GunShots: A Guide to Lesson Plans
The purpose of these lessons is to raise students' awareness about gun violence in their own lives, from exposure in the media to their own neighborhoods. These lessons provide teachers with a vehicle to explore gun violence, its impact, and possibilities for change within the classroom curriculum.

You can use the lesson plans below online, or download your own copies for use in your classroom by following these links.

Lesson One: Joining Together to Fight Gun Violence
For use with grade levels 7-12.
Lesson Two: The Right to Bear Arms?
For use with grade levels 9-12.

For a guide to help facilitate conversations about these issues outside of the classroom, please download the free Viewers' Discussion Guide.

How do I download the lessons?

The GunShots guides are also available in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need to have installed on your computer the Adobe Acrobat^TM Reader program in order to view and print the GunShots guides. You may download a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat^TM Reader by visiting Adobe's Web site.


The Authors

KQED Education Network (KQED EdNet) inspires learning through innovative understanding, use and creation of media that respects diverse perspectives. KQED EdNet is committed to the exchange of ideas and resources in partnership with the community. To this end, it provides an instructional television service, curriculum materials, projects for youth and professional development for teachers, child care providers and families; organizes public forums; and sponsors local events.

Development of the teacher and parent guides was done in partnership with Maureen Carroll and Laurel Blaine, co-founders of Bay Breeze Educational Resources, LLC. Bay Breeze provides engaging K-12 technology-based curriculum that fosters the development of critical thinking skills through the use of the Internet, popular culture, and media.