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Contents 1 How can I get involved? 2 Divisions and Departments 2.1 Creating New Divisions and Departments 3 Active Classes 3.1 Other guides 4 Planned Courses 5 Requested Courses/Projects 6 Resources 7 Active participants 8 School Announcements 9 School News

[edit] How can I get involved?

Are you new to Wikiversity or the School of History, and wondering what you can do to get involved or help out? We keep a special page of things that need to be done for people who just want to jump in!

• Get involved! or
• Create a New History Learning Project.

Have any questions? Leave them on the School's talk page, or contact Michael-Forest with your question.

[edit] Divisions and Departments

General Divisions and Departments:

• African History
• Chinese History [ Help out! ]
• Diplomatic History
• East Asian History
• European History [ Help out! ]
• Historiography [ Help out! ]
• Indic History
• North American History [ Help out! ]
• History of Racism
• Southeast Asian History

Education-specific Divisions and Departments:

• UK: A-Level in History

Integrated Divisions and Departments:

• Board Game Studies

[edit] Creating New Divisions and Departments

Divisions and Departments of the School exist on pages in "topic" namespace. Start the name of departments with the "Topic:" prefix; departments reside in the Topic: namespace. Departments and divisions link to learning materials and learning projects. Divisions can link subdivisions or to departments. For more information on schools, divisions and departments look at the Naming Conventions.

[edit] Active Classes

Below is a list of classes currently enrolling or in progress

• Hitler's Germany A look into the underpinnings of the Third Reich - Socially, Politically, Economically. Now in progress, participants welcome.
• Russian Revolution A look at the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia around 1917
• World History: Part I: Prehistory to the Roman Republic
• Thucydides: The Peloponnesian War A historiographical discussion of Thucydides' record of the Peloponnesian War.
• Third Reich An analysis of important thematic elements of Hitler's "1000-year Empire"
• Introduction to US History
• Nonkilling Historiography: a new paradigm for historiography

[edit] Other guides

• The School of Strategic Studies has a lecture series designed to introduce you to writing essays for History and Politics classes. Check out the Political and Historical Methodology class for more information.
• History of Quebec and Canada/Study Guide This guide has been prepared for Quebec High School students enrolled in the Secondary IV History of Quebec and Canada Course.
• IB History Review Guide: Imported from Wikibooks (2008-05-28). Help to integrate the content into Wikiversity!

[edit] Planned Courses

Now enrolling:

• Intro to the Early Republic: History of the US from Colonialism to the Civil War [ enroll here ]
• Cambridge International Examinations - GCE Ordinary Level History (Southeast Asian History) [ enroll here ]
• World History

Courses in development:

• British Empire
• History of Ireland through Song
• Life of Alexander (in conjunction with Classics)
• War Seminar
• Cambridge International Examinations - GCE Ordinary Level History (Southeast Asian History)
• How They Had Fun: Culture and Context in the United States, 1900-1960
• History of Cuisine
• Medieval History
• Introduction to Historiography
• History of Germany
• History of Nepal
• History through American Girl for younger students; based upon the "American Girl" books.
• History of Ethnology

[edit] Requested Courses/Projects

These are topics that have been requested and are considered high priority for the School. Please start or expand these projects if you are familiar with the topic area!

• History of the USSR
• History of Japan
• History of India
• Jewish History
• History of Cuba
• History of Islam
• History of Greece
• History of Race and Sexuality
• History of Ireland

[edit] Resources

• See the School of History Resources page.

[edit] Active participants

The following users have made contributions to this page or engaged in school-related discussion within the past two months, and are considered active contributors. Feel free to contact them with questions or for help:

Users are sorted chronologically by first contribution to the school

• The Jade Knight—October 2006

There is an archive of previously-active contributors here.

[edit] School Announcements

With the adoption of the new Wikiversity Browse page, proper categorization of all History pages and nesting is very important. Please make sure your projects are properly categorized. Discussion at the School's talk page is welcomed.

Discussion of School policies is under way the the School of History talk page. All contributors of the Departments of the School of History are encouraged to add their opinions.

The School of History is currently requesting that all Departments make a Tasks page similar to the Task page found at the European History Department. If you have any questions, leave a message at the School's talk page.

[edit] School News

• May 31, 2004 - School founded!
• October 7, 2006 – Department of European History founded.
• November 30, 2006 - Department of Indic History founded.
• December 15, 2006 - Department of Southeast Asian History founded.
• May 8, 2007 - Department of American History founded.
• June 23, 2007 - Department of Chinese History founded.
• November 23 2007 - Department of Historiography founded.
• 9 September 2008 - Department of Diplomatic History founded.
• 15 October 2008 - Department of Philosophy of History decommissioned