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