This week we get some help exploring the many options for Show and Tell in digital formats on Wednesday. Start thinking about the topic and you may well escape from the traditional “five paragraph essay” and do something really different to highlight what you learned.
we’ll look at revolutionaries and rebels of all stripes and attempts at bringing the Chinese nation and its inhabitants into the twentieth century. The Boxer Rebellion gets some extra scrutiny on Friday.
And a heads-up: get ready for Show and Tell 2!
Table of Contents
- Slides
- Readings and class details
- Assignments
- Extra Credit Tasks
- Where to Get Assistance?
Slides
Wednesday: Show and Tell 2 Workshop Time
Trexler Library B06 “The Hive” 9.30AM
Bring your ideas and thoughts for formats of Show and Tell projects: we will work with Tim from Digital Learning to explore which tools work with your ideas. Details for Show and Tell 2 are on the dedicated webpage. As before, you have a lot of leeway, as long as it connects to the history of China in ±1800 – 1911. On Wednesday you’ll get:
- a demo of different possibilities
- time for hands-on work on your next Show and Tell
Friday:
Ettinger 204, 9.30AM
Basic Set
- Chapter 11 summary
Chapter 12 summary[We’ll come back to this next week, due to reorganization of schedule]- Melvin Bragg and guests “The Boxer Rebellion”. In Our Time, BBC Radio 4, March 19 2009. URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j4hmv
- Available with transcript here (look under “captions”)
- OPTIONAL textbook:
- Moïse Edwin E. Modern China: A History Third ed. Harlow, England: Pearson/Longman, 2008. (ebook Trexler)
- pp. 47-51 give you a basic overview of the events.
- Dillon, Michael. China: A Modern History. London: I.B. Tauris, 2010. (ebook Trexler)
- Chapters 5 and 6 cover roughly the same period.
- Videos from Prof. Mullaney:
- Videos 19-24 in the playlist “The Qing Empire” (“Tongzhi Restoration” to “The Qing Dynasty is Overthrown” (Note that some of these are on the longer side: up to 20 mins. Pick and mix as you need more info on a particular issue)
- Videos 1-4 in the playlist “Republican China” (Again: some of these are on the longer side, but they have nice visuals now too!)
- Moïse Edwin E. Modern China: A History Third ed. Harlow, England: Pearson/Longman, 2008. (ebook Trexler)
- If you have the Spence textbook: Chapters 11 and 12 provide background for this week’s content.
Assignments
1. Weekly Blog post (content week 5)
5 points, due Mon. Feb. 20, 11:59PM
Write a blog post exploring themes or ideas based on your reading. You do not need to have all the answers. In fact, learning to ask good analytical or research questions is a skill you can develop during the semester. Remember the description of the assignment from the syllabus.
- Length: approx. 400 words. excl. list of materials consulted.
- Add the list of materials consulted at the end of the post, in Chicago notes and bibliography style.
- TOP TIP: Just copy the bibliography information from the Reading list on last week’s webpage, do not add the descriptive notes I provide for your information.
- Add the words “Week 5” in the title.
- Please use this exact phrase, so your post will show up in the blog stream.
- Indicate which Exploration Pack you chose.
- Include a relevant image, and add a caption with the source/credit, and an Alt text description
- Post on your website, and add to the category hst271.
When you’re done, read this declaration carefully and then fill out the Canvas quiz to collect your points.
| Declaration |
|---|
| – I wrote a post of approximately 400 words in response to the readings. |
| – I included the bibliographic references for the materials I used for my post. |
| – I indicated which Exploration Pack I chose. |
| – I included an image, and I provided a caption and credit (source), and an Alt text description for the image. |
| – I use the words Week 5 in the title, and added the post to category hst271 |
2. Hypothes.is: comments on Week 5 posts
3 points, due Wed. Feb. 22 by 11.59pm.
Below you find links to three blog posts from your fellow students. If one of the websites is your own, or it is twice the same person’s, refresh the page, and you should get new sites. [posts coming on Tuesday]
- Post 1:
- Post 2:
- Post 3:
Leave feedback, questions, thoughts, insights about the contents of the posts of your fellow students using Hypothes.is group HST271. You can ask for clarifications, point out similarities and differences with the material you covered, or with your interpretation. This should encourage you to nose around in the other materials you did not read in the first round.
Use tags in Hypothes.is: question: If you have a question (obvious); answered: if you gave an answer to a question; info: if you provide more information, looking up additional facts, drawing on knowledge from other classes; and other tags you can think of. This will help us to navigate more quickly to the questions that still need answering.
Use the “Architect’s Model” of giving feedback, and engage with concrete issues. Go beyond “Yeah, I agree,” “I like” or “I think the same”, and instead explain why you have that reaction, or if you disagree, you can try to persuade the original poster of your idea or interpretation.
