Standord University has a website they've developed as a collaboration between their Graduate School of Education and the Institute for Human-Centered AI, and the material has been used in many classrooms. It has some pretty great stuff and since AI is constantly changing, they are regularly adding additional resources/lessons. Classroom-Ready Resources About AI for Teaching (CRAFT)

At the time of adding this resource (9/1/2026), this site housed 45 lessons on AI, including how AI reflects bias in search results, how AI can help a community prepare for a flood, how AI can help with story telling, ethical implications of AI generated artwork, AI in music, global food security transformation, identifying content as AI or not AI, environmental costs, and more.

Lessons range in length, some as short as 20 minutes, others as long as 2 hours, but most of them fall into the 45-90 minute range.

As a member of the National Education Association, you have free access to a Micro-Credential library containing (at the time of writing this) 120 different micro-credential courses, including 13 courses related to AI. These courses provide educators with learning opportunities and provide assessments that push educators towards examining how AI plays a role in their life or their classroom. You develop lesson plans useful to you and your program. 

I completed the "AI and Truth: Seeing is not Always Believing" course and found it quite valuable.

This course is designed to help promote a common language and set of considerations when it comes to responsible and ethical AI use in schools. From decoding the jargon to unpacking the ethical dilemmas, this course will help you level up your understanding of AI so that you can approach this technology with confidence and a clearer purpose. - from the course's welcome page.

AI Basics for K-12 Teachers

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world we live in. From using generative AI for schoolwork to dealing with misinformation and befriending AI chatbots, students have a lot to consider when it comes to this ever-evolving technology.

This collection of quick lessons (20 minutes or less!) provide an introduction to AI and help address its social and ethical impacts. - From the course description

This is a collection of 9 short lessons and 5 additional useful resources, including webinars and articles. AI Literacy Lessons for Grades 6-12

This link to the Intro to Artificial Intelligence lesson plans actually takes you to a Curriculum & Resources Request Form. You provide your email and name and then select which curriculum products you're interested in, and answer a couple extra questions and they email you links to all of the resources you selected.

• AI Foundations (9-12)

  • Exploring AI & CS (1 semester)

  • Designing & Building with AI (1 semester)

• AI Discoveries (6-8)

• How AI Makes Decisions (3-5)

Code.org also has flexible learning units for teaching AI in smaller chunks that can be embedded into other courses.

Biggest concern - Code.org appears to have materials for learning to use AI, but I'm not seeing anything related to Ethics and Issues with AI - maybe they're embedded into each unit/lesson, but it's not apparent from the course descriptions.

This is a PDF resource of 5 AI Unplugged activities.

If you're not familiar with the concept, unplugged activities are activities that can be done without a computer, usually involving students working together or doing something on paper. Such activities often have students act as the computer (or in this case, the AI).

This us a 6 lesson unit on AI, Human Rights & Education by Pedagogy Futures. The lessons included are:

1. The Basics of AI and Ethical Frameworks

2. Critical Analysis of AI and Human Rights

3. AI Governance from a Human Rights Perspective

4. Impacts of AI on the Right to Education - Oppertunities and Risks

5. AI and Human Rights Literacy Building

6. Researching AI and Human Rights in Public Service

Each lesson has

• 1 or more handouts/Activities

• Slides

• Detailed plans w/ wrap up activities, homework, further resources, etc.

Pedagogy Futures has many other AI-related resources on their website, including:

• Lesson plans containing 45 different lessons (at the time of this writing) on various topics related to AI Literacy and AI Integration.

• Subject Specific Guides for different subject areas.

• Using AI Guides for the classroom.

Civic AI Security Program (CivAI) has some amazing resources.

• The Future of Phishing has AI explore public info about a person (type in Smeagol or other fictional characters for fun) and writes tailored phishing emails for them.

• AI Has Opinions, and They're Not the Same as Yours examines 6 questions and how different AI's respond. It's a very interesting exploration of the values embedded in AI.

• How to Turn Your AI Evil showcases the process of training AI and what happens when AI is trained on intentionally wrong information.

• When AI Chooses Harm Over Failure explores how misaligned AI could use information against the user.

• Secret Language of AI shows how AI agents communicate using code.

Check out more of the CivAI resources on their Explore Our Work page

Day 1 - How to Become an AI Expert

Day 2: How do chatbots work?

Day 3: How can they go wrong?

Day 4: How can you use them right now?

Day 5: Where are they headed?

Experience AI: "Developed in collaboration by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Google DeepMind, the programme supports teachers in the exciting and fast-moving area of AI, and gets young people passionate about the subject."

Target Audience Age: 11-14

Units:

• Foundations of AI

• AI Safety

The University of Louisville has a set of Citizen Literacy resources which contain specific toolkits on  AI literacy and Algorithmic Literacy (Algorithms are an important factor in understanding how AI works). These resources include:

• Videos

• Handouts

• Activities

• Sources & Further Reading

Target Audience: Likely aimed at new college students, but this could be used in grades 6-12 easily, possibly even extending to upper elementary students.

This course will help you to develop your understanding of AI systems, how they work, and how to discuss them accurately with learners. You will also explore how to engage critically and responsibly with AI technologies, and support your learners to do the same.

In module 1, you will build your understanding of modern AI systems and their origins. You will explore rule-based and data-driven approaches, how machine learning works, the most common types of AI systems, and how to use accurate language when discussing AI. You will also consider common misconceptions (inaccurate beliefs or ideas) and how they can affect learners’ understanding.

In module 2, you will focus on developing your AI literacy — the skills and knowledge you need to understand, evaluate, and use AI systems safely, critically, and responsibly. You will learn how to question and assess AI systems and their outputs (the content, predictions, decisions, or actions they produce), and support learners to do the same. You will consider the benefits, limitations, and risks of AI systems, and the ethics of responsible design and use. You will also explore teaching approaches that support learners to think critically about AI technologies.

Raspberry Pi provided a resource for teachers called Teaching About AI.

From the course description: "This course will help you build confidence to teach about AI in structured, accurate, and accessible ways, and to support learners as they explore using AI systems to solve real-world problems."

There are 2 modules within this course and it's listed as taking 2-4 hours to complete.

• Module 1: Start Teaching About AI

• Module 2: Solve Problems Using AI