Media Literacy for Kids, 12-Week AI Tutor Guide, Spot Fake News, Ads and Clickbait, Critical Thinking, Ages 10 to 14, PDF

Kids meet a steady stream of ads, clickbait, fake images, and confident-sounding nonsense every day. This is a done-for-you, 12-week plan for guiding a 10-14-year-old to ask the questions a thoughtful viewer always asks (who made this, why, is it true, and how do they want me to feel), using an AI tutor that brings real-world examples and walks them through picking each one apart, while you do the leading. You do not need to be a media expert.

WHAT YOU GET
• 12 deep weekly sessions, each built to run in about 60 minutes: a plain-language concept, a concrete worked example, a minute-by-minute session plan with the AI-tutor prompts built in (built around real ads, headlines, and images to examine together), a "show me" checkpoint so you always know it landed, common mistakes to watch for, and practice.
• A "Never used an AI chat assistant? Start here" onboarding that takes a complete beginner from zero to ready in about five minutes. A free AI assistant (ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or Gemini all work) is all you need, no paid plan required.
• Four rescue prompts in the front matter for when the learner is stuck or bored, the AI starts announcing answers instead of asking, or you want to check the learner really understands.
• A digital guide: you lead one fully scripted ~60-minute session each week; every step is timed and already written out for you, so no media, marketing, or AI expertise is needed.

THE 12 WEEKS
1. Every Message Has a Maker: someone made this, on purpose
2. Who Made This, and Why? Sell, entertain, inform, or persuade
3. Ads in Disguise: sponsored content and product placement
4. Clickbait & How It Hooks You
5. Is It True? Checking Claims: a simple three-step method
6. Real vs Fake Images: filters, edits, and AI-generated pictures
7. Opinions Dressed as Facts
8. Algorithms & Why You See What You See
9. Being Kind & Safe Online
10. Project Week I: Plan It (an honest example and a sneaky one)
11. Project Week II: Build It
12. Demo Day: present, quiz the family, choose what's next

WHO IT'S FOR
Parents, teachers, and homeschoolers guiding a learner aged roughly 10-14 who is growing up with a phone or tablet in reach and needs a sharper eye, not a scared one. No media, marketing, or AI background needed. You lead one fully scripted ~60-minute session each week, every step timed and written out for you, and the AI tutor brings examples to examine alongside the real ones your family already sees. Never used an AI chat assistant before? The guide's first section walks you through setup in about five minutes.

WHY THIS INSTEAD OF A FREE CHATBOT
A raw chatbot will happily tell your child "yes that's fake" or "no that's not an ad," which hands over the answer instead of building the skill. This pack ships the structure a chatbot lacks: a real 12-week arc that moves from noticing a maker's intent to spotting disguised ads, clickbait, fake images, and algorithm-driven feeds; a tutor that shows real examples and asks before it tells; guardrails that keep every example age-appropriate and every session ending on "here's how you spot it," not "everything online is lying to you"; and checkpoints that prove your child can catch the trick themselves. Curriculum + guardrails + a way to see progress. That's the difference.

FAQ
• Do I need to be a media or marketing expert? No. The AI tutor suggests and explains the examples; you lead. Every session comes with the exact prompt to start it.
• Which AI does it use? What if I've never used one? Any modern AI chat assistant works (ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or Gemini), and the free version of any of them is enough; no paid plan needed. If you've never used one before, the guide's first section walks you through setup in about five minutes, so you're ready before Week 1.
• Is my child's data collected? Not by us. This is a digital guide sold to you, the adult. There's no login and no child account; you start and supervise every AI session yourself, under your own account. AI providers may store chats, so the guide shows you what never to paste (a first name and age are all it needs).
• What ages? Roughly 10-14.
• Will this make my kid distrustful of everything? No. The goal is a sharper eye, not suspicion. Each clue-spotting week ends on a concrete "here's the clue," and Week 9 covers kindness and safety online alongside the skepticism, including what to do if something real happens.
• Does it work outside the US? Yes. The guide is written in US English, and every launch prompt tells the AI to use your country or region (given, inferred, or asked) for spelling, money, school terms, and examples.
• Refunds? Standard marketplace refund policy applies.

WHAT'S IN THE DOWNLOAD
• media-guide.pdf: the full 12-week guide, easy to read on any phone, tablet, or computer
• media-ai-copy.md: the same guide as plain text, to hand straight to your AI chat assistant
• Placement check (Does Your Child Spot the Trick - Or Just Believe What's on the Screen?): a 15-minute AI chat that scores where your learner stands and names the week to start at, as a prompt to paste and a printable card
• READ-ME-FIRST.txt: which file is which

Instant digital download. Nothing is shipped.

AI disclosure: I guided the main portion; AI executed some parts for me.