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ARKAI Readiness Kollective
AI Aware · Grades K-5Module 4

Facilitator guide: Kindness, Feelings & AI

52 minutesReview status: Being checked
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Materials

  • The two pictures for Step 2 (no images of children).
  • Word cards for Step 3.
  • Signs for the sort.

Lesson steps

  1. 1. Does a bot have feelings? (Explainer, 5 min)
  2. 2. Real or AI-made? (Explainer, 7 min)
  3. 3. Friend or pretend? (Activity, 10 min)
  4. 4. The silly picture (Scenario, 6 min)
  5. 5. Quick check (Quick check, 4 min)
  6. 6. How it made me feel (Reflect, 5 min)
  7. 7. Recap (Recap, 3 min)

Note for whoever leads this: some learners will have been teased online. Let anyone pass on sharing, and keep examples made up.

Timing for a 45-60 minute session

Minutes What happens Format
0-3 Pre-check, read aloud Whole group
3-9 Step 1: the AI toy that “acts sad” Whole group
9-19 Step 2: real or AI-made, then the feelings sort Whole group
19-29 Step 3 Play it: Friend or pretend? Small groups
29-36 Step 4: the silly picture Whole group
36-40 Step 5 quick check Whole group
40-47 Step 6: What ARK thinks, then reflect Individual, then pairs
47-52 Step 7 recap and post-check Whole group

Before you start

  • Some learners have been teased online. Never ask who. Let anyone pass.
  • Keep examples made up. Don’t show real AI-made pictures of people.
  • Learners do not use AI tools or AI toys in this session.
  • If a learner shares something that worries you, follow your school’s safeguarding steps.
  • “What ARK thinks” is an opinion. Say so out loud, and let kids disagree.

Discussion prompts

Use the two in Step 6.

Answer notes

Quick check: 1 B, 2 B, 3 B. Pre/post: 1 B, 2 B, 3 A. In Step 4, C and D are both strong. A good answer can be “both.”

Words to know

bot
A program that chats like a person.
AI-made
Made by an AI, not drawn or photographed by a person.
cyberbullying
Being mean to someone again and again using phones or computers.
trusted adult
A grown-up you feel safe with, like a parent or teacher.

Workshop quick checks

Learners can answer these on their own phones with no account. Answers count toward ARK's anonymous totals.