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This worksheet aims to raise students’ awareness of the mechanisms, economic dimensions, and psychological strategies of modern digital marketing in everyday life.

Content and Methods: The material focuses on the economic significance of social media marketing based on statistical data, as well as the analysis of specific digital posts. Methodologically, the worksheet relies on a combination of practical case studies—in which an exemplary social media post is deconstructed both textually and statistically—and theoretical insights into behavioral economic effects. In addition, the material encourages multi-perspective discussion through reflective writing assignments and the comparison of contrasting stakeholder perspectives. Finally, the discussion of complex issues is used to synthesize what has been learned into the formation of independent judgments.

Competencies:

Analytical and Deconstructive Competence: The ability to systematically examine media content and linguistic and statistical devices for their manipulative or promotional effects

Reflective and Critical Thinking Competence: The ability to critically examine one’s own consumer behavior and evaluate economic phenomena from different perspectives

Media and Economic Competence: Understanding of digital market mechanisms, psychological influence strategies such as the authority bias or the bandwagon effect, and their impact on the economy

Target Audience and Level: 9th/10th grade

This worksheet aims to teach students the fundamental rules of English punctuation through a series of "detective missions". It focuses on the correct application of end marks, commas in lists, and colons to improve overall writing clarity and sentence structure.

Content and Methods: The worksheet employs a gamified "detective headquarters" theme to guide students through three targeted exercises and one comprehensive final task. It uses fill-in-the-blank sentences for end punctuation, identification tasks for commas and colons, and a final proofreading exercise where students must rewrite a continuous text by applying punctuation and capitalization correctly. A "cheat sheet" is provided to support independent learning and rule reinforcement.

Competencies:

• Punctuation Proficiency: Correct use of periods, question marks, exclamation marks, commas, and colons
• Grammar and Mechanics: Application of capitalization rules in context
• Proofreading and Editing: Identifying missing structural cues in unpunctuated text
• Syntactic Awareness: Recognizing list structures and introductory elements in sentences

Target Group: Grade 3 and above

Objective: This worksheet aims to help learners understand the pros and cons of a particular profession and prepare them for a job interview.

Content and Methods: A text describes the profession, including its advantages and disadvantages. A dialogue scenario for a job interview serves as a basis for learners to practice in a role-play. Detailed role cards provide guidance on emotions and goals. A checklist supports preparation for the job application.

Competencies:

• Vocational knowledge: Understanding the requirements of the profession
• Communication: Preparing for and conducting a job interview
• Self-reflection: Reflecting on one’s own abilities

Target group and level: Spanish learners at A2 level

Objective: This worksheet aims to provide learners with a basic understanding of the Spanish economy and gross domestic product (GDP).

Content and Methods: It covers a country’s economy (sectors, challenges, opportunities) and explains the concept of GDP. Methods include reading comprehension, multiple-choice questions, and describing the economy.

Competencies:

• Reading comprehension
• Understanding of basic economic concepts
• Written expression

Target audience and level: Spanish learners at A2 level

ESD:

• SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth): Addressing sustainable economic opportunities for the future
• SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure): Promoting innovation in the green economy

This worksheet aims to provide a comprehensive comparison between artificial and human intelligence, specifically focusing on the mechanisms of creativity and memory. It encourages students to critically evaluate the strengths and limitations of AI while reflecting on the unique qualities of human thought and emotion.

Content and methods: The worksheet employs a variety of pedagogical approaches, including comparative tables for self-assessment, creative writing prompts, and reflective questions based on personal experience. It integrates technical texts and a video lesson to explain AI learning models (supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning) and human memory types (episodic, emotional, semantic, and sensory). The material concludes with a case study on AI in a professional field and a group discussion to synthesize the ethical and social implications of human-AI collaboration.

Competencies:

• Analytical thinking: Comparing cognitive processes between machines and humans
• Media literacy: Understanding different machine learning methods and AI data sources
• Reading and audiovisual comprehension: Extracting information from specialized texts and video content
• Creative and reflective writing: Producing original content and analyzing one's own creative influences
• Ethical evaluation: Discussing the impact of AI on society, trust, and professional fields

Target group: Grade 9 and above

Objective: The worksheet serves to educate students about the growing phenomenon of artificial intelligence addiction. Students should be made aware of the line between helpful support and compulsive use, reflect on their own behavior, and develop strategies for a healthy balance.

