Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Texas AM University Corpus Christi/HIST 4390 Mexican American Women's History (Spring 2021)
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- Course name
- HIST 4390 Mexican American Women's History
- Institution
- Texas AM University Corpus Christi
- Instructor
- Amanda Marquez
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- U.S. Women's History
- Course dates
- 2021-01-25 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-05-13 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 35
This is an undergraduate-level survey of Mexican American Women’s history from the 20th century to the present. Students will learn about the emergence of the field and gain a broad understanding of its evolving historiography over the last three decades. Students will explore the social, political, economic and cultural trends within the context of Mexican American women’s life experiences. Using the broad themes of the borderlands, immigration, labor, citizenship, sexuality, popular culture, education, and politics students will utilize these in order to better interrogate those experiences. The course is designed to help students better understand the various experiences and perspectives of Mexican American women across space and time.
As future scholars, students will use Wikipedia to contribute their understanding of this complex history via a public platform, and share their knowledge with a real world audience.
Timeline
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 11 February 2021
- 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:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- 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.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 February 2021 | Thursday, 18 February 2021
- Brainstorming Potential Topics
- In class - Discussion
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 23 February 2021 | Thursday, 25 February 2021
- In class - Library Instruction Session
- Brainstorming Topics
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 March 2021 | Thursday, 4 March 2021
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 9 March 2021 | Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Assignment - Submit Topic Proposal
Wikipedia Scholars Project Topic Proposal
due via the course Blackboard by 11:59 pm on Thursday, March 16th
If you plan to work individually, please let me know the following information in complete paragraphs. The more detailed your responses are to the prompts provided, enables me to better understand the direction you plan to take your research and what you will; contribute to the public’s knowledge of Mexican American Women’s historical experiences and contributions.
Individual Research Plan
What topic do you plan to research? Why?
Why is this topic historically significant? Provide some background.
What course theme(s) will your Wikpedia article/entry, research emphasize?
If you plan to work with a group, you must write this proposal collaboratively and answer the following questions:
Group Research Plan
Group Members (Ideally, groups should be at least 3 and no more than 4 members)
Course theme(s) your article/entry, research will emphasize:
Name:____________________ Individual Topic Connection:________________________________
Name:____________________ Individual Topic Connection:_______________________________
Name:___________________Individual Topic Connection:_______________________________
Name:____________________Individual Topic Connection:_______________________________
Describe how you will connect your individual research topics.
Each of you will need to explain why your individual topics are historically significant?
Provide some detailed background.
If more than one of you is researching the same topic, you will have to specify who is going to focus on what aspect of the topic- BE SPECIFIC. (in other words, narrow your research focus).
- Milestones
Everyone has begun gathering source materials and identifying content gaps on Wikipedia.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 March 2021 | Thursday, 18 March 2021
- Milestones
- In class - Discussion
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 23 March 2021 | Thursday, 25 March 2021
- Assignment - Continue building your Research Log and Working Bibliography
Sunday, April 4th: Your Wikipedia Scholars Project Preliminary Research Log and Working Bibliography due via the course Blackboard Page by 11:59 pm. See the folder entitled, TAMU-CC Wikipedia Scholars under the Assignments link on Blackboard to retrieve the Research Log Template.
- In class - Exercise
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 30 March 2021 | Thursday, 1 April 2021
- In class - Start Drafting Article - First Draft
As you work toward completing your reserach and have located scholarly articles to help support your contributions to Wikipedia, now is the time to begin drafting your article contributions using the template provided on Blackboard under TAMU-CC Wikipedia Scholars Project.
- 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 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 6 April 2021 | Thursday, 8 April 2021
- In class - Make Time for Some Peer Review
The goal of this week is for you to begin asking a peer or two for feedback to improve your draft based on others' feedback. It's also time to for you to revisit how to move your work live onto Wikipedia - to the "mainspace."
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
You may also ask Marquez for feedback and support as well!
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 13 April 2021 | Thursday, 15 April 2021
- Assignment - First Draft of Your Individual Wikipedia page/article
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 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 20 April 2021 | Thursday, 22 April 2021
- In class - Tuesday, April 20th- Group Research Presentation Team Meetings w/Marquez
- Assignment - Second, More Evolved Draft of Wikipedia 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.
Tuesday, April 27th: Submit your second, more polished draft via the course Blackboard page by 11:59 pm.
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 27 April 2021 | Thursday, 29 April 2021
- Assignment - Group Research Presentations/ Final Draft of Article Entry due
By next Tuesday, everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
Tuesday, May 4th Final Draft of Wikipedia Entry due on Article Page/Blackboard due by 11:59 pm
--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!