Civics and Government: AI for Understanding the News

End-of-lesson check

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1. What is the first step the lesson recommends when using AI to analyze a difficult primary source like a court decision or legislative bill?

   1. Identify what the document does NOT say
   2. Ask for the strongest argument made by each side
   3. Check one fact against the original document
   4. Upload the PDF to an AI tool like NotebookLM or Claude

2. Which AI tool does the lesson specifically recommend as 'best' for analyzing long legal or legislative PDFs?

   1. Claude Projects
   2. ChatGPT
   3. Perplexity
   4. NotebookLM

3. After receiving a neutral summary from an AI, what does the lesson recommend asking for next?

   1. A list of all vocabulary words defined
   2. Whether the document is biased
   3. The document's publication date
   4. The strongest argument made by each side

4. The lesson notes that every AI model has been trained on what type of content?

   1. Legal textbooks
   2. Academic journals
   3. Government databases only
   4. The internet

5. If an AI summary feels lopsided or biased, what technique does the lesson suggest to catch the framing?

   1. Ignore the summary entirely
   2. Delete the summary and start over
   3. Immediately switch to a different AI tool
   4. Ask the model to write the opposite version and then compare

6. What does the lesson say is the difference between a B paper and an A paper in civics class?

   1. A papers have more pictures
   2. A papers are longer
   3. A papers quote the primary text directly
   4. A papers use more AI tools

7. Which of the following is listed as a key term in the lesson?

   1. Token
   2. Algorithm
   3. Steelmanning
   4. Neural network

8. What specific purpose does the lesson recommend Claude Projects for?

   1. Persistent workspace for a unit on one topic
   2. Quick fact-checks with sources
   3. Creating campaign advertisements
   4. Finding bias in news articles

9. The lesson states that what aspect of a document is 'often more important' than what it actually says?

   1. Who wrote it
   2. How many pages it has
   3. What others think about it
   4. What it does NOT say

10. Ground News and AllSides are described in the lesson as tools useful for what purpose?

    1. Uploading PDF documents
    2. Writing academic essays
    3. Comparing media bias
    4. Creating AI-generated summaries

11. What does the lesson identify as 'the actual source' for federal legislation?

    1. Major news networks
    2. Wikipedia
    3. Congress.gov
    4. The White House website

12. To 'steelman' an argument means to:

    1. Ignore arguments you disagree with
    2. Make it as weak as possible
    3. Present the strongest version of the opposing view
    4. Agree with everything the source says

13. The lesson emphasizes that AI summaries do not, by default, include what element that is essential for a strong civics essay?

    1. The publication year
    2. The author's political party
    3. Direct quotes from the document
    4. The document's word count

14. After receiving an AI summary of a primary source, what does the lesson say you should ALWAYS do before submitting any work?

    1. Submit the summary as-is
    2. Delete all AI-generated content
    3. Go back to the primary text and pull a real sentence
    4. Write your own summary from scratch

15. The lesson describes primary sources in civics class as including which of the following?

    1. Only news articles
    2. Only textbook summaries
    3. Only presidential speeches
    4. Court decisions, bills, and campaign advertisements