As we begin work on our Supreme Court Analysis Papers, we are going to start by learning more about plagiarism.
- First go to this website: http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/ Be sure to click on the red boxes to answer the questions on find out more information.
- Next check out this PowerPoint on plagiarism. http://www.lycoming.edu/library/instruction/tutorials/plagiarism.aspx
- Now go to this site http://www.lycoming.edu/library/instruction/tutorials/plagiarismGame.aspxand play the game. When you finish, take a screen shot. Paste it in Word and under the picture tell me 5 things you learned about plagiarism today. This will be graded. If you do not know how to take a screenshot, there are directions on the Dropbox site, called, “to save a screenshot” in the AP Gov folder. Also directions on http://take-a-screenshot.org/
- Finally upload the document from Word with your screenshot and 5 things you learned onto dropbox. Directions for uploading on dropbox can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/help/90/en (scroll down for the on the website directions).
Username: cgdelong@bedford.k12.va.us
Password: ilovegov
Folder: AP Gov, then Plagiarism Activity
Afterwards, you can research court cases. Narrow down to the ones you are interested in. You could start here: http://www.streetlaw.org/en/Landmark/Cases