Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/CUNY, Lehman College/Nihilism in Germany (Fall 2013)/Timeline

Timeline:

Week 1:

• 9/3 Introduction: Nihilism and its Origins
• Create Wikipedia account and become familiar with format of articles on wikipedia and creating a wiki

Week 2:

• 9/10: Expressionism, Dadaism, New Objectivity(Neue Sachtlichkeit)
• Learn basics of editing on Wikipedia

Week 3:

• 9/17: Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
• Scan topic "stubs"

Week 4:

• 9/24: Expressionism: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Film)
• Preliminary research of topic

Week 5:

• 10/1: Expressionism: The Blue Angel (Film)
• Choose specific topic

Week 6:

• 10/8: Expressionism: M (film)
• Research topic thoroughly

Week 7:

• 10/22: The German Revolution of 1918-19: Rosa Luxemburg, “The Junius Pamphlet,” “What Does the Spartacus League Want?”

Week 8:

• 10/29: The Weimar Republic, “The Weimar Constitution”

Week 9:

• 11/5: Max Weber, “Politics as a Vocation”

Week 10:

• 11/12: Nazism: The Triumph of the Will (Film); Night and Fog (film)
• First draft of Article put in Sandbox

Week 11:

• 11/19: Ernst Jünger, “On Pain”
• Move Article to Wikipedia

Week 12:

• 11/26:Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”; The Great Dictator (Film)
• Get Feedback on Article

Week 13:

• 12/3: Benjamin “Theses on the Philosophy of History”
• Edit and Revise Article

Week 14:

• 12/10: Conclusion
• Finalize Article--Due 12/17