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Course name
Performance and Social Change
Institution
Cooper Union
Instructor
Buck Wanner
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Art History
Course dates
2022-08-30 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-12-23 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


This course will look at different moments in American history (primarily 20th century) where dance, theater, and other performance forms were in major conversation with changes in society. Students will use the Wikipedia assignment to expand the information available on less-well-documented (but still highly noteworthy) figures and movements touched on by the course.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Balloon releaser Castrato
Shirastochel Marathon '33
Jenlynn1000 Still/Here
Naoaki23 The Loft (New York City)
Drewslash Breakdancing
Wesley7487 Still/Here
Acasascolucarelli3 Antônio Carlos Jobim
Abadneagu Jazz improvisation
Strawberry2302 The Limelight
Ccgm0421 Parichamuttukali
Yes yun hey Forbidden City (nightclub)
Apple sauce ketchup
Guess-me-now
Kassidymiller
Kassidymiller02 Jackson Mac Low
Wallaceds28 Sandungueo
Jackscrash

Timeline

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
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 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
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 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Art History

Biographies

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Assignment - Make a small edit

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 October 2022
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

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

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 November 2022
Assignment - Finalize your topic and find sources

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
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.

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
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 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Assignment - Peer review three articles

Guiding framework

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.
Milestones

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

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

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
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!
Assignment - Original analytical paper

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic. This will be due at the end of the semester, after you finish your article — but you should start working on it now! It will largely draw on the work you've done for the Wikipedia article, not requiring further research, but adding in an *argument*, which your article might not have.

Week 15

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 December 2022
Assignment - In-class presentation

Week 16

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 December 2022
Assignment - In-class presentation
Assignment - Reflective essay
Milestones

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