Content and methods: The content covers the concept of AI addiction, typical characteristics of dependency such as loss of control, tolerance development, and withdrawal symptoms, as well as psychological and neurobiological causes. This is supplemented by case studies on problematic and risky use, opportunities and risks of intensive AI application, and strategies for prevention and healthy use in everyday life. The methods include self-tests and self-assessments of one's own usage behavior, explanatory information texts, comparative case analyses, structured reflection phases on warning signs and possible courses of action, as well as creative transfer tasks such as designing rule posters with dos and don'ts.

Competencies:

• Self-reflection skills: Ability to critically evaluate one's own digital usage behavior
• Analytical skills: Identification of psychological warning signs and long-term social consequences of addiction
• Action skills: Development of usage rules and solutions for regaining self-control
• Health competence: Understanding the effects of AI on emotion regulation and general well-being

Target group and level: From grade 8 onwards

Objective: This worksheet provides an in-depth understanding of the technical fundamentals and ethical implications of artificial intelligence at the upper secondary level. The aim is to go beyond mere application and understand the underlying mechanisms (such as neural networks and machine learning) and critically reflect on their social implications.

Content and methods: The content covers fundamental technical concepts of artificial intelligence such as machine learning, deep learning, and neural networks, the distinction between weak and strong AI, and the analysis of everyday digital applications according to criteria such as data volume, algorithms, and learning ability. This is supplemented by practical case studies on personalized learning systems and ethical and social issues such as bias, responsibility, and the impact on learning and creativity. The methods include technical term explanations, comparative classification tasks, scenario-based case analyses, multi-perspective role-plays from different points of interest, and stimulating discussion and position exercises in the classroom, in which learners justify and reflect on their attitudes.

Competencies:

• Technical expertise: Confident use of technical terms such as algorithms, training data, and artificial neurons.
• Analytical skills: Ability to identify the role of training data and bias in AI models.
• Ethical judgment: Reflection on data protection and discrimination risks.
• Discussion and argumentation skills: Ability to represent complex positions within a role-play and in a plenary discussion

Target group and level: From grade 10 onwards

Objective: The worksheet provides a basic understanding of how artificial intelligence (AI) works at an intermediate level. Learners should be able to distinguish AI applications from classic programs, understand the technical learning process, and critically question algorithms in everyday life.

Content and methods: The content covers the basic definition of artificial intelligence, the distinction between static programs and adaptive systems, the three-step model of how AI works (data collection, pattern recognition, application), and the opportunities and risks of recommendation algorithms, such as filter bubbles and data bias. This is supplemented by practical case studies and the transfer of knowledge to school application scenarios. The methods include explanatory text work, tabular classifications, visual process diagrams to illustrate technical processes, analytical case studies, and creative transfer tasks in which learners take on developer roles to design their own AI ideas for everyday life.

Competencies:

• Technical understanding: Understanding the logic of algorithms and machine learning
• Judgment: Reflection on the limitations and error susceptibility of AI systems
• Design skills: Development of innovative solutions for one's own environment (school)
• Analytical skills: Distinguishing between different phases of the learning process using practical examples

Target group and level: From grade 8 onwards

This worksheet aims to introduce students to the "trolley problem" as a fundamental ethical dilemma, encouraging them to evaluate moral decision-making through the lens of different philosophical theories and their modern application in artificial intelligence and autonomous driving.

Content and methods: The worksheet uses a multimedia approach, starting with a video-based discussion of the trolley scenario. It then provides informative texts on utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, and moral relativism to facilitate theoretical understanding. Students apply these concepts through comprehension questions, analytical writing tasks, and a creative "pitch" presentation where they role-play as programmers to address the ethical challenges of self-driving cars.

Competencies:

• Ethical reasoning and moral judgment
• Application of philosophical theories to modern technology
• Critical thinking and perspective-taking
• Argumentation and presentation skills
• Reading and media literacy

Target group: Grade 10 and above