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School shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas
Daily News Lesson May 30 2022

Biden pledges push for new gun laws — and other news for May 31, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
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Daily News Lesson May 27 2022

Lesson plan: How to talk as a class about gun violence in schools

Develop tools to address anxieties about school violence, including shootings
FILE PHOTO: Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington
Daily News Lesson May 26 2022

Sen. Chris Murphy seeks ‘common ground’ with Republicans on new gun laws in wake of Texas school shooting
Hear from one Senator who is trying to lead bipartisan legislation on guns
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Daily News Lesson May 25 2022

How Uvalde, Texas, is mourning after school massacre
Hear how a community is coming together after a deadly school shooting
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Lesson Plan May 25 2022

Lesson plan: What is mental health? Discuss using this podcast by two teen reporters

Listen to student mental health podcast 'On Our Minds' and build strategies to discuss well-being
Shooting reported near elementary school in Uvalde, Texas
Daily News Lesson May 24 2022

19 children, 2 adults killed in Texas elementary school shooting
Learn what happened in an attack by a gunman on an elementary school in Texas
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Daily News Lesson May 24 2022

Cancer survivor and amputee defies the odds running marathons and breaking records
Discuss the story of an athlete who overcame health crisis to set records
Gang violence in Haiti's capital forces residents to flee their homes
Daily News Lesson May 24 2022

Hundreds of years after Haiti paid to be free from slavery the costs are still being felt
Learn why a colonial legacy in Haiti has impacted life there today
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Daily News Lesson May 23 2022

Georgia Republicans vote in a heated primary — and other news for May 24, 2022
Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions
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Daily News Lesson May 23 2022

Students confront gun violence through one way they know how — theater
Learn how some students are using the arts to confront the trauma of gun violence
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