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 A Teacher's Guide to Fair Use & Copyright

 George Pilling's Copyright site- Everything you ever wanted to know about copyright in one place. George is an amazing librarian in Visalia who gives workshops on copyright and fair use.

The Copyright Website - Provides info for all things copyright. Cool feature: You can listen to and compare music that has been challenged for alleged copyright violations.

          Fair Use in the K-12 Digital Classroom - LACOE-produced site for copyright & fair use info.

          Creative Commons - Copyright-free images.

Brainpop on Copyright - Short video & activities relating to copyright. (Check out the book the guy is reading!) Also nice that this site mentions the constitutional protection of copyright.

          Copyright.com - Informative cartoon (a la "Mad Men") made for business, but has good copyright info.

          Copyright Kids - Fun, interactive, animated Q&A about copyright laws.

Soundzabound - Royalty-free music. Subscription fee required, but some songs are free. Site also has good copyright info.

          Creative Commons - Public domain images.

          The OWL at Purdue - More great info about Fair Use from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University.

          Copyright Slider - Fun "slider" tool to use to determine if a work is in the public domain or not. Created by the ALA.

          Open Clip Art - Copyright-free clip art images.

          Pics 4 Learning - Copyright-free image gallery.

          Infomotions - Yet more copyright-free images.

          MorgueFile - Not as morbid as it sounds. Copyright-free images and photography tutorials, to boot.

Readwritethink - Thousands of resources & complete lesson plans for teacher. This link is to a series of 5 copyright lessons.

Readwritethink - Lesson plans created by the NCTE. Students explore a range of resources on fair use and copyright then design their own audio public service announcements (PSAs), to be broadcast over the school’s public address system.

          Thinkfinity - Lesson plans for teaching copyright.

          A Visit to Copyright Bay - Interactive site for learning about copyright.

Research Guide for Students - Numerous tools to help students with research papers. Includes copyright, plagiarism, research techniques, citatiions, etc.

PBS Teachers - Lesson plans & info on copyright.

Copyright Comic Book - Duke University created this informative & artistic comic book.