Are there copyright-free educational materials I may use in the classroom?

Answer

Yes! There is a wealth of material which is either in the public domain or available under Creative Commons licensing, which generally means the work is available for free, subject to certain limited conditions, such as non-commercial use only and acknowledgment of the author. All Creative Commons licensed works can be used in teaching.

Suggestions include: 

Creative Commons: directories of audio, video, image and text materials available under Creative Commons licensing

Project Gutenberg: the largest collection of copyright-free books online

Internet Archive : text and multimedia

Wikipedia Public Domain Resources

Wikipedia Public Domain Image Resources

Flickr Creative Commons: images available under Creative Commons licensing

morgueFile: free photo image archive

Directory of Open Access Journals

Incompetech (royalty-free music)

Musopen (music, sheet music).

For public domain material, you can also search online by typing the phrase "public domain" and the kind of material you’re interested in. Or you can use Google’s “Advanced Image Search” – simply use the 'usage rights' filter and select ‘images labeled for reuse’.
 

  • Last Updated Oct 18, 2019
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  • Answered By Kris MacSween

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