Holding Parents Responsible for School Shootings

That's News to Me

Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

In this digital-only lesson featuring content from The Associated Press, students read about how the father of school shooter Colt Gray has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. This lesson includes vocabulary, comprehension and discussion questions, and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
school shootings

Vocabulary

negligence
prosecution
involuntary manslaughter
pending
foreseeable
summon
inexorably
intertwined
groundbreaking
arsenal
egregious
macabre
A spinning paper plane