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Mónica Campos

The surgeon riddle

Grades: 12th Grade, 11th Grade, 10th Grade
Subjects: Multilingual Learners

Student Instructions

1. Tap add to start. 2. Read the riddle on the first slide. 3. Next, mic record yourself coming up with an explanation of your own. 4. After, that, video listen to the attached podcast and label write down your thoughts on the second slide. 5. Finally, tap check to add to your journal.

Teacher Notes (not visible to students)

This story – called the surgeon’s dilemma – is often used to demonstrate the way that unconscious bias works. Of course, the surgeon is the boy’s mother. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTGQJUJihtU

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