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Kids and Teens School Time English Writing Plagiarism

• Copyright Rights and Wrongs [ Kids/Teens ] - Students learn the importance and procedures for respecting intellectual property and how to ask permission to use images on the web. Site designed by 5th and 6th grade students for Thinkquest Junior.
• Education World: Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Tells what plagiarism is and gives advice for taking notes and quoting sources.
• Integrating Sources into Text [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Explains how to introduce a source and note borrowed information to reduce the chances of unintentional plagiarism.
• Plagiarism [ Mature Teens ] - College professor's tutorial explains what plagiarism is and why it is wrong, and refutes the excuses often used to try to justify it.
• Purdue University: Avoiding Plagiarism [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Designed to help writers develop strategies for knowing how to avoid accidental plagiarism. Available in printer friendly html and pdf versions.
• School of Education, Indiana University: How to Recognize Plagiarism [ Mature Teens ] - A tutorial with many examples, practice questions with feedback, and a test.
• Ten Big Myths About Copyright Explained [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Clears up some common confusions about copyright issues.
• What Is Plagiarism? [ Kids/Teens ] - Explains that plagiarism is a form of cheating because it's stealing another person's ideas. Tells how to use Internet sources and other references when you're doing homework or a report.
• What is Plagiarism at Indiana University [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - The Indiana University definition of plagarism and an online quiz with 10 examples of student writing to judge.