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The Civil Rights Movement in Context: Investigate the precursors to the Civil Rights Movement, its leadership, its opposition, and its legacy, including lesser-studied events of the movement and primary sources.; Take this course: Begins February 2.

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Copyright: A primer: Includes most of the text of our reference articles on copyright and fair use, plus a section on Creative Commons. Topics covered include copyright law, limitations and exceptions to copyright...; Format: document/article

Works available for use: In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 3.4; Many works, copyrighted or not, are available to the public for various kinds of use, including republication and distribution. The public domain The public domain comprises works...; Format: article; By David Walbert.

The Missing Revolution: K–12 Education should unleash the genius of the web. Why hasn’t it?: James Boyle, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law and co-founder of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Duke University Law School, and founding board member of Creative Commons, spoke at LEARN NC's Tenth Anniversary Conference in October 2006...; Format: video

Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide: LEARN NC works collaboratively with educators and other individuals from a variety of backgrounds to develop web-based resources for teachers and students. This manual guides educators through the process of developing content for publication on the web, including writing, design, technical guidelines, and copyright.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Citing sources: A guide for high school students to citing sources from print and the web.; Format: article; By Melissa Thibault.

LEARN NC: Terms of Use: LEARN NC makes available its articles, lesson plans, and other original education resources free of charge via the World Wide Web to educators and students worldwide. These policies explain the terms of use that apply to all content published by LEARN NC.; Format: article/help

Copyright for educators: Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States to the authors of "original works of authorship," including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This article explains copyright and U.S. copyright law primarily with respect to education.; Format: article

North Carolina Thinking Skills: An introduction: There are five dimensions in the model of thinking skills used to classify questions for the state's assessment tests.; Format: article; By Tom Munk.

Using the multimedia library: Guidelines and instructions on finding and using images, audio, and video in the LEARN NC multimedia library.; Format: article/help

Digital literature: Electronic books offer numerous benefits: They're usually searchable, they can be made instantly accessible to the visually impaired, they're often free, and, perhaps best of all, they're accessible right now. This list compiles some of the best sources for finding great works of literature on the Web.; Format: bibliography/help

The Knights of Labor: In North Carolina in the New South, page 3.10; Excerpt from the 1878 Platform of the Knights of Labor, an early labor union. Includes historical commentary.; Format: declaration; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

Plessy v. Ferguson: The text of the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation even in public accommodations (particularly railroads), under the doctrine of “separate but equal.”; Format: court decision/primary source

Selected excerpts from Frederick Douglass slave narrative: Frederick Douglass was born into slavery on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1818. He escaped from slavery at age 20 and became an active figure in the abolitionist movement, eventually becoming one of the most important black American figures of the 19th century. In these excerpts from his first autobiography, he describes his experiences as a slave.; Format: book/primary source

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LibriVox: Free audio books! Recorded poems and books from the public domain available as a podcast and through a catalog. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by:

Bound by Law: This online comic book makes learning about copyright law entertaining. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Duke University Law School Center for the Study of the Public Domain

Teachers' Domain: Teachers’ Domain is an online library of more than 1,000 free media resources from the best in public television. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: WGBH - Boston

The Choral Public Domain Library: Over 7,800 musical scores available in the public domain for free download using Adobe Acrobat. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Choral Public Domain Library

National Park Service Digital Image Archives: This site provides links to public domain digital images of national parks, monuments, historic sites and related areas, which may be downloaded in JPEG format. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: National Park Service

The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Ralph Waldo Emerson website with documents written by Emerson that can be copied, printed and redistributed because they are available in the public domain. The website also has links to works by other writers from the 1800s, some of Emerson's works read aloud,... (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Jim Manley

Cities and Buildings Database: Over 5000 images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: University of Washington Libraries

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