GRADES 10–11 · LESSON 1
Problem Statement: One Person, One Problem
Pick one real person and one real annoyance, and write it so clearly that someone else could check whether it got fixed.
By the end of this lesson you will have — one-page problem statement in Google Docs: who has the problem, what exactly goes wrong, and what 'solved' looks like, with something you can count
What you'll show at the end: A one-page Google Doc with 3 headed parts (Who, The problem, Solved looks like) plus one line you rewrote after checking it.
Google Docs
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Follow these steps
- Open Google Docs with your own Google account and start a blank document. Pick one person you know (a family member, a friend, or yourself) and one small problem they really have. Don't write their name; call them Person A.
- Write three headings. Who: their age range and situation. The problem: what goes wrong, when, and how often. Solved looks like: something you could count or check, for example 'forgets homework 0 times in 5 school days'.
- Keep it to one page. Read it once as if you were a stranger: could you tell, with a yes or no, whether the problem got solved? Mark any line where you couldn't.
- Ask an AI to find weak spots. Copy the prompt from the box next to these steps into the AI you're allowed to use (under 13: a parent's account, with your parent). Keep what helps, throw away at least one suggestion and write why next to it, then rewrite one line.
Free tools for this lesson
Starting fresh?
No problem picked yet? Improve this sample. It has weak spots on purpose.
Who: a Grade 7 student who takes the bus to school.
The problem: forgets which homework is due, sometimes.
Solved looks like: the student is more organized.
Source (adapted for this grade: wording changed, facts unchanged)
anthropic.com/learn — AI Fluency: Framework and Foundations, Description and Discernment (adapted for Grades 10–11)
Stanford d.school, Design Thinking Bootleg — define, prototype, and test methods (adapted for Grades 10–11)
anthropic.com/learn — AI Fluency: Framework and Foundations, Description and Discernment (adapted for Grades 10–11)
Stanford d.school, Design Thinking Bootleg — define, prototype, and test methods (adapted for Grades 10–11)