Three pages you can teach in the next ten minutes, free, from the 12-page deepfake unit. No card details, no login, and no device needed by students.

What is in the sampler (4 pages, US Letter, print-ready PDF)

• Page 1 — sampler cover: what is included, a 10-minute run sheet, and a no-printing talk version with four statements
• Page 2 — Starter: “Real or Generated?” six statements for pairs to decide on, hands-up or on paper
• Page 3 — Activity 1: The Six Tells, the detection checklist the whole unit is built on, with a worked example for each tell
• Page 4 — Activity 3: “What would you do?” the decision tree for a message or image that feels wrong, and who to tell

How to use it tonight

Print page 2 one per pair, or project it. Read the first statement, pairs hold up two or three fingers, ask one pair to justify, then move on without resolving it. Page 3 gives students the vocabulary they were missing; page 4 gives them a route out that does not require them to admit anything in front of the class.

Why it is free

Most teachers do not want a 12-page unit handed to them cold. They want to see the reading level, the tone, and whether their group argues about it. That is what these pages show. If it works for your class, the full unit adds six role-play scenario cards, the written task with marking notes, the complete answer sheet, the 30-second-rule poster, an editable letter home, and the 60-minute timing table — it is listed in this marketplace as Real or AI? Deepfake Detection Unit | Grades 6-9.

Safe to teach

No indecent examples, no links for students to click, no graphic language. Every item is about a uniform photo, a voice note, a fake screenshot, or a clipped video.

A note on how this was made

I set the scope, the examples and the wording, and checked every page against what actually happens on school networks. AI tools helped me draft layout and tidy text; the teaching decisions are mine.