Grade 9 Humanities Lesson Plan
Class: Grade 9 Humanities
Task: Introduce students to issue of plagiarism
Learner Outcomes:
- Determine how information serves a variety of purposes and that the accuracy or relevance may need verification
- Organize and synthesize researched information
- Practice responsible and ethical use of information and technology
- Include and organize references as part of research
Report Card Outcomes:
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of citizenship and identity
- Skills and processes for inquiry and research
1. Introduction of lesson (10 min)
Introduction and Explanation
Student Activity:
Show students various examples of reference book passages and what a student wrote based on the passage. Students will say if it constitutes plagiarism and explain why or why not.
2. Activity Sequence (40 min)
Research plagiarism using the following videos and reading. Students can work in groups of 3 or 4.
Understanding plagiarism (video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly_AeHl4t5M
Plagairism and the internet (video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvo0Ebm3l_M
How the Internet changed plagairism(reading):
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2016/04/26/internet-changed-plagiarism/
Student Activity:
Answer the following questions:
- Define what is plagiarism?
- Give an example of someone who plagiarized, was found guilty in court and what was the penalty.
- How can you can avoid plagiarism?
- What constitutes plagiarism?
- Is it okay to paraphrase?
- How do you avoid plagiarism?
- How do you write a bibliography?
- How do you use text citations.
- How did the Internet change plagiarism? Give three examples.
3. Closure (10 min)
Summary
Student Activity:
Ask each group one at a time to give an answer to a question. Have other groups add additional information that their group may have omitted and discuss their groups answer to that particular question.