Copyright & Fair Use

By Platform Administrator · Submitted Sep 30, 2026

Content Area: Library/Media
Grade: 7

After gaining an understanding of the standards, students take on the role of a graphic designer or music producer to create an image of five photos or mash-up of five songs, respectively, while meeting Fair Use protocol and not breaking copyright laws. Both options require the creation of any needed MLA citations for all work used and require a short write-up attached to your image or music that tells specifically how your work fits into the category of Fair Use.

MA Standards

6-8.CAS.b.1

Explain how copyright law and licensing protect the owner of intellectual property.

6-8.CAS.b.2

Explain possible consequences of violating intellectual property law and plagiarism.

6-8.CAS.b.3

Apply fair use for using copyrighted materials (e.g., images, music, video, text).

6-8.DTC.c.5

Use digital citation tools to cite sources using a school- or district-adopted format (e.g., Modern Language Association [MLA]), including proper citation for all text and nontext sources (e.g., images, audio, video).

Resources

Task Template (PDF) PDF · 151 KB
Task Template (Word) DOCX · 57.2 KB
Student Directions DOCX · 44.8 KB
Rubric DOCX · 1.73 MB
Teacher Directions DOCX · 40.7 KB
Student Worksheets DOCX · 45.4 KB
Four Factor of Fair Use - Teacher Version DOCX · 900 KB
Four Factors of Fair Use - Student Handout DOCX · 872 KB

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