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Creativity in the Classroom
from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Foundation and MENC

This curriculum is designed to help students recognize their own creative work and to understand their rights as owners of intellectual property as well as the ethics of protecting the creative property of others.

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Grades
Late Elementary: Grades 3-5; Middle School: Grades 6-8; High School: Grades 9-12

Program Objectives

  • To teach students that they do valuable and creative work in school and in their lives.
  • To teach students to respect the intellectual property rights of others.
  • To encourage students to take pride in ownership of their creative work by using the copyright symbol.
Components
Teacher's guide, student lesson modules, Code of Conduct reproducible, parent letter

Standards Alignment

Social Studies

  • Relationships among technology, human values, and behavior
  • Individual development and identity
  • Civic ideals and practices
  • Significant people and events in history
  • Role of economic institutions

Language Arts

  • Vocabulary development
  • Creative writing
  • Use of spoken, written, visual language to exchange information
  • Reflective evaluation
  • Synthesis of information
  • Apply language

Fine Arts

  • Drawing
  • Music composition
  • Understand and apply media, techniques, and processes
  • Evaluate artist contributions to community
  • Compare and integrate art forms

Math/Science

  • Data analysis

Technology & Computers

  • Cyber citizenship
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Communication and collaboration
  • Critical thinking
  • Problem-solving
  • Decision-making
  • Web design

Research Skills

  • Generate ideas and questions
  • Research and information fluency
  • Gather and synthesize information
  • Communicate knowledge

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Who we are

The Copyright Alliance Education Foundation is the 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable arm of the Copyright Alliance dedicated to developing educational programs aimed at helping America's next generation of creators succeed.

what teachers are saying
"I like your materials and your website and am using them to teach my 3rd, 4th and 5th graders about copyright issues." – M. S., Silverthorne Elementary, Silverthorne, CO
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"This will be beneficial to our staff. Plan to present it in our next in-service in February." – S.F., Kankakee Valley Intermediate, Wheatfield, IN
"Will use in the future. We have a copyright workshop for staff coming up." – L.M., Maple Ave. Elementary, Goffstown, NH
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