English Language Arts Professional & Technical Comm (2023)
Lesson Plans

Strand 3: Print and Digital Communication

Students will produce a variety of professional and technical written communications.

Standard 3.3

Employ ethical and lawful practices when utilizing intellectual property.

• Acquiring Content Legally and Ethically
  This lesson plan (2 of 4) shows students what to do when they want new music, movies, images, even software. Students learn how to do this in ways that are legal and ethical and how to recognize the good players who provide content legally vs. those who encourage illegal filesharing.. The plan includes a pdf, Slides, and a video.
• Acquiring and Sharing Content Legally and Ethically
  As consumers we go online to find music, movies, games, images, software, and more. When we find the media we love, we often want to share it. In this lesson, students learn: How to get music, movies, and other media from lawful providers who respect the rights of artists and how to share media in ways that are legal and ethical.
• Creating New Content Using Others’ Work
  This lesson plan (4 of 4) focuses on our role as creators. We often want to use others? creative work in our own work. For example: Maybe we want to make a collage of images or a movie mashup. Lesson 4 teaches about fair use, which allows us to use copyright protected work in certain situations without permission, and also shows us where to find creative works that we are free to use with little or no restrictions. The plan includes a pdf, Slides, and a video.
• Creativity in the Online World — Copyright Basics and Our Roles as Creators and Consumers
  This lesson asks students to reflect on their own roles as both consumers and creators of creative work. Students are introduced to:
  The purpose of copyright and the protections it provides to creators and copyright?s limitations?what copyright doesn?t cover, such as facts and ideas, fair use, and public domain works.
• Creativity in the Online World — Our Roles as Creators and Consumers
  This lesson plan (1 of 4) covers our roles as consumers and creators and the basic protections of copyright. It also provides a high level view of copyright?s limitations?the things it doesn?t cover, like facts and ideas, fair uses, and works in the public domain. The plan includes a pdf, Slides, and a video.
• Sharing Content — How Much is OK?
  This lesson plan (3 of 4) focuses on when we find new music or movies that we love, our natural inclination might be to share those with our friends. That?s a good thing, and good citizens know how to do it! Lesson 3 teaches how to draw the line between sharing that is legal and ethical and sharing that violates copyright law. The plan includes a pdf, Slides, and a video.
• Using Copyrighted Works in Our Own Creations — Fair Use, Creative Commons, Permissions, and Public Domain
  As creators, we often want to use others? creative work in our own work. For example, we may want to make a collage or mashup, or find an illustration or soundtrack for our latest project. In this lesson, students learn about: Fair use, which allows them to reuse copyright protected work in certain situations without permission and how to find creative works that are free to use with few or no restrictions?Creative Commons and the public domain.

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