Remember that Hypothes.is allows for hyperlinks, e.g. to materials that support your argument, or you can include pictures (memes! [yes, there she is again]), videos etc. that help the original poster to learn more.
When you’ve commented on three posts, read this declaration carefully, and then fill out the Canvas quiz to collect your points.
| Declaration |
|---|
| – I commented on three fellow students’ posts on the readings from Week 5 using the group HST271. |
| – I made sure to leave substantial comments that move the discussion forward and help to create better insights, and go beyond a “nice” or “great”. |
| – I left comments that I would like to receive myself: thoughtful, helpful, kind, but also pointing out errors so they can be fixed. |
4. Weekly Blog post (content week 6)
5 points, due Mon. Feb. 27, 11:59PM
Write a blog post exploring themes or ideas based on your reading. You do not need to have all the answers. In fact, learning to ask good analytical or research questions is a skill you can develop during the semester. Remember the description of the assignment from the syllabus.
- Length: approx. 400 words. excl. list of materials consulted.
- Add the list of materials consulted at the end of the post, in Chicago notes and bibliography style.
- TOP TIP: Just copy the bibliography information from the Reading list on this webpage, do not add the descriptive notes I provide for your information.
- Add the words “Week 6” in the title.
- Please use this exact phrase, so your post will show up in the blog stream.
- Indicate which Exploration Pack you chose (if applicable)
- Include a relevant image, and add a caption with the source/credit, and an Alt text description
- Post on your website, and add to the category hst271.
When you’re done, read this declaration carefully and then fill out the Canvas quiz to collect your points.
| Declaration |
|---|
| – I wrote a post of approximately 400 words in response to the readings. |
| – I included the bibliographic references for the materials I used for my post. |
| – I indicated which Exploration Pack I chose. |
| – I included an image, and I provided a caption and credit (source), and an Alt text description for the image. |
| – I use the words Week 6 in the title, and added the post to category hst271 |
4. Heads-up: Second Show and Tell
20 points, due Tue Feb. 28, 11:59PM
Find all the details on the dedicated webpage (this helps me to keep the weekly schedule a bit more clutter-free).
To make sure you pick a viable project, one that your colleagues feel is of equitable size and effort, we will make time in class to discuss ideas in week 6. You can also use the Tea Room to talk through any ideas you may have.
Extra Credit tasks
EC6-1. Extra commenting
2 points, due by Sunday, Feb. 26, 11.59pm
Do you like reading your colleagues’ work? Do you like helping them out by identifying ways to make their posts better? Here’s some good news! You can earn extra credit by doing extra commenting! This assignment will be available regularly throughout the semester.
- Go to the Blog Stream of the Class
- Pick a post that piques your curiosity and that you have not yet commented on
- Use Hypothes.is group HST271, and leave feedback as we practiced with the Architects’s model
- Pick 2 other posts: they can come from other students in the blog stream, or if you like the writer, you can stay with them and comment more.
- The only conditions are
- that you do not comment on blog posts you already commented on before, as part of your regular weekly “sourdough starter” tasks.
- that the post is actually written for HST271, and not some other class. Check the category, and the content 🙃
- Add the tag extra to the comment (this helps me to keep track of how many people use this option.)
When you’re done, please read this declaration carefully and then collect your points on Canvas with the Declaration Quiz.
| Declaration |
|---|
| I selected three blogs I have not yet commented on before, from our class’ blog stream, and I used the Hypothes.is group HST271. |
| I made sure to leave substantial comments that help the writer to improve the post, or to identify their strengths. |
| I added the tag extra to my Hypothes.is comments. |
| I left comments that I would like to receive myself: thoughtful, helpful, kind, but also pointing out errors so they can be fixed. |
EC6-2: (Creative Commons) Image Search
3 points, due by Sunday, Feb. 26, 11.59pm.
Find all the details for this exercise on how to find images in the Public Domain or licensed to use free of copy-right, on this dedicated webpage. You will also find the link to the declaration quiz there.
Where to get assistance?
- Tea Room on Discord:
- open anytime for you
- I will be hosting Tue 2PM-3PM; Wed. 1-2PM, or at other times by appointment via Google Calendar (usually a 15-20min appointment is enough). You can also find me in my office during Tea Room times.
- Private room for confidential chat available on request.
- Discord Text Channel #hst271
- DLAs: Digital Learning Assistants: check the schedule!
- Writing Center: Sunday – Wednesday 3:30 – 5:30 & 7 – 11 PM; Thursday 3:30 – 5:30 PM & 7 – 9 PM
- Trexler Library Course Subject Guide: our own dedicated subject guide for the course
- Safety on/around campus: report an incident
