How to Make a Plagiarism Lesson Plan

Unfortunately, plagiarism is a problem in schools. Part of the reason it happens so often is that students don't fully understand why it's wrong. Helping to educate students about plagiarism may result in the decrease of its activity. Read the following tips to learn how to make a plagiarism lesson plan.

Instructions

1. Determine what the objective of the lesson is. Do you want to teach your students about how to spot or avoid plagiarism or recognize the academic implications of it? If you have an ultimate objective of the lesson plan, it while guide you while creating it.

2. Consider your students' ages. Some students may be too young to fully grasp the importance of avoiding and recognizing plagiarism. For younger students, you may need to make your lesson more accessible by including examples of plagiarism that are age-level friendly.

3. Indicate what your materials will be. Depending on the lesson's objective, you may need materials that range from newspaper articles, academic articles, books, Internet access or anything else that can be used as example of plagiarism and help the teach the lesson.

4. Write down the technical procedure of the lesson plan. Decide if you'll be lecturing and reading plagiarized words aloud, using visual models or hard copy printouts. Outline how you will present your lesson on plagiarism clearly enough that a substitute can understand and present it.

5. Decide how you will assess your students' understanding of plagiarism at the end of the lesson. You may use a standard written test, a group discussion, or use hands-on approach in which students pick out works that would be considered examples of plagiarism from a number of different ones.