10-12th GR: Copyright free (or reduced) images, videos, and music

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that helps overcome legal obstacles to the sharing of knowledge and creativity to address the world’s pressing challenges.

Creative Commons site

Creative Commons search - has many filters and search options.

Levels of permissions:  https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

• Copyright.gov
• Copyright FAQ
• About "fair use" - U.S. Copyright Office
• Copyright definitions

Google demonstration link  - Go to "Tools" then "Usage rights"

The following are a few examples of sites that may have images to use.  Check specifics for each image's permissionsy for those you intend to use.

• Internet Archive - images, films(videos)
• Photogrammar - historic United States images from the Great Depression era.
• Old Book Illustrations: https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/
• Search tools: Google - advanced image search  - allows you to select licensing parameters
• Collections: Google - Life Magazine archive
• ISO Republic
• Library of Congress - Prints and Photographs 
• Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures
• National Archives
• Philadelphia Neighborhoods
• Philadelphia Historic Maps (FLP)
• Time/Life: http://life.time.com/
• NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/
• New York Public Library: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
• The Smithsonian on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/
• Smithsonian Archives: http://siarchives.si.edu/
• Unsplash
• WikimediaCommons

Added but not yet reviewed:

https://99designs.com/blog/resources/public-domain-image-resources/#:~:text=A%20public%20domain%20image%20is,for%20personal%20and%20commercial%20purposes.

Some example sites:

• National Jukebox - Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/collections/national-jukebox/about-this-collection/
• Pixabay  https://pixabay.com/music/

• https://www.freemusicpublicdomain.com/royalty-free-christmas-music/

• https://freemusicarchive.org/genre/Christmas

• https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html - Royalty Free Music  - need to attribute   

ASCAP  How To Acquire Music For Films

Frequently Asked Questions For Student and Independent Filmmakers 

https://www.ascap.com/help/career-development/How-To-Acquire-Music-For-Films

Havard’s Guide  https://guides.library.harvard.edu/Finding_Images/finding_audio

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/resources/authors/pdf/hup-author-guidelines-permissions-and-credits-November-2017.pdf

A Ken Burns example: Photo and music credits :  https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/ dustbowl/about/photo-credits/

Other copyright related , may be useful for future reference:

Coaching Copyright, edited by Erin L. Ellis, and Kevin L. Smith, American Library Association, 2019. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://search.proquest.com/legacydocview/EBC/6209121?accountid=5451.