourning Wars
Chrissukalski Kennebec People/Norridgewock
15blades The Nantucket Culture Yamasee, Onondaga people, Texas Road
Kimlek Claude Chauchetière The Nantucket Culture
Poebraxton Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California Barona Band of Indians
Noah.H97 Texas Road, The Shawnee Trail African American hair
Bdonoley Edward Rose (Fur Trapper) Texas Road
Alexfaith African American hair Red Sticks
Kvnlogan3 Native American Cannibalism
Jarrett Standridge Chief Tom Blount William Trent
B3529 Mouse Creek Pottery Phase Kateri Tekakwitha (section on Canonization(
Aubreyrott Barona Band of Indians Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California
HarrisonGale84 Pierre Cholenec Sebastien Rale
Warrior3323 Father Paul du Ru
TyBergerson Defenestration of Prague James Ohio Pattie
BonK1776 Susquehannock Wars
William R. Dunnill Fort Assumption
Rakin21 Sebastien Rale Claude Chauchetière
Garretjackson
Mhaggs18 Kateri Tekakwitha (section on Canonization(

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 January 2020   |   Thursday, 23 January 2020
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:

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 January 2020   |   Thursday, 30 January 2020
Assignment - Learning How Wikipedia Works

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.) 

Read the booklet Evaluating Wikipedia (FROM WEEK 1)


Assignment - Begin thinking about how to find good material
Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 February 2020   |   Thursday, 6 February 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Assignment - Group Project

Find 8 topics (people, places, events, ideas, objects) that should be on Wikipedia, that are in the era covered in our class (1200-1848) and that are notable. Find 8 topics (also in  the era covered in our class (1200-1848) that ARE on Wikipedia, but need sources or added content. So, each group of 4 will come up with 16 topics.

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 February 2020   |   Thursday, 13 February 2020
Milestones

By now all the groups should have lists of topics appropriate to the course

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 February 2020   |   Thursday, 20 February 2020
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


Week 6

Course meetings
Thursday, 27 February 2020
Assignment - Exercise
In class - Discussion

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 March 2020   |   Thursday, 5 March 2020
In class - Research

FInding Good Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism

Milestones

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 March 2020   |   Thursday, 12 March 2020
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

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

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 March 2020   |   Thursday, 26 March 2020
Assignment - Add to an article

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Assignment - Drafting your article (sandbox work)

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 April 2020   |   Thursday, 9 April 2020
Milestones

You should have full draft of your article in your sandbox on the class Wikipedia site. That enables me to see it, assess it, and to assign it to someone else to peer review. 


In class - Getting Material Into Your Sandbox (MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE THIS!!)

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 April 2020   |   Thursday, 16 April 2020
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students, from me, 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.
Milestones

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


Assignment - Adding Images, Maps, and Media

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 April 2020   |   Thursday, 23 April 2020
Assignment - Continue improving 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.


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!

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 April 2020   |   Thursday, 30 April 2020
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 - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article. DUE APRIL 24- MAY 1 

Put your article on the Wikipedia mainspace!!! See training above. . . 

  • 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!
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading. Send an email to Professor Hyde ( anne.hyde@ou.edu ) with the checklist. Then she will know you are ready . . .