Lesson Library/AI Literacy/Smarter Than You Think
AI Literacy · Digital Citizenship

How to understand what AI does well
and know what it gets wrong

Practical and engaging ways to teach your students how to use AI effectively.

Grades 6-1255-65 min8 ActivitiesDigital Literacy0 Student Screen-time Required
Designed by humans, prepared with the help of AI.
How to understand what AI does well and know what it gets wrong
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For the teacher

Everything you need to plan and facilitate. Print before class.
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Lesson Outline
Full facilitation guide with timing, teacher notes, and differentiation for grades 6, 8 vs 9, 12. Print and keep at your desk.
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How AI Picks an Answer — Explainer
Visual graphic comparing the prompt tournament to how language models select outputs. For the mini-lecture and Socratic debrief.
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Presentation deck

16-slide interactive deck plus a real-world example clip. Project for the class.
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Lesson Slides
Full 16-slide deck covering all 8 phases. Use arrow keys or spacebar to advance. Open full-screen in Chrome for best results.
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Husk.IRL — Bread Negotiation Video
A short real-world clip showing AI struggling when a prompt conflicts with its core mandate to be polite. Great warm-up or discussion prompt for the deck.
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Classroom activities

Print or project. One set per group of 4 students.
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Sort Cards — 16 items
Activity 1. Students sort 16 tasks into AI-strong vs AI-weak piles. Includes teacher answer key with discussion notes. Print one set per group.
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AI Research Reports — Catch the Mistake
Activity 2. Four AI-generated reports (sports, science, music, influencer) with embedded errors. Groups choose one and find what's wrong.
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Prompt Tournament
Activity 3. Tournament structure and judging criteria are built into the lesson slides — no separate printable needed.
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Student materials

One per student. The reference card is designed to be kept.
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Student Worksheet
Follows the lesson arc. Students capture thinking across all 8 phases. Includes sort table, report findings, prompt builder, and synthesis question.
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Student Reference Card
Single keep card: AI strengths and weaknesses at a glance, 3 questions to ask before trusting AI output, and the tournament-to-AI parallel. Laminate if possible.
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Assessment

Collect at the door. Score threshold: 8/10 = objective met.
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Exit Ticket
10 new items, different from the sort cards. 4-up printable, one sheet per 4 students. Teacher answer key with 3-tier scoring guide included.
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