UbD Unit Plan

Title of
Unit
Curriculu
m Area

Digital Citizenship
(Copyright vs.
Plagiarism)

Grade Level

6th Grade

Keyboarding

Time
Frame

3 Days

Stage 1 Identify Desired Results

Performance Standards
ISTE formally NETS
5. Digital Citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and
practice legal and ethical behavior. Students:
a. advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and
technology.
b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration,
learning, and productivity.
c. demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning.
d. exhibit leadership for digital citizenship.

Understandings
Students will understand that:
Copyright is a legal issue.
Copyright is using others work as yours.
Plagiarism is using other work as your own.
Plagiarism can be intentional or not.
There are ways to use others work with breaking copyright laws or
plagiarizing.
Related Misconceptions:
Everyone breaks copyright laws and/or plagiarizes.
Finding copyright friendly work is too difficult.
People who plagiarize do not have consequences.

Essential Questions:

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Overarching Questions:
What is the importance of
copyright laws?
How can I avoid copyright
issues?
How can I avoid plagiarism?

Topical Questions:
What is copyright?
What is plagiarism?
What is the Public Domain?
What is Fair Use?
What is Creative Commons?

Why copyright and plagiarism

matter to young adolescents?

Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge

Skills

Students will know:

Students will be able to:

Definition of plagiarism and

copyright.
The meanings and logos of Fair
Use, Creative Commons, and
the Public Domain.

Avoid copyright
Avoid plagiarism.
Find works on the creative
commons, public domain, and
fair use.

Stage 2 - Evidence
Performance Task(s)
Students will:

Answer questions using prior knowledge (pretest).

View youtube videos on plagiarism and copyright.
Explore creative commons, fair use, and the public domain.
Complete the online plagiarism quiz.
Collaborate with a partner to create an informational presentation about
plagiarism and copyright.
Present Prezi or ThingLink.

Other Evidence
(e.g. tests, quizzes, work samples, observations)

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Pretest
Online Quiz
Presentation (Prezi or Thinglink)
Observations through class discussions

Student Self-Assessment and Reflection

Reflect: Have you violated copyright laws before?

Reflect: Have you accidently plagiarized before?

Self-assess your Prezi or ThingLink.

Stage 3 Plan Learning Experiences

Week 1
Day 1:

Students will partake in a pretest (Appendix A) in order to check for

prerequisite skills and knowledge of copyright and plagiarism.
Hooks- Students will watch the following videos
Plagiarism
https://youtu.be/Pyyk8881tLE
Copyright
https://youtu.be/0QiO_H0-ok8
Informational PowerPoint- Students will view the presentation.

Day 2:

Students will take the online Plagiarism Quiz and email their
results to me at laurenhyers@pierce.k12.ga.us
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?
title=plagiarism_7

Students begin working with a partner on their presentation for

Prezi or ThingLink. Students will use the curated resources
(Appendix C) to help create the presentation. They will explore the
public domain, creative commons, and look for fair use items to
incorporate into their presentations.

Students present Prezi and ThingLink presentation. Students will

be graded using the Multimedia Rubric (Appendix B).

Day 3:

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Appendix A (Pretest)

Digital Citizenship
Copyright and Plagiarism
Pretest
1. What is copyright?

2. What is plagiarism?

3. If Wendy uses a picture she found on Google to advertise for her

dog grooming business has she violated any copyright laws?

4. What is the public domain?

5. Austin overheard Ramsey talking to other students about a play he

was writing. Austin really liked the idea and decided to use it for
himself. Did Austin violate any copyright rules?

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Appendix B (Multimedia Rubric)

Multimedia Project : Digital Citizenship: Copyright vs.

Plagiarism

Teacher Name: Mrs. Hyers

Student Name:

________________________________________

CATEGORY
Presentation

4
Well-rehearsed
with smooth
delivery that
holds audience
attention.

3
Rehearsed with
fairly smooth
delivery that
holds audience
attention most
of the time.

Sources

Source
information
collected for all
graphics, facts
and quotes. All
documented in
desired format.

Attractiveness

Makes
excellent use of
font, color,
graphics,
effects, etc. to
enhance the
presentation.

Source
information
collected for all
graphics, facts
and quotes.
Most
documented in
desired format.
Makes good
use of font,
color, graphics,
effects, etc. to
enhance to
presentation.

Requirements

All
requirements
are met and
exceeded.

All
requirements
are met.

2
Delivery not
smooth, but
able to
maintain
interest of the
audience most
of the time.
Source
information
collected for
graphics, facts
and quotes, but
not
documented in
desired format.
Makes use of
font, color,
graphics,
effects, etc. but
occasionally
these detract
from the
presentation
content.
One
requirement
was not
completely
met.

1
Delivery not
smooth and
audience
attention often
lost.
Very little or no
source
information
was collected.

Use of font,
color, graphics,
effects etc. but
these often
distract from
the
presentation
content.
More than one
requirement
was not
completely
met.

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Appendix C (Curated Resources)