Grade 6 · Technology · Lesson 6

Creative Commons and Fair Use

When you make a poster, a slideshow, or a video for a school project, you almost always borrow something — a photo, a sound effect, a snippet of music, a quote. Copyright law says the creator of that work decides how others may use it. Creative Commons licenses and the rules of fair use are how the internet works out who can reuse what, and on what terms.

What this lesson teaches

1Identify the four common Creative Commons license types and what each one allows
2Match each license to the uses it permits and the uses it forbids
3Apply the four factors of fair use when reusing copyrighted work for school
4Credit creators correctly with attribution that names the work, the author and the license

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