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=A Matter of Ethics: A Lesson Plan About the Meaning of Copyright=

Target Audience
This lesson was designed for general education students in the 3rd through fifth grades.

Lesson Description
This is a lesson about copyright and fair use laws. It was developed to help students become more familiar with these terms so that in future assignments and projects they can apply what they have learned and use resources in an acceptable way. The lesson incorporates teacher directed instruction, class discussion, cooperative group learning and technology.

It should take about 45 minutes of teacher directed instruction time to cover the content. The skit production time is very flexible depending on the age of the students and the amount of resources available. On average I would recommend giving the students a total of 30-60 minutes to produce the skits and about 30 minutes to perform and record them. This could be broken up into multiple class sessions.

Materials Needed

 * a computer with internet access
 * a way to project the lesson videos for the students to view (Promethean Board, Smart Board, or large screen)
 * the physical space necessary to divide students up into groups to create skits
 * a Flip camera or camcorder to record final presentations (optional)