Students investigate how and why copyright law has changed over time, and apply this information to recent copyright issues, creating persuasive arguments based on the perspective of a particular group.
Copyright Law: From Digital Reprints to Downloads
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Twenty-First Century Informational Literacy: Integrating Research Techniques and Technology
6 - 12
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Students develop their reading, writing, research, and technology skills using graphic novels. As a final activity, students create their own graphic novels using comic software.
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Creating a Persuasive Podcast
6 - 10
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| Standard Lesson
Students learn how to get their voice out on the web when they research issues important to them and compose a persuasive podcast to post online.
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Thoughtful Threads: Sparking Rich Online Discussions
5 - 12
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| Standard Lesson
Today's students love chatting online with friends. This lesson combines that love with literature. Students form literature circles and have meaningful online discussions about a literary work.
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Exploring Careers Using the Internet
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
Doctors, astrophysicists, and daycare providers are only some of the careers that will be explored in this lesson in which students research careers and publish occupational summaries about them.
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Critical Literacy in Action: Multimodal Texts on Global Warming
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
Students will really warm up to this lesson about global warming as they study multimedia materials and use a variety of comprehension strategies.
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Tell and Show: Writing With Words and Video
6 - 8
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Writers and film buffs alike will sharpen their skills in this multimedia unit as they work together to author and design a digital video.
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I've Got It Covered! Creating Magazine Covers to Summarize Texts
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
Start the presses! Catchy titles, eye-popping graphics, and attractive fonts are all on students' agendas in this lesson as they create magazine covers to summarize a topic.
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Get the GIST: A Summarizing Strategy for Any Content Area
6 - 8
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| Recurring Lesson
GIST is a summarizing technique that can be used in any content area. Students will learn and apply the strategy while doing online research and writing activities on news stories.
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Astronomy Poetry: Combining Poetry With the Content Areas
6 - 8
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Students' responses to this lesson will be out of this world after they've researched astronomy to write poetry and compile a poetry book.
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Timelines and Texts: Motivating Students to Read Nonfiction
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
In an effort to help motivate students to read nonfiction, students are challenged to use a timeline to help them name the year when certain products were invented.
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Create a Great Future: STEM Career Research Using Close Reading
6 - 12
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| Minilesson
What if students could see the relevance of their school curriculum to real-world, interesting, STEM-related careers? Let's help them create a great future!
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Beyond History Books: Researching With Twin Texts and Technology
4 - 8
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Students in grades 4–8 activate prior knowledge and research information about a historic event through fiction and nonfiction literature and exploration of relevant websites.
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Digital Word Detectives: Building Vocabulary With e-Book Readers
2 - 6
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| Minilesson
Students in grades 2-6 use digital dictionaries and other e-book tools to learn new vocabulary as they read e-books on digital reading devices.
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Making Memories: An End-of-Year Digital Scrapbook
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
Students reflect on their school year, creating a digital scrapbook consisting of images and text to present to their school community.
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3-2-1 Vocabulary: Learning Filmmaking Vocabulary by Making Films
6 - 8
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Bring the vocabulary of film to life through the processes of filmmaking. Students learn terminology and techniques simultaneously as they plan, film, and edit a short video.
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e-Book Reading and Response: Innovative Ways to Engage with Texts
5 - 12
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| Standard Lesson
Students in grades 5 through 12 read and respond to electronic books by using e-book tools and features, including digital note-taking capabilities.
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When I Was Young In...A Literature to Language Experience
6 - 8
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Past meets present in this lesson in which students practice verb tense when they write personal short stories that they then publish in a flip book.
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Traveling the Road to Freedom Through Research and Historical Fiction
6 - 8
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Students learn how to walk a mile in someone else's shoes by reading historical fiction about the Underground Railroad.
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Collaborating, Writing, Linking: Using Wikis to Tell Stories Online
6 - 8
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| Standard Lesson
Students become online authors in this lesson in which they write and post a short story using wiki technology.