Sharing Fairly

Elementary Grade 3
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Lesson Flow

Sequence
★ Review
Lesson
★ Part 1: Copyright

★ Video: Sharing Fairly

★ Part 2: Fair Use

★ Wrap-up
Review
Gr K-- Respect the Person
Video

Gr 1-- It's Great to Create

Gr 2--Creativity and Sharing Fairly

 Get the
Wheels Turning
Part A: Copyright
How do copyright and fair
use work together to
encourage more creative
work?
Let’s Talk
Do you want your
work shared with
others?

What kinds of things do

you share online? Is it fair to share
others’ creative
work?
How does it feel when
you decide how your
work will be shared?
 Find the
Copyright Symbol
Sharing Fairly: Sometimes Digital Sharing Isn’t Really Sharing
Let’s Talk
Was that fair?
How would you
feel if that
What happens happened to Do you think the
in the video? you? boy will bring
more of his art to
school to share or
sell?
How could you share
the dragon drawing,
fairly?
Part B: Fair Use
 How does Fair Use allow
sharing of work in a way
that is fair to the copyright
owner?
Key Words
★ Copyright
★ Fair Use
Wrap-up
★ When we create, copyright
Wrap-up gives us control over how others
use it.
★ Sometimes, fair use allows us to
use copyrighted work without
permission.
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Dear Parent,

At school today we learned that sometimes digital sharing is not like the sharing we experience in the physical world. Some
digital sharing is actually “copying,” where a copy of a digital file is made. This kind of sharing of copyrighted work does not
respect the owner’s copyright. If you’re interested, you can view the lesson here:

“SHARING FAIRLY: Sometimes Digital Sharing Isn’t Really Sharing”

www.copyrightandcreativity.org/parents

We hope your child will continue to create and to understand how we all benefit when we respect each other's creative work.
This is one of the foundations of copyright and an important part of becoming an ethical digital citizen.

For fun and to reinforce this concept, you can do the following activity with your child:

Go on a “field trip” throughout your house. As you travel from room to room, point at different objects and ask your child if they will
share them with you. Start with objects that belong to your child (​i.e​backpack, markers, stuffed animals, toys, etc). Say, ​“Hey, thanks
for sharing.” [O​r if they say no . . .] “​OK, you get to decide. You can choose to share or not share because you own it—it’s up to
you to decide.​” Then, ask if your child will share other objects with you that aren’t hers to share (​i.e​a sibling’s backpack, the neighbor’s
car, etc.) Remind your child she actually can’t decide whether or not to share since it is not hers to give away. Talk about how the same
principles exist in the digital world.
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