Copyright Resources for K-12 Schools: Lesson Plans & Teaching Resources for K-12

Common Sense Education provides three lesson plans (grades 2, 4, 7) that teach students about giving credit to others, about their rights as creators, and about their fair use rights as both creators and consumers.

Downloadable curriculum for teaching about copyright at the high school level. Based on the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education. Includes links to videos and other resources. From the Media Education Lab at the University of Rhode Island.

Developed by the Copyright Society this website includes interactive activities to inform students in grades 6-12 about copyright. A Parent/Teacher page suggests strategies for using this website.

A project of the National Council of Teachers of English this website provides lesson plans about copyright for grades 6 - 12. Search by the keyword, copyright.

This 6 minute video shows a lesson for grades 9-12 that examines what copyright is and how it applies to student lives. Subscription to the Teaching Channel needed.

Developed by the creators of Turnitin (plagiarism detection software) this website explains what plagiarism is, how teachers can help students avoid plagiarism, as well as how and when to cite. Links to online citation guides are provided. Grades: 6-12

This website explores what plagiarism is and the consequences of plagiarism at the college level. It suggests ways to recognize and avoid plagiarism. It provides samples of proper and improper paraphrasing and quoting. Includes a list of tools for proper citation and other resources. Part of the Accredited Schools Online website that focuses on information about higher education. Grades:11-12

A project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, this website provides a curriculum of five lesson plans for teaching about copyright to high school students. Rather than focusing on do's and don't the curriculum provides background information so students can make informed choices..

A six-minute video that presents a lesson for grades 6 to 8 that explores the fair use section of copyright law. A subscription to the Teaching Channel is required.