AI ETHICS COUNCIL · DAY 7 OF 10

Debate Preparation: Build the Assigned Role’s Case

Prepare claim, evidence, reasoning, rebuttal, and one condition.

Topic: argument + evidence
Time: one class period
Turn in: completed role brief and opening statement

AI Ethics Council Casebook

Use the same casebook for all ten days. Earlier evidence stays available during the hearing and code-writing days.

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Today’s learning

Use the Council Lens: What decision? Who has power? Who is affected? What is the evidence? What check would make the system more accountable?

Today’s task

Record the motion: Should AI score student essays for a final grade?
Record the stakeholder role your teacher assigns.
Write the role’s claim and select two traceable pieces of evidence.
Explain why each piece of evidence matters to the role.
Prepare one rebuttal, one cross-question, and one safeguard or stopping rule.

Casebook checkpoint

Complete page 8. Keep the complete casebook for the final council decision.

Success criteria

✓ The assigned role stays consistent
✓ Evidence is traceable to the casebook or a named source
✓ Reasoning connects evidence to the claim
✓ The rebuttal answers a strong objection

Use this sentence stem:
Our role supports / opposes / supports with conditions because _____. The strongest objection is _____; our response is _____.

Word bank: claim · evidence · reasoning · rebuttal · stakeholder · safeguard

If you get stuck

The assigned role is not a statement of your personal belief.
If a claim is only opinion, replace it with a case, test, policy, or source.
You may read from the role brief during the hearing.

Before you submit

Upload a readable copy of page 8. You may submit a document, PDF, photo, or short video walkthrough using the options your teacher enables.
Keep your complete casebook; later days require evidence from earlier pages.