Lesson
Updated lessons available!A Creator's Rights and Responsibilities
What rights and responsibilities do you have as a creator?
Grade
4Time
45 mins.
Objectives
- Define "copyright" and explain how it applies to creative work.
- Describe their rights and responsibilities as creators.
- Apply copyright principles to real-life scenarios.
Vocabulary Show definitions
attribute .
copyright .
intellectual property .
license .
plagiarism
attribute – giving credit to the person who created something, such such as listing the author's name and date, or a citation
copyright – legal protection that creators have over the things they create
intellectual property – the ownership of something you create, giving you a right to how others use it
license – a clear way to define the type of copyright creative work has so others know how they can use it
plagiarism – taking someone else's work or ideas and pretending they are your own
Standards
This lesson meets standards for Common Core ELA, ISTE, CASEL and AASL.
Lesson Slides
Sign in or join
to unlock this free lesson.
Standards
This lesson meets standards for Common Core ELA, ISTE, CASEL and AASL.
Hey there! We've updated our curriculum!
This lesson will be archived in December 2026.
We've updated and expanded it into the lessons below.
Sign in or join
to unlock this free lesson.
© Common Sense Media. Lessons are shareable with attribution for noncommercial use only. No remixing permitted. View detailed license information at creativecommons.org.
Lesson last updated:
What You’ll Need
In Class
© Common Sense Media. Lessons are shareable with attribution for noncommercial use only. No remixing permitted. View detailed license information at creativecommons.org.
Lesson last updated: