7th+Grade-+Copyright+and+Fair+Use

7th Grade Lesson
=Copyright and Fair Use - "Do the Time, Do the Crime"=


 * Overview ** : This lesson will clarify what is legal/illegal to download from the internet as well as the restrictions placed on students and educators (Fair Use) re the use of pictures, music, and video from the Internet in multimedia presentations.

**Time:** 2 class periods


 * [[image:copyright_pp.png width="204" height="152"]] || **<--Slideshare teacher presentation ** ||
 * [[image:fair_use_video.png width="188" height="128" link="@http://youtu.be/CJn_jC4FNDo"]] || **<---video on Fairy Use Tale (lesson**
 * intro)** ||
 * **Questions To Ask** **??????** || Who is the Author? - online lesson ||
 * ** Quiz- Evaluating Web Content** ||
 * Enrichment--> || Practice Your Web Evaluation Skill ||


 * Activities ** :
 * Spend several minutes asking students how they search for information on the web.
 * do you use more than just Google and wikipedia?
 * talk about the pluses and minuses of wikipedia?
 * minus - You Tube video (above)
 * plus - featured content articles
 * how do you know what info on the Internet is correct?
 * how do you know what authors to trust?


 * Show teacher powerpoint entitled "Do you Trust the Web"?
 * use examples of your own to elaborate


 * Allow students to pick a partner to collaborate
 * one person reads the "Questions to Ask" article
 * the other skims through "Who is the Author"? website
 * **ACTION** : partners work together on Quiz, "Evaluating Web Content"
 * note: they can download it or teacher can have paper copies of quiz available

** Further ideas ** :
 * Students can work on enrichment web-based activity if they do not do well on quiz