The Gate That Remembered Yesterday: discussion sheet

Part 1 · 5.9 minute read-aloud · fairness

A fable about inherited rules, a smaller job, a bell anyone can ring, and changing a lesson that no longer fits.

Start here

Why does the Gate turn Ash away when anyone can see she has a hammer?

Go further

The villagers give the Gate a much smaller job. Is there a decision you think a machine should never make on its own?

Look, notice, or draw

Find one choice, object, or gesture that shows fairness. Draw it or note two details from the words or picture.

Read the story: https://youngmachines.org/read/fables/the-gate-that-remembered-yesterday/

Readers may answer from the story, invent an example, answer privately, or pass.