Two versions: Lycée général (Première B1+ towards B2 · Terminale B2, documents towards C1) · Bac pro (B1)

Artificial Intelligence: Reality, Fiction and Responsibility

Reading creates bonds from early childhood.

When someone wants to tear a society apart, the book becomes an object of witchcraft that must be burned.

An old man in glasses reads a yellow National Geographic magazine in an attic, a boy leaning on his shoulder, surrounded by piles of old issues, a sleeping cat and a military uniform
James Gurney, The One Hundred Years Index, 1988, oil on canvasboard, 91.4 × 61 cm. Commissioned by the National Geographic Society for the magazine's centennial, reproduced in National Geographic, February 1989. © James Gurney, all rights reserved, not in the public domain. Shown here for teaching purposes only.

Introduction

Framework. This sequence fits the curriculum axes "Scientific innovation and responsibility", "Fictions and realities" and "Citizenship and virtual worlds".

Levels. Version A for the lycée général: Première from B1+ towards B2, Terminale B2, with documents reaching towards C1. Version B for Bac pro classes: B1, with shorter texts and more support.

Aim. To sort what belongs to reality and what belongs to science fiction in artificial intelligence, and to think about responsibility, with Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 as a literary warning.

Organisation. Five sessions and a final task, the Silicon Valley speech. The sequence ends with an assessment out of 20 and its answer key, a teacher marking grid and an active correction sheet. These three pages also exist in an adapted version for learners with dyslexia.

A sequence about artificial intelligence, between reality and fiction, with Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 as a literary warning. Choose your version.

Version A · Lycée général · Première: B1+ towards B2 · Terminale: B2 (LVA) · documents reaching towards C1
Full sequence, axes: Innovations scientifiques et responsabilité, Fictions et réalités, Citoyenneté et mondes virtuels.
Version B · Bac pro · B1 (lighter version)
Same themes, shorter texts, more scaffolding, shorter speech.
Assessment out of 20
With its answer key and a model answer
Teacher marking grid
Criteria and points
Active correction sheet
My mistake, type of error, correct form, why
Adapted version (dyslexia)
Assessment, marking grid and correction sheet

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