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In this course we will address the development of the term human rights, from ancient times through to the present day. As a class, we will focus on the religious, moral, and social implications of believing in such inalienable rights, the development of the concept of individual rights and responsibilities, the conflicts and complications that made contemporary human rights what they, and the 20th and 21st century struggles that have pushed human rights near to a breaking point. In particular, the class will look at the definition of human rights, ancient societies’ ideas about social rights, the expanding construction of who deserved such rights, the development of a universalist ideology of human rights in the post-World War II age, civil war and genocide across the globe in the twentieth century, culture and the problems with universal applications of rights, and modern conceptions and defenses of human rights. We will also look at how organizations like the United Nations seek to police a western-centric concept of human rights.
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to keep up with Blackboard and with your syllabus for additional instructions.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding to an article and including an appropriate citation. This exercise is worth 20 points
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself. This assignment is worth 30 points and the rubric can be found in Blackboard.
This exercise will help you begin finding and evaluating reputable sources to use in your Wikipedia entry. The assignment is worth 25 points.
Intertwine is a platform where you you will be chatting with student editors enrolled in other Wiki Education courses. This week, the featured activities include:
Sign up for a session here. If you haven’t logged in using your Wikipedia account, you will first be redirected to Wikipedia logging page. After logging in using your Wikipedia credentials, you will be able to sign up for our activity.
In this exercise you will begin constructing your contribution in outline form. It should be completed in you sandbox and is worth 40 points.
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing. The outline you wrote last week will be essential in completing this draft. This assignment is worth 50 points.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
In either case, you want to also be sure to do the following:
Keep going back to and re-reading your sources, too, as you write a draft of your contribution.
Resources:
Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
This assignment will help you think critically about your peers' work and your own. It is worth 20 points.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article! This assignment is worth 25 points.
Linking articles is a great way to improve your own entry.
Handout: [
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Did_You_Know%22_submissions.pdf "Did You Know" submissions
]
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Content Expert at any time if you need further help!
It's the final week to develop your article.Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback and your own careful editing, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace." This assignment is due on 11-16 and it is worth 100 points.
First, as you prepare your draft:
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Be sure to consult the rubric on blackboard before final submission and edit very very carefully before making your transfer to the formal Wikipedia space!!
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
Intertwine is a platform where you you will be chatting with student editors enrolled in other Wiki Education courses. This week, the featured activities include:
Sign up for a session here. If you haven’t logged in using your Wikipedia account, you will first be redirected to Wikipedia logging page. After logging in using your Wikipedia credentials, you will be able to sign up for our activity.
Present about your Wikipedia editing experience. Your in-class presentations should be between five and six minutes and should include visual aids like images and powerpoints. They should be saved to a thumb-drive and brought to class on your assigned presentation day.
Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:
In addition, your presentation should:
Be sure to consult the rubric provided on Blackboard as you are preparing your presentation.
This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contact |
![]() | This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
In this course we will address the development of the term human rights, from ancient times through to the present day. As a class, we will focus on the religious, moral, and social implications of believing in such inalienable rights, the development of the concept of individual rights and responsibilities, the conflicts and complications that made contemporary human rights what they, and the 20th and 21st century struggles that have pushed human rights near to a breaking point. In particular, the class will look at the definition of human rights, ancient societies’ ideas about social rights, the expanding construction of who deserved such rights, the development of a universalist ideology of human rights in the post-World War II age, civil war and genocide across the globe in the twentieth century, culture and the problems with universal applications of rights, and modern conceptions and defenses of human rights. We will also look at how organizations like the United Nations seek to police a western-centric concept of human rights.
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to keep up with Blackboard and with your syllabus for additional instructions.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Content Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding to an article and including an appropriate citation. This exercise is worth 20 points
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
It's time to choose an article and assign it to yourself. This assignment is worth 30 points and the rubric can be found in Blackboard.
This exercise will help you begin finding and evaluating reputable sources to use in your Wikipedia entry. The assignment is worth 25 points.
Intertwine is a platform where you you will be chatting with student editors enrolled in other Wiki Education courses. This week, the featured activities include:
Sign up for a session here. If you haven’t logged in using your Wikipedia account, you will first be redirected to Wikipedia logging page. After logging in using your Wikipedia credentials, you will be able to sign up for our activity.
In this exercise you will begin constructing your contribution in outline form. It should be completed in you sandbox and is worth 40 points.
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing. The outline you wrote last week will be essential in completing this draft. This assignment is worth 50 points.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
In either case, you want to also be sure to do the following:
Keep going back to and re-reading your sources, too, as you write a draft of your contribution.
Resources:
Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
This assignment will help you think critically about your peers' work and your own. It is worth 20 points.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article! This assignment is worth 25 points.
Linking articles is a great way to improve your own entry.
Handout: [
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Did_You_Know%22_submissions.pdf "Did You Know" submissions
]
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Content Expert at any time if you need further help!
It's the final week to develop your article.Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback and your own careful editing, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace." This assignment is due on 11-16 and it is worth 100 points.
First, as you prepare your draft:
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Be sure to consult the rubric on blackboard before final submission and edit very very carefully before making your transfer to the formal Wikipedia space!!
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.
Intertwine is a platform where you you will be chatting with student editors enrolled in other Wiki Education courses. This week, the featured activities include:
Sign up for a session here. If you haven’t logged in using your Wikipedia account, you will first be redirected to Wikipedia logging page. After logging in using your Wikipedia credentials, you will be able to sign up for our activity.
Present about your Wikipedia editing experience. Your in-class presentations should be between five and six minutes and should include visual aids like images and powerpoints. They should be saved to a thumb-drive and brought to class on your assigned presentation day.
Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:
In addition, your presentation should:
Be sure to consult the rubric provided on Blackboard as you are preparing your presentation.