Copyright for Teachers

Teachers, here is a bit of information on how you can make sure you are obeying copyright laws in the classroom:

These are two pamphlets put together by HCPSS- Copyright- Print & Video

Looking for copyright free poems? Click the image below:

Description taken from poemsforfree.com: "over 2000 poems here...free to use for any personal or non-commercial purpose. Please also feel free to modify poems (such as changing names, hair or eye color, sex or number) to suit your needs. All poems: copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Personal and non-commercial use of my poetry is free, and you may freely distribute my poetry, post my poems on a web site, publish my poems in a newsletter, etc., provided that you identify me as the author. Plagiarizing my poetry is strictly forbidden...If you modify my poems to suit your needs, you should add after my name: "modified by (your name)."

How can you make sure you're not violating copyright laws in the classroom?? Check out this chart: