About This Lesson
This lesson helps students to understand key information about gun violence in the United States while building important literacy, research, and civic skills and knowledge.
Enduring Understandings:
- Difficult decisions involve careful research and evaluation of pros and cons of the consequences of each possible decision point.
- Civil discourse requires active listening, building on key points of others, and acknowledging weaknesses in our own arguments.
- We can change policies and make our communities safer when we use research, facts and well-reasoned arguments to persuade others.
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