Facial Recognition – ICT Future Issues Lesson, Teacher Video & Online Quiz

Teach your students about facial recognition technology and explore its implications for privacy, security, and society. This lesson is aimed at high school students (ages 11–18) and can be delivered as part of an ICT ethics module, as a standalone session, or within a broader social sciences or science study of future issues.

This lesson is part of a five-topic series on ICT future issues:

Covid-19 Track and Trace

Blockchain

Facial Recognition (this resource)

SpaceX

Quantum Computing

Each lesson contains, as a minimum:

Numeracy and literacy challenge

Context setting

Link to a bespoke teacher tutorial for the lesson

Visual explainers

Activity challenges with stretch tasks

Online Google Quiz to test understanding

This resource encourages students to critically evaluate how facial recognition technology works, its real-world applications, and the ethical and legal challenges it presents. Activities are designed to prompt discussion, develop critical thinking, and prepare students to consider the broader societal implications of emerging technologies.

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