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Free Lesson 1 of the six-lesson Year 9 AI Digital Literacy unit: Understanding How AI Shapes Digital Content.

This lesson can be taught independently or as the introduction to the complete unit. Subsequent lessons explore AI-generated information, recommendation algorithms, synthetic media and consent, persuasion, and a final evidence investigation.

This complete, classroom-ready lesson explores AI hallucinations, misinformation, deepfakes and verification, with case studies, worksheets and answers.

Pupils learn how to evaluate AI-generated claims and other digital information, recognising that confident or professionally presented output is not automatically reliable evidence.

Concepts covered

  • Generative AI hallucinations
  • Provenance and original sources
  • Relevant expertise
  • Supporting evidence
  • Independent corroboration
  • Currency of information
  • Deepfakes and manipulated media
  • Proportionate verification decisions

What’s included

  • Teacher lesson plan
  • Diagnostic starter
  • Verification reference sheet
  • Four evidence case files
  • Deepfake response scenario
  • Six-step verification protocol activity
  • Review questions and marking guidance

Year group: Year 9
Duration: 60–75 minutes
Format: Printable teacher pack and pupil activities

No AI accounts, pupil logins or internet access are required.

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Year 9 AI Digital Literacy: Complete Six-Lesson Unit with Assessment

**Year 9 AI Digital Literacy: Understanding How AI Shapes Digital Content** A connected six-lesson sequence exploring how digital information is generated, recommended, shared and used to influence decisions. **This paid bundle contains the five complete lesson packs for Lessons 2-6:** - **Lesson 2:** Why Does AI Produce False Information? - **Lesson 3:** Why Does My Feed Keep Showing Me This? - **Lesson 4:** Synthetic Media: Who Gets to Decide? - **Lesson 5:** AI and Persuasion: Why Is This Message for Me? - **Lesson 6:** AI Evidence Investigation, including a 20-mark individual unit assessment. **Complete the sequence with two separately available free resources:** - **Lesson 1:** Misinformation, Deepfakes and Verification — Don't Trust the Output. - **Scheme of work:** objectives, progression, assessment, access guidance and print maps. **Each paid lesson includes:** - Printable PDF teacher and pupil pack. - Matching HTML version. - Complete source records and worksheets. - Timed teaching route and SEND/EAL support. - Worked answers and assessment guidance. Pupils progress from checking claims to explaining AI mechanisms, evaluating consent and persuasion, and making evidence-led decisions. **Year 9 | Computing | Approximately six hours of teaching** Fully offline: no AI accounts, pupil logins or paid tools required. **Lesson 1 and the scheme of work remain free; the bundle price covers Lessons 2-6.**

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