Be Honest

Essential question

When is AI help learning — and when is it laundering work?

Vocabulary: help · cheat · disclose · cite · honest

1. 5 min — Hook with essential question
2. 25–30 min — Interactive missions (assign 1–2 lessons)
3. 5 min — Discussion from teacher kit prompts
4. 5 min — Exit ticket / parent takeaway

Discussion arc

• Essential question: When is AI help learning — and when is it laundering work?
• Mission 1: Help or Cheat?
• Mission 2: Learn It, Don't Launder It
• Mission 3: Cite Your AI
• Mission 4: Fair or Unfair?
• Mission 5: Spot the Bias
• Mission 6: My Words, My Work
• Mission 7: Credit the Helper
• Mission 8: Practice, Not Paste
• Mission 9: Ask a Grown-Up
• Mission 10: Honest Turn-In
• Close: One sentence kids can say at dinner about today’s skill.

Missions in this unit

• Help or Cheat?

  Sort helpful AI use from work that skips thinking

  Help vs cheat

  Full lesson kit

• Learn It, Don't Launder It

  Draw the line between AI help and cheating

  Honest AI use

  Full lesson kit

• Cite Your AI

  Honestly disclose when AI was used as a tool

  Cite your AI

  Full lesson kit

• Fair or Unfair?

  Recognize unfair automated decisions in kid contexts

  Fairness & bias

  Full lesson kit

• Spot the Bias

  Recognize default assumptions in AI outputs

  Spot the bias

  Full lesson kit

• My Words, My Work

  Own your words and work

  Own your work

  Full lesson kit

• Credit the Helper

  Give credit for AI help

  Give credit

  Full lesson kit

• Practice, Not Paste

  Practice with AI, do not paste

  Practice > paste

  Full lesson kit

• Ask a Grown-Up

  Ask adults about AI honesty rules

  Clarify rules

  Full lesson kit

• Honest Turn-In

  Submit work honestly

  Honest submit

  Full lesson kit

Standards

• Digital Citizenship Integrity — Academic honesty
• Digital Citizenship Bias — Fairness