Lesson
Plan:
Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines
Questions, please email me at youngdeb@msu.edu.
Created by:
Debbie Young
Students:
College or high school.
Subject
Area:
This lesson is designed to be used in any subject area, preferably at
the beginning of the course prior to research projects or
assignments.
Estimated
Time:
Two 45-minute sessions.
Student
Objectives:
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Academic
Standards:
Teaching
Strategies:
ISTE: NETS for Students
2. Communication and Collaboration: Students use digital media and
environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at
a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the
learning of others.
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making: Students
use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage
projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using
appropriate digital tools and resources.
5. Digital Citizenship: Students understand human, cultural, and
societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical
behavior.
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InstructorLed
Activities:
TLWBAT (The Learner Will Be Able To) demonstrate a basic
understanding of the 1976 Copyright Act and Fair Use
Guidelines.
TLWBAT identify examples of media uses that would and would
not be considered fair.
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Scaffolding
o Lecture with Guidance through Note-taking
o Group discussion
Collaborative Group activity
Instructor will introduce Copyright and Fair Use Law to the
Students using a PowerPoint Presentation (not yet available).
The PPT will guide Students through their Notes page (see next
section for link).
Instructor will lead Students in discussion of the issues.
Instructor will assign 3 – 4 Students to a Group and discuss
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StudentCentered
Activities:
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Resources
Needed:
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Student
Assessment
Strategy:
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Additional
Related
Resources:
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Collaborative assignment (see next section).
Instructor will pass out Rubric for Collaborative Student
Groups’ Fair Use Guidelines Resource Booklet.
Students will participate in discussion of Copyright and Fair Use
guidelines.
Students will take notes using the Copyright and Fair Use
Guidelines Notes page, provided.
Student Groups (assigned by Instructor, see above) will work
collaboratively to create a Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines
Resource Booklet using Google docs. See Example in
Resources section. This Booklet will serve as a study guide and
reference for the Student. The Student will use Rubric for
Collaborative Student Groups’ Fair Use Guidelines Resource
Booklet as parameters for the project.
Copyright and Fair Use Law PPT (not yet available)
Copyright Student Notes Page
Copyright Student Notes Page MASTER
Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines Resource Booklet example
(not yet available)
Rubric for Collaborative Student Groups’ Fair Use Booklet
Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines Quiz
Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines Quiz MASTER
Rubric for Collaborative Student Group Fair Use Guidelines
Resource Booklet.
Unit will end with a Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines Quiz.
United States Copyright Office http://www.copyright.gov/
Teach Digital: Curriculum by Wes Fryer
http://handouts.wesfryer.com/copyright
TEACH Act Highlights and Resources
http://www.nea.org/home/35377.htm
Harvard’s Open Law: Open DVD
Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom
http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.shtml
Copyright Basics and the Internet
http://www.kresanet.org/lhslib/Copyright.htm
ReadWriteThink Copyright Lesson Plans for more in-depth
study http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-
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Comments
to
Instructors:
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Credits:
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resources/lesson-plans/technology-copyright-futurespective1075.html and http://www.readwritethink.org/classroomresources/lesson-plans/copyright-from-digital-reprints1067.html
OpenLaw/DVD forum
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/DVD/
MLA Citation Examples...
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm
and http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/mlahcc.html
This Lesson is designed to provide the Student with a
foundational overview of Copyright and Fair Use Law. It is not
intended to be a comprehensive instructional unit; for more indepth study, please utilize the linked material in Additional
Related Resources, above.
It is recommended that a brief Instructional Unit on Citation
Styles immediately follow this Unit; for resources see above
linked material in Additional Related Resources.
Copyright 101 for Educators by Wesley A. Fryer
Copyright Chart by www.techlearning.com