Dartmouth Conference

This reading comprehension worksheet explores the 1956 Dartmouth Conference, often regarded as the birth of Artificial Intelligence. Students read an informational passage detailing the purpose, participants, and significance of the event, then answer multiple-choice questions. Through this activity, they analyze how the conference’s proposal led to the formal recognition of AI as a scientific discipline. It builds comprehension, inference, and content-specific vocabulary related to computing history. The exercise also strengthens students’ ability to connect historical moments to long-term technological change.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Reading Informational Texts

Science and Technology – Foundations of Artificial Intelligence

Social Studies – Historical Inquiry and Analysis

Critical Thinking – Cause and Effect Reasoning

This worksheet is part of our History of AI collection.