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Course name
Race and Incarceration
Institution
University of Oregon
Instructor
Michael Hames-Garcia
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Ethnic Studies
Course dates
2019-04-01 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-06-07 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


Emphasizes the entrenchment of the prison and a permanent prison class in the social, cultural, and economic fibers of the United States, doing so primarily through the perspectives of men and women who have experienced incarceration directly. This course has a seminar format, relying on student-centered discussion with minimal use of lecture by the professor.

Student Assigned Reviewing
MarcosXavier78 History of United States prison systems
Aicjulial Right on Crime
Mavila3 Joan Little
IamCorleone34 Black Guerrilla Family, Attica Prison riot, COINTELPRO, GEO Group
Saratanveer Death row
Blackhawk128716 Black Panther Party
Desiraeb Assata: An Autobiography (book)
Tarynl George Jackson (song)
Cquaye2 Afeni Shakur
TF951497642 Prisoners' rights, Solitary confinement, McRae Correctional Institution
Imanidorsey13 Prisoner reentry
Iivanchentw Penal labor in the United States, American Indian Movement Right on Crime
NansiReyes Alicia Rodríguez (FALN)
Not Overit Prison reform
Cateeeee San Quentin Six
Ewk'sik'nii13 American Indian Movement Settler colonialism
KasiahsMom Oregon Department of Corrections Death row, Attica prison riots, History of United States prison system
Pato247 Alejandrina Torres
Melissaglvn Linda Evans (radical), LGBT people in prison Death row, 2013 California prisoner hunger strike, Solitary confinement
Hannah-ortloff 1994 Oregon Ballot Measure 11 En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black Panther Party, Afeni Shakur, American Indian Movement
NicoleR18 Conversion to Islam in U.S. prisons, 2013 California prisoner hunger strike
Cassadin LGBT people in prison
Nickpickett16 Prison rape in the United States, Black Power movement, Black Liberation Army, Black Panther Party

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 9 April 2019   |   Thursday, 11 April 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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 16 April 2019   |   Thursday, 18 April 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 23 April 2019   |   Thursday, 25 April 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 30 April 2019   |   Thursday, 2 May 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Assignment - Exercise

Copyedit an article

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 May 2019   |   Thursday, 9 May 2019
In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 May 2019   |   Thursday, 16 May 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 May 2019   |   Thursday, 23 May 2019
Assignment - Peer review three articles

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

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 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 May 2019   |   Thursday, 30 May 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 - 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 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
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 - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Milestones

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

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