Description: Intro video – 3 minutes long on copyright law and the four points of fair use of material on the internet – how to give credit creative property
Grade: Cycle 2
Activities for Introducing Copyright
Overview:
- Three activities that create an awareness of copyright and respect for intellectual property.
Objectives:
- Identify the creative talents involved in producing books and other copyrighted materials.
- Introduce the copyright symbol and explain its significance.
- Raise awareness of the copyright symbol across a range of creative works.
- Reinforce the distinction between illegal copying outside the classroom and the limited copying of sources allowed in school work.
- Explain plagiarism and the basic rule for avoiding plagiarism by crediting sources.
Time:
- Activity One: One class period plus follow-up discussion of homework activity.
- Activity Two: One class period.
- Activity Three: Two class periods, for preparation and student online research.
Materials:
Activity One: Illustrated textbooks for
- analysis and discussion.
- Student copies of the reproducible worksheet.
Activity Two:
- Student copies of the reproducible worksheet.
Activity Three:
- Student copies of reproducible activity sheet.
- Student computers with Internet access; at least one computer per student group located in the classroom or school computer center.
- Copyright and Fair Use Animation – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suMza6Q8J08 – (Intro video – 3 minutes)
- R.I.P. – Respecting Intellectual Property – a collection of resources by Kathy Schrock