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Prism Magazine: Student Plagiarism in an Online World

For Students 9th - 10th
Prism Magazine offers an essay on student plagiarism and how to track down if the paper is plagiarized.
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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Plagiarism Information

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page offers links to information about plagiarism, how to prevent it, statistics, and consequences.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: The Plagiarism Spectrum

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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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FNO Press

Fno.org: The New Plagiarism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Subtitled "Seven Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery in the Electronic Age," this article is particularly addressed to teachers who assign research projects.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Digital Passport: Mix N Mash

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students remix media content to create a new creative piece. Along the way, they give proper credit to the artists whose images and sound clips they use. They learn about copyright, credit, and plagiarism and apply their knowledge to...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Punishable Perils of Plagiarism

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: What Is Plagiarism?

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
In this lesson, students write summaries of researched information in their own words and quote text accurately.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Decisions on Deadline

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection contains two lesson plans and an interactive game that will facilitate discussion and deepen understanding of the complex issues raised in the documentary film, A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The...
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Algonquin College: Plagiarism

For Students 9th - 10th
Plagiarism includes more than just coping and pasting. Any time you use content that is not your own, you need to give credit to the original creator using citations. This doesn't just include text; you need to cite images, figures,...
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Inf Ohio: Permission to Use Copyrighted Resources Tip Sheet [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A ready-to-print tip sheet on how to request permission to use copyrighted materials. Includes a sample letter of request.
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Walden University: Using Evidence: Direct Copy and Pasting From Source

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn some strategies to avoid plagiarism.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Plagiarism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses the issue of plagiarism and discusses types of plagiarism. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Avoiding Plagiarism: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over how to avoid unintentional plagiarism. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Avoiding Plagiarism."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Avoiding Plagiarism: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over how to avoid unintentional plagiarism. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Avoiding Plagiarism."
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Gallaudet University: English Works: How to Avoid Plagiarism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Plagiarism can cause you unnecessary problems. Review these simple suggestions on how to avoid plagiarism. Examples and rules help you give credit to the author.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Plagiarism

For Students 3rd - 9th Standards
A learning module that includes eighteen links to videos, images, and websites explaining plagiarism and the problems it creates.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Research Process: Writing Ethically

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Other

Inf Ohio: Educational Multimedia Guidelines Tip Sheet [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Other

Please Don't Cheat: Digital Ethics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of resources on piracy, copyright, plagiarism, and digital ethics. Additional information is available on other sections of the website.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Documentary: A Fragile Trust: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson explores the Jayson Blair story and other cases where journalists have breached the code of ethics in their efforts to get the story out. Students will examine the journalism code of ethics and its importance. They will view...
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University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Acknowledging Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of plagiarism is included this learning module. Students will learn why it is important to cite all sources during a research
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Other

Cyber Smart!: Whose Is It, Anyway? [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
A worksheet to accompany a lesson where students learn that, although the Internet makes it very easy, copying others' work and presenting it as one's own is unethical, unfair, and unacceptable.
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Plagiarism Checker

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Cut and paste student writing into the box to check for signs of plagiarism. The detector will find plagiarized text in homework and other essays/reports.
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: Computer Citizenship

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth article on Computer/Internet ethics. Includes personal property, copyright, plagiarism, respect, and protecting yourself and others. Also includes examples for class discussion questions.