Copyright

I have observed many copyright laws being violated in school. My teachers have been breaking these copyright laws since I was in kindergarten to twelfth grade. Most of the copyright laws that were being broken was from showing a movie that was not for educational purposes and the teachers most likely did not get permission to show the movie. In some classes in middle and high school my teachers did not even make us use a works cited page to show our sources when writing a paper. Violations of copyright outside of school probably occurs more than inside of school. Many people download illegal movies and music off of the internet without permission. As teachers I believe it is our job to teach students about copyright laws. Since more and more people are downloading illegal things off of the internet it will be more common in the future. Students need to know that there are consequences for copyrighting other peoples work. Teachers need to explain to students that how would they like to feel if someone else stole their work without asking. There could probably be a lesson created just to teach students about copyright laws, teachers could play Jeopardy (like we did in class) or have students "steal" each others work and then discuss about their feelings afterward.