Applied AI Literacy Performance Tasks

Preview performance tasks by grade

Each task follows a sequenced flow: read a passage, share initial thinking, engage AI, write a final response, and reflect. Tasks take about 20 minutes.

Grade 6

Growing Something From Nothing

Critics said the farm could only feed a fraction of the people who needed help. Yakini said that wasn't the point. Based on the passage, whose argument do you find more convincing? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

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Grade 7

When the Wolves Came Back

The passage says the results surprised almost everyone. Based on what you read, do you think bringing the wolves back was a good decision, a bad decision, or something in between? Use specific details from the passage to explain your thinking.

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Grade 8

One Person Said No

The government argued that interning Japanese Americans was a military necessity to protect the country. Based on what the passage reveals about what the government actually knew, do you think the internment was a necessary — if painful — wartime decision, or did the government go too far in a way that harmed the very citizens it was supposed to protect? Use specific details from the passage to support your answer.

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Grade 9

The Edge of the Solar System

The passage ends by saying whether you find the "pale blue dot" image "humbling or unsettling" depends on what you believe about humanity's place in the universe. Which do you think it is — humbling, unsettling, or something else — and what specifically in the passage leads you to think that?

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Grade 10

The Network and the Revolution

Based on the passage, who do you think social media ultimately served better in Egypt — the citizens who used it to organize, or the government that used it to surveil and divide? Use specific details from the passage to explain.

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Grade 11

Worth the Debt?

The passage identifies three actors who contributed to the student debt crisis — borrowers, colleges, and the government. Based on what you read, which one bears the most responsibility? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

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Grade 12

The First Edit

The passage distinguishes between what He Jiankui did and why he did it. Based on what you read, do you think the goal of editing genes to prevent disease can be right even if the method is wrong — or does the method make the goal impossible to defend? Use the passage to support your answer.

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