Common Core Unit For Computers
Unit Title: Copyright Law- Grade: 8
Pacing (Approximate)- 5 classes (1week)
Big Ideas/Enduring Understandings:
Copyright law protects all original work.
Copyright protection exists the minute an original work is created in a tangible form.
Public Domain is when an original work is no longer protected by copyright law.
Copyright expires 70 years after the death of the author.
Fair Use allows certain people to use a copyrighted work without fear of being sued.
Essential Questions:
What is copyright law and what does it protect?
What is an original work?
What has copyright protection on the internet?
What is Fair Use?
When does a copyrighted work become part of public domain?
When does copyright law expire?
How can I use a copyrighted work without the fear of being sued?
Common Core Focus Standards
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.
Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.
Students will know (content) and will be able to do (skills)
Students will be able to define copyright law and be able to apply it to specific situations as they arise throughout the semester. They will subsequently be able to define Fair Use and Public Domain and be able to identify those situations.
Vocabulary
Copyright Original Work
Infringement Tangible
Fair Use
Public Domain
Activities
Copyright Jeopardy
Assessments
A written assessment is given at the end of the unit which requires the students to identify and apply the copyright law to specific situations.