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Computers & Digital Literacy · Grade 9

Search, Evidence, Attribution and Licensing

Following one student's research on protected bike lanes, learners write precise searches with operators and Boolean logic, weigh primary and secondary evidence, peer review and conflicts of interest, and check claims by reading laterally. They then attribute sources and media completely and decide how works may be reused under copyright, the public domain, Creative Commons licenses and, at a general level, the U.S. fair-use factors.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 120 minutes
  • Check what you learned: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, trace code, highlight a text, match pairs and type a number
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What learners will discover

  • Construct and interpret searches using quotes, exclusion and site limits, and predict which records a Boolean query with AND, OR, NOT and parentheses returns.
  • Evaluate evidence by distinguishing primary and secondary sources, judging peer review and conflicts of interest, and checking claims with lateral reading.
  • Write complete attributions (title, author, source, license, changes) and explain why credit is not the same as permission.
  • Apply copyright, public domain, Creative Commons conditions and the four fair-use factors (at a general level) to decide whether and how a work may be reused.

Lessons

  1. Search operators and Boolean logic 7 steps4 practiceabout 27 min
  2. Weighing evidence 6 steps4 practiceabout 28 min
  3. Complete attribution 5 steps3 practiceabout 22 min
  4. Copyright, Creative Commons and fair use 8 steps4 practiceabout 28 min
  5. Check what you learned 10 questions at the end

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