Gun violence among teenagers | Lesson 2

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Gun violence among teenagers | Lesson 2

The story of others

Checking the Learning Goals

By the end of the lesson...:

·        You will read and understand a real survivor’s story

·        You will write a thoughtful letter of support

·        You will exchange letters with your peer and give feedback

·        You will receive feedback on your letter.

Planned activities today:

• Introduction

  • Checking burning questions

  • Think pair share

• The Sandy Hook Promise Foundation

  • What is it?

  • Survivor stories

• Letter of Support

• Wrapping up

Think Pair Share

Think pair share

Task: Think about the following question for one minute, after that discuss with the person next to you what you know. Do this for three minutes.

• What stuck with you the most in our previous lesson?

The Sandy Hook Promise Foundation

• Founded in 2013 after the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school by parents who had lost their children

• They aim at educating people about weapon violence and preventing it

• This lesson we will be writing a letter to the foundation. The letter must be finished by the next lesson in order to send it in.

Survivor stories

Do: Scan the QR code in the student guide / powerpoint

or go to the following website: https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/survivorstories/

Task:

• Watch two survivor stories and answer the questions in the student guide per video.

Tip:

Try to answer the questions with as much detail as you can, this will help you with writing later!

Sharing stories

• You have all viewed two stories

• Does anyone want to share anything they heard?

Letter of support

Task: You will be writing a letter of support to one of the survivors you watched a video of. Your letter must contain details mentioned in the video and must meet the following criteria:

·   The letter is between 100-200 words.

·        The letter has a clear introduction, middle, and conclusion. It is easy to follow.

·        The letter shows understanding, respect, and emotional awareness toward the survivor’s story.

Once you are done writing, you will exchange letters with a classmate and exchange feedback based on the criteria above.

Where: Student guide

How long: 20 minutes

Tip:

Use your answers from the previous exercise to help you write!

Wrapping up

Task: Fill in the exit ticket on the student guide

How: You work on your own and write down the answers

How long: 3 minutes

Learning goals:

By the end of the lesson...:

·        You will read and understand a real survivor’s story

·        You will write a thoughtful letter of support

·        You will exchange letters with your peer and give feedback

·        You will receive feedback on your letter.

Homework

For the next lesson:

• Finish your re-write of the letter for next lesson so we can send it in