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Course name
Teaching Social Studies for Elementary Education
Institution
Mercer University
Instructor
Dr. Rebecca Grunzke
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History
Course dates
2021-01-12 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-04-30 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


This course, required for students in our elementary education program, is designed to develop candidates' ability to teach social studies in a K–5 classroom. In addition to their planning and pedagogical skills, candidates must demonstrate an exceptional level of knowledge of the disciplinary inquiry and forms of representation, as well as concepts, facts, and tools within and among the social studies disciplines of civics, economics, geography, history, and the social/behavioral sciences. Candidates must also make explicit connections to principles of theory and research to continually improve social studies knowledge, inquiry skills, and civic dispositions. As such, students in this course will contribute to Wikipedia by researching and writing content to fill content gaps relevant to their future teaching of social studies. Whether they choose to write new articles or make improvements to existing entries, this assignment offers the exciting opportunity to improve their digital literacy and practice public writing—and to help their future students do the same!

Student Assigned Reviewing
StudiousBear23 Veterans Day
Katherine.Sherman123 Self Care, Nazi human experimentation
Shelbyfulton Deployment of COVID-19 vaccines
Nydiagay1 List of Jim Crow law examples by state
Laurel Genova Black History Month, Veterans Day
Ellemahoney12 Veterans Day
Masonleighlaw Social issue, Christian privilege, History of religion, Form N-400, Nazi human experimentation
Maxie Cole
Mellietrager List of Jim Crow law examples by state

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 20 January 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:


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
Monday, 25 January 2021   |   Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 1 February 2021   |   Wednesday, 3 February 2021
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 8 February 2021
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 15 February 2021   |   Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9


Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 22 February 2021   |   Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
Milestones

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

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 1 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 3 March 2021
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.

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 8 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 10 March 2021
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
Monday, 15 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 17 March 2021
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 11

Course meetings
Monday, 22 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 24 March 2021
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 12

Course meetings
Monday, 29 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 31 March 2021
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 - Reflective essay

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 5 April 2021   |   Wednesday, 7 April 2021
Milestones

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