Please sign up for a Voices blogging account. Even students who have used voices in the past will need to create a new account (the system was updated over the summer.). Upload a picture of yourself to help your classmates learn your name. Remember to change your user name to your first name and final initial to protect your privacy.
Blog Post: Write 2 paragraphs introducing yourself to the class and explaining what you’d most like to learn about Colonial Latin American History. Please don’t include your last name!!
By the end of the day on Friday, complete the “Evaluating Articles & Sources Training.”
Critiquing Wikipedia blog post: Evaluate your choice of any article related to course themes. (Check out the full blog prompt and list of questions to consider on our Wikipedia Course Portal). Tag your post Wikipedia.
Historia Naturae (1635) Interactive (pick a section of interest to you to read and comment on in class – click “Explore”, pick a page, and then “Translate”)
Share your plans and sources for improving your article on its Talk Page. Outline your proposed improvements, why they are important, and list 6-8 sources of evidence.
Week 7: Colonial Identities
Monday
2 October
Colonial Identities: Go-Betweens
To complete for today’s class:
LA&P “Building a Colonial Society” 77-83
Human Trad #2 “Don Melchior Caruarayco” & #4 “Domingos Fernandes Nobre” (NOTE: always bring Human Tradition to class when we plan to discuss it!)
Complete the “Peer Review” training. I’ll assign you two articles to review. For this first stage of your peer review, use the article “Talk” page to leave feedback on your peers’ planned improvements and use of sources. Do you have any additional ideas?
Over break: read and respond to your peers’ (and my) suggestions on your article talk page. A full draft of your article is due on Wednesday, October 25.
Fall Break
Week 8: Colonial Institutions
Monday
16 October
Colonial Institutions
To complete for today’s class:
LA&P: “The Spiritual Conquest” to “Conclusion” 83-95
Upload your abstract and annotated bibliography to Moodle by noon.
Wikipedia Week 8: By the end of this week, complete the “Plagiarism” training. Start drafting your article in the mainspace, incorporating your peer review feedback. (Full draft due next Wednesday 10/25.)
Weeks 9: formulating New Societies
Monday
23 October
Debates over the Fates of Indigenous Peoples
To complete for today’s class:
LA&P Readings Part 2 “Moral Debates on the Conquest of the Americas”
This week, you’ll focus on finishing your full draft of your Wikipedia article (due Wednesday, 10/25), and editing/peer reviewing your assigned articles. (due Friday, 10/27).
Slave Revolution: “From Slave Revolution to Emancipation” 86-156, “The Haitian Declaration of Independence” & “The Haitian Constitution” 188-196
Blog Post By Sunday night (11/19): Post a thoughtful historical discussion question – and your answer, supported by the primary source documents – to our course blog. (note: no HAP sheet for today)
