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University of Alabama: The Copyright Site
Click through information about copyright issues, such as public domain, fair use, and intellectual property, designed for both students and teachers. Also includes teaching ideas for elementary, secondary, and post-secondary students.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Copyrights and Wrongs: Grades 9 12
Students explore the legal and ethical dimensions of respecting creative work. Requires free membership.
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U.s. Copyright Office: Copyright Law of the u.s.a.
This site, presented by the Library of Congress and the U.S. Copyright Office, contains links to the text of the U.S. Copyright Law, updated to April 2000. The information is very in-depth on the subject.
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University of Maryland: Copyright and Fair Use
An introduction to copyright laws, fair-use policies, and multimedia guidelines as used by the University of Maryland.
Read Works
Read Works: When Music Is a Steal
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the topic of illegal downloading of music. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
Indiana University
Indiana University: Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
A guide for the student to understand what plagiarism is and how to avoid it in their work.
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Inf Ohio: Copyright and Fair Use Tip Sheet [Pdf]
A ready-to-print tip sheet on copyright, fair use, and public domain. Includes tips for students on creating a multimedia presentation without violating copyright.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Plagiarism
This instructional activity focuses on plagiarism including the different forms of plagiarism, avoiding plagiarism when using the Internet, don't copy and paste, and the likelihood of being caught.
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Plagiarism: Teaching About Plagiarism
The best way to prevent plagiarism is to educate students on how to properly conduct research, cite, quote, and produce unique and original work. This site offers a series of video explaining plagiarism and ways to avoid it.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Research Process: Writing Ethically
This lesson focuses on academic honesty and intentional and unintentional plagiarism including definitions and tips to avoid them. It provides three videos: "West Boca High School principal accused of plagiarism," "What is academic...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: The Plagiarism Spectrum
The Plagiarism Spectrum identifies 10 types of plagiarism. View this chart which tags each type with an easy to remember digital moniker, definition, rank by severity, and score by frequency of appearance.
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Prism Magazine: Student Plagiarism in an Online World
Prism Magazine offers an essay on student plagiarism and how to track down if the paper is plagiarized.
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Inf Ohio: Permission to Use Copyrighted Resources Tip Sheet [Pdf]
A ready-to-print tip sheet on how to request permission to use copyrighted materials. Includes a sample letter of request.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Avoiding Plagiarism and Citing Sources
In this scaffolded lesson, students engage in practice with determining whether or not research has been plagiarized. A short video demonstration is included. [03:44] This lesson addresses all three College and Career Readiness Standards...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: What Is Plagiarism?
In this lesson, students write summaries of researched information in their own words and quote text accurately.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Plagiarism
Never worry about plagiarising again! Learn from this tutorial what plagiarism is and view examples. Test yourself at the end of the slideshow to see if you can recognize plagiarism.
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Inf Ohio: Educational Multimedia Guidelines Tip Sheet [Pdf]
A ready-to-print tip sheet with guidelines for students and teachers about using text, video, pictures, music, and other materials and content sources without violating copyright.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Punishable Perils of Plagiarism
Fighting plagiarism is serious business. From brainchild-snatching to wholly quotables, plagiarists have plenty of wily ways to pass others' work off as their own- and all of them are threats to original thinking. Melissa Huseman...
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Heartland Area Education Agency: Copyright Brief Notes for Students
A four-page handout on copyright and fair use, beginning with frequently asked questions and continuing with summaries of parts of copyright law, tips on asking permission to use copyrighted materials, and guidelines on acceptable use of...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Copyright Laws and What They Mean to You
This lesson teaches an overview of copyright laws and the consequences of plagiarism. Young scholars practice paraphrasing short passages and identifying instances of plagiarism.
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Copy law.com: Ten Common Copyright Permission Myths
Good site for debunking myths about copyright law, posted by a New York attorney.
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Technology and Learning: Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers [Pdf]
Ready-to-print chart containing specific information about what teachers can copy without violating copyright laws.
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The Skeptic's Dictionary: Cryptomnesia
This site defines cryptomnesia, offers a few examples, and provides a list of further reading material on hidden memory and related subjects.
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Writing History: From Students to Scholars Lesson Plan
Recent incidents of plagiarism, or suspected plagiarism by former academics and by news reporters, make this a hot topic. This lesson, based on a NewsHour story on the topic could lead to lively discussion and inquiry in the classroom. A...