Grade 4 · Technology · Lesson 18

Understand Plagiarism and Give Credit to AI

When we use someone else\'s ideas or words without giving them credit, that is called plagiarism. Plagiarism is dishonest because it presents another person\'s work as your own. Today, AI tools like ChatGPT can write text — so we must also give credit when AI helps us with our work.

What this lesson teaches

1Define plagiarism and explain why it is dishonest
2Distinguish between original work, plagiarism, and AI-assisted work with credit
3Write a correct citation for an AI tool used in schoolwork

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