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From: "Patricia Solfest" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 1:04 PM
Subject: Publication of lesson plans


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> Sender:       American Memory Fellows <[log in to unmask]>
> Poster:       Patricia Solfest <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:      Publication of lesson plans
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> Dear Fellows,
> I recently received the following request from a  person in charge of a
> website which creates lessons for home schools:
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> The Adventure of the  American Mind Home School Partner creates online
> lessons for students in grades  3-12. I really like the breadth of your
> unit and would like to use it as the  skelaton of an asynchronous online
> unit. This will be similar to our NC Unit  at:
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http://www.aamhomeschool.org/ncunit/9-12/Lessons/LessonsOverview/LessonIPart
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> erview.htm .     Would this be okay with  you?
>
> I went to the site and noticed that it claimed copyright on the materials
> published there. Has anyone else received such requests? What publication
> rights does the Library of Congress,  or we as lesson creators, retain for
> these lessons? As a govenrment agency, are all of these materials "public
> domain"? I have seen publications that are nearly identical to American
> Memory lessons for sale at conferences and wondered about this. Can anyone
> enlighten me? Thanks.
> Patricia Solfest