1. Creating a Community: From Land Property to Intellectual Property iKeepSafe Grade 3 Unit

2. Unit Overview People settle in areas where they think they can survive and build a community. They may own land or personal property. They can also create things that they then own, and can share or sell them; these may be inventions or creative expressions of ideas (intellectual property). Laws made by the community to protect property. As a creator, students can share their intellectual property; they are modeling how to create, share, and play fair.

3. A. Land!

4. What does your region look like? What physical features do you see here? http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countr ys/namerica/us.htm http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countr ys/namerica/us.htm Based on the land, where would you like to live? Why? How does this map compare to Google Earth’s map?

5. Primary versus Secondary Sources Primary source: Based on first-hand experience What is an example? Secondary source: Based on other sources What is an example?

6. Settling the Land How do homes reflect the geography? http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_american_homes.php http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/log_cabin.php Settlers could put a claim on land, and say they owned it; it was their property. Land owners can share and sell their land.

7. Who owns land now? If you saw an empty house or an empty lot, could you just live there? What do you think would happen? Property laws protect land ownership.

8. ASPECTS OF PROPERTY NOTESINFORMATION SOURCE TITLE INFORMATION SOURCE URLPRIMARY OR SECONDARY SOURCE? WHY Land featuresFlat land, water, greenSouthern California. Color Landform Atlas of the United States http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/maps1/ca_sout h.gif Primary: made from satellite ResourcesCrops, dairy products, fish, lumber, metal California economy. Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/us /california-economy.html Secondar y: encycloped gathering facts Craft or invention Food, furniture, pottery, boatsCalifornia economy. Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/us /california-economy.html Secondary: encycloped gathering facts Creative expression Song about California: includes, guitar, drums California sunshine. Internet Archive http://archive.org/details/california_sunshinePrimary: recording of singer

9. B. Resources and Personal Property

10. Resource Use How were resources used by settlers? http://www.ducksters.com/history/westward_expansion/daily_life_on_the_f rontier.php Settlers could share and sell the things they raised, such as cattle, because it was considered personal property. Laws protect personal property.

11. What is one thing YOU own? What ownership rights do you have? Should you take someone else’s things? What are good ways to share? Play fair!

12. Encyclopedias for Research Encyclopedias gather and organize all kind of information for easy use http://www.FactMonster.com Sometimes to access an encyclopedia you have to subscribe to it.

13. C. Using Resources to Create

14. Creating Things What might settlers create? http://video.pbs.org/video/2090790934 http://archive.org/details/CEP145 http://www.zoomschool.com/inventors/ A patent gives a person the right to make, use and sell his/her invention.

15. What might YOU create? What are examples of personal property that one might create? What can YOU do to play fair with people’s property and things they create?

16. D. Expressing Oneself Creatively

17. People like to express themselves How might settlers express themselves creatively? http://archive.org/details/TexasFolkSongs http://archive.org/details/TexasFolkSongs We don’t know who created folk tales and folks songs. They are in the public domain. If you RECORD your creative expression, it can be copyrighted: © It is intellectual property.

18. Copyright and Folktales People can create and record original interpretations of folk expressions – they can be copyrighted http://www.worldoftales.com/folktales.html http://www.mightybook.com/ http://www.americanfolklore.net/sindex.html http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.htmlhttp ://en.childrenslibrary.org/ http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.htmlhttp ://en.childrenslibrary.org/

19. How do the URL/domain address endings differ? Com= commercial (they try to make money) Net = network (it could be commercial) Org = organization (usually not for profit, and established to link people with similar interests) Edu = education

20. http://pbskids.org/shareastory/ How do you share a creation on this website? What might be a good thing about sharing your creation? What might be a bad thing about sharing your creation? What are some good rules about sharing? Do you feel comfortable using that website to share your original work?

21. Be a Creator! Access resources to inspire you. Create an original work, citing your sources that other people shared with you. Decide how you want to share your original work. That’s how to play fair!