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How Student Survivors Are Fueling a Gun-Control Movement – YouTube (5:30)https://youtu.be/V5V2TVPHjkM

In the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 people dead, student survivors have started a movement for greater gun control.

CNN Explains: The 2nd Amendment – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/BDv1qFBJh1o

CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin helps us understand the U.S. Constitution’s 2nd Amendment. For more CNN videos,

Generation Lockdown — March For Our Lives – YouTube (2:11)https://youtu.be/0IM4p62p3M0

A child’s most important lesson shouldn’t be how to survive.

WHAT DOES THE GUN SAY (parody of) What Does the Fox Say | Don Caron – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/tUqDVKwWSZw

Lyrics available below the video

20 Years of School Shootings (1:33)http://www.wsj.com/video/20-years-of-school-shootings/68473965-DFBC-47D8-8BEE-AF8CFBEC7AB1.html

Since 1998, there have been more than a dozen shootings at kindergarten, elementary, middle and high schools that resulted in multiple deaths. These are some of the victims.

GUN BLESS AMERICA – JS Houle ft. Virginie Fortin – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/eUembNyodAo

“This song was written several years ago,” says Jean-Sébastien Houle, “but the issue is as sadly relevant today as it was then.”

FIREARMS TUTORIALhttps://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNTERM.html

Terminology of fire arms Fire Arm Parts

ESL Lesson Plan on Gun Violence – Breaking News English Lessonhttps://breakingnewsenglish.com/1802/180227-gun-violence.html

English News Lessons: Free 27-Page lesson plan / 2-page mini-lesson – Gun Violence – Handouts, online activities, speed reading, dictation, mp3… current events.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/learning/lesson-plans/the-power-to-change-the-world-a-teaching-unit-on-student-activism-in-history-and-today.html

How much of a difference can young people make in addressing the problems our society faces? What makes their voices uniquely powerful?

Program Trains Teachers, Students to Deal with School Shootingshttps://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/school-shooting-simulation/4192418.htmlAlthough it is designed as a video game, the EDGE training program is meant to train students and teachers how to react if a shooting takes place. The goal is to save lives.

Anguished Tweets from Florida School-Shooting Survivors – The Atlantichttps://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/02/parkland-shooting-teen-survivor-tweets-righteous-anger/553634/Students have mourned and rallied the public after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High that left 17 dead.

Columbine Shooting – HISTORYhttps://www.history.com/topics/columbine-high-school-shootings

At Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, two teens went on a shooting spree on April 20, 1999, killing 13 people and wounding more than 20 others

The Columbine Massacre School Shooting April 20, 1999https://www.thoughtco.com/columbine-massacre-1779624

On April 20, 1999, in the town of Littleton, Colorado, high-school seniors Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris enacted an assault on Columbine High School.

Nikolas Cruz: Depressed loner ‘crazy about guns’ – BBC Newshttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43067530

Students at the school described Nikolas Cruz, 19, as an “outcast” known for making threats.

Texas Students Can Bring Guns to College (3:52)https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/texas-students-can-bring-guns-to-college/3446102.html

If you go to college at a state college in Texas, you can now cnscript from VOAarry a concealed handgun. Audio with the tra

Program Trains Teachers, Students to Deal with School Shootingshttps://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/school-shooting-simulation/4192418.htmlAlthough it is designed as a video game, the EDGE training program is meant to train students and teachers how to react if a shooting takes place. The goal is to save lives.

Program Trains Teachers, Students to Deal with School Shootingshttps://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/school-shooting-simulation/4192418.html

Although it is designed as a video game, the EDGE training program is meant to train students and teachers how to react if a shooting takes place. The goal is to save lives. A video (2:18) and audio (4:30) with the transcript from VOA

Passionate Speech By Marjory Stoneman Douglas Student Emma Gonzalez At Anti-Gun Rally – YouTube (12:05)https://youtu.be/PQPr3iMTL98

Emma Gonzalez, a student at the Parkland high school where 17 people were killed, calls out President Trump and the NRA at an anti-gun rally in Fort Lauderdale.

Texas students can now bring guns to class – BBC News (0:32)http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/36949971/texas-students-can-now-bring-guns-to-classA new law means students in Texas can now take their guns to class.

Evan | Sandy Hook Promise – YouTube (1:48)vhttps://youtu.be/A8syQeