Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Valdosta State University/Mixture and Miscegenation (Fall 2019)

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Course name
Mixture and Miscegenation
Institution
Valdosta State University
Instructor
Nicholas E. Miller
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
English
Course dates
2019-08-21 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-05 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
26


Despite popular images of America as a “melting pot” of races and ethnicities, our institutions, values, and practices have often tried maintain spatial and social distance between groups defined as racially or ethnically different. This course will explore the ways in which American literature has transgressed those boundaries or found other ways to imagine life across cultural lines in the nineteenth century. More specifically, we will explore narratives of miscegenation, race mixture, and passing to better understand how racial identities were constructed and policed in this period. Along the way, we will pay close attention to how these narratives also engage issues of class, ethnicity, and gender. We will examine literary perceptions of people of mixed ancestry; their social experiences; the development of various mixed-ancestry communities; and historical attempts to limit interracial socializing, relationships, and marriage. Students will look at texts by a variety of authors, including Thomas Jefferson, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Walt Whitman, Charles Chesnutt, and Pauline Hopkins—among others.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Jaunarra Of One Blood (novel) The Quadroons (short story), The Half-Breed (short story)
Roshnispatel The Black Vampyre (short story) The Quadroons (short story), A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19--
Briilcrockett A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19-- The Black Vampyre (short story), The Half-Breed (short story)
Ahdavis07 The Quadroons (short story) A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19--, The Half-Breed (short story)
Nicolerewis The Half-Breed (short story) A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19--, The Quadroons (short story)
Aeoliver The Half-Breed (short story) The Quadroons (short story), The Black Vampyre (short story)
Hbberryhill Of One Blood (novel) The Black Vampyre (short story), A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19--
Amberericam The Quadroons (short story) The Black Vampyre (short story)
Snshipp1 The Quadroons (short story) The Half-Breed (short story), Of One Blood (novel)
Ashtayoh The Black Vampyre (short story) The Quadroons (short story), The Half-Breed (short story)
Selenangeorge Of One Blood (novel)
Sfarmer33 The Black Vampyre (short story) The Quadroons (short story), A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19--
RavenaWolf A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19-- Of One Blood (novel), The Black Vampyre (short story), The Half-Breed (short story), The Quadroons (short story)
BolanleDahunsi The Half-Breed (short story) A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19--, Of One Blood (novel), The Black Vampyre (short story), The Quadroons (short story)
Brandoncooper001 The Quadroons (short story) A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19--, Of One Blood (novel)
TarnishaT Of One Blood (novel) The Black Vampyre (short story), A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19--
Dcwinchester The Black Vampyre (short story) The Half-Breed (short story), The Quadroons (short story)
Kaitlynmccall A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19--, Jerome B. Holgate The Quadroons (short story), The Half-Breed (short story)
AnnaNSimon Of One Blood (novel) The Quadroons (short story), The Half-Breed (short story)
Cjgatts The Black Vampyre (short story)
Tayloremerc A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19--
Hdjones1234 The Quadroons (short story) A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19--, The Black Vampyre (short story)
Tianatyesha The Half-Breed (short story) The Quadroons (short story)
Mason C Bennett Of One Blood (novel) The Quadroons (short story), The Half-Breed (short story)
Bbelliott1875 A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19-- The Black Vampyre (short story), The Quadroons (short story)
Corsavea The Half-Breed (short story) The Quadroons (short story), A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19--

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Thursday, 5 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 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 September 2019   |   Thursday, 12 September 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article


Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 September 2019
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Books

Cultural Anthropology

History

LGBT+ Studies

Sociology

Women's Studies

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 September 2019   |   Thursday, 26 September 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 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
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 October 2019   |   Thursday, 17 October 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 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 October 2019   |   Thursday, 24 October 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 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 October 2019   |   Thursday, 31 October 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.

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 November 2019   |   Thursday, 7 November 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!

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 November 2019   |   Thursday, 14 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!


Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Week 14

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 November 2019   |   Thursday, 21 November 2019
Milestones

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