Copyright education

A teaching resource for students in upper Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 prepared for ALCS by the National Literacy Trust.

Designed as part of our work with the National Literacy Trust, this task challenges pupils to think about what copyright is, who and what it protects and why it is so important to protect creativity. It also asks them to consider what plagiarism is, what happens when you plagiarise and why it is wrong to do so.

Aimed at pupils from KS1-KS3, it's simple and flexible so teachers will be able to slot it into their class time. Equally, it can be run as a voluntary activity in the school library or as a club activity.

To celebrate William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday in 2014, we teamed up with National Schools Partnership to launch ‘The Young Writer’s Guide to Shakespeare’. This programme was so successful, we refreshed and relaunched it in 2015.

Devised by teachers for upper KS2 and KS3, this copyright education programme breathes fresh life into the teaching of what many students consider a difficult subject, and increases their enjoyment of the Bard’s work through lively creative writing and group activities. It also introduces them to the concepts of copyright and plagiarism. It’s free to download, follows the National Curriculum and contains handy teachers’ resources, a quiz and student activities.

As part of our ongoing sponsorship of the CILIP Carnegie and Greenaway book awards, we have produced a number of activities and notes to help students and teachers understand more about copyright, and what is and isn't allowed.

There are a number of activities for students to carry out too which primarily relate to previous winners of the Carnegie book awards. There are activities and notes aimed at two different age groups. 7 - 11 and 12 - 16 year olds, as well as supplementary information for teachers of these two age groups.

Some general information leaflets about copyright aimed at different age groups.