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Course name
445 Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination
Institution
University of Rhode Island
Instructor
Smita Ramnarain
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Economics
Course dates
2019-09-03 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-09 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
12


The course is dedicated to an in-depth study of poverty, inequality, and discrimination, focusing on the United States. We will consider how poverty, inequality and discrimination are identified and measured (including some issues with these measurements), their causes and consequences both historically and into the present day, the policies that have been brought about ameliorate these, and the successes and failures of these policies. We will also consider how particular populations such as children, the elderly, immigrants, or minorities are impacted specifically.
This course is dedicated to an in-depth study of poverty, inequality, and discrimination, focusing on the United States. We will consider how poverty, inequality and discrimination are identified and measured (including some issues with these measurements), their causes and consequences both historically and into the present day, the policies that have been brought about ameliorate these, and the successes and failures of these policies. We will also consider how particular populations such as children, the elderly, immigrants, or minorities are impacted specifically.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Chiqueno CCAP Rhode Island Internet Poverty In New Hampshire (Initial Draft Outline), Minimum wage, Poverty, RI Works Program, Section 8 (housing), Social stigma, Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
PaigeCarmichael1 Section 8 (housing) CCAP Rhode Island, RI Works Program, Internet Poverty In New Hampshire (Initial Draft Outline), Minimum wage, Poverty, Social stigma, Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
MrrrAndersonnn Internet Poverty In New Hampshire (Initial Draft Outline) CCAP Rhode Island, Minimum wage, Poverty, RI Works Program, Section 8 (housing), Social stigma, Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
Regoc14 Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program Internet Poverty In New Hampshire (Initial Draft Outline), RI Works Program, CCAP Rhode Island, Minimum wage, Poverty, Section 8 (housing), Social stigma
Adam conlon Minimum wage CCAP Rhode Island, Internet Poverty In New Hampshire (Initial Draft Outline), Poverty, RI Works Program, Section 8 (housing), Social stigma, Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
Tcharwood73 Poverty, Poverty and Health CCAP Rhode Island, Internet Poverty In New Hampshire (Initial Draft Outline), RI Works Program, Minimum wage, Section 8 (housing), Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program, Social stigma
Osa225 RI Works Program CCAP Rhode Island, Internet Poverty In New Hampshire (Initial Draft Outline), Poverty, Section 8 (housing), Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program, Minimum wage, Social stigma
Alex Horley Social stigma RI Works Program, Internet Poverty In New Hampshire (Initial Draft Outline), Minimum wage, Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program, Section 8 (housing), Poverty, CCAP Rhode Island

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 9 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 11 September 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
Monday, 16 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 23 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Assignment - Find a topic/page to add to or create

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 30 September 2019   |   Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Assignment - Start to gather (and read) sources on your topic

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 7 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 9 October 2019
Assignment - Continue finding sources

Continue compiling sources for your chosen topic.

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 16 October 2019   |   Tuesday, 15 October 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 21 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Assignment - Continue working on your draft

Continue working on your contribution.

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 28 October 2019   |   Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 4 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 November 2019
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 11

Course meetings
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
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 12

Course meetings
Monday, 18 November 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 November 2019
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.

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
Monday, 25 November 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!
Milestones

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

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 2 December 2019   |   Wednesday, 4 December 2019
In class - In-class presentation

Final in-class presentation of entire project, including policy portion

Assignment - Final research paper and policy memo

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic. First draft of this paper is due by Dec. 7the Saturday, via email, by 11:59 pm. Final draft is due Dec 16th Monday, via email, by 11:59 pm.

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