Assignments

Overview

Over the course of the class session, you will be in a group who will work on creating a resource page in a wiki on your chosen topic. In your presentation, you will consider what themes or important events to focus on within your topic. Each group will research and post information for your peers to review, provide images and multimedia that represent the time or highlight important events, and connect readers to resources that would be useful to fellow teachers of this topic. Each week, the project has a particular assignment posted in the menu to the left.

By the end of this project, your section should have:

  • a subtopic for each member of your group
  • a minimum of two substantive paragraphs for each subtopic, including a citation list
  • at least one primary source with a citation for each subtopic

Google Account

To sign up for a Google account to edit this wiki, please follow the directions below:

  1. On Google's homepage, click the Sign In button at the top right of the screen.
  1. On the top right of the sign in screen, click Sign Up.
  1. A registration screen will appear. Enter your first and last name in the fields provided. In the field to choose your username, select I prefer to use my current email address and type in your full Manhattanville email address (your Manhattanville username followed by @student.mville.edu).
  1. Create a password, and complete the demographic information provided. It is not necessary to enter your mobile phone.
  2. Agree to the Google terms of service, select your privacy settings, and click Next Step.
  1. You will receive a registration confirmation in your Manhattanville email inbox. Follow the directions in the email to verify your account.
  2. To access this wiki, you will need to type in the web address link to the site (posted in Blackboard, or you can bookmark/save this page in your web browser). Click the Sign In link at the very bottom of the page. You will have editing privileges to your group's pages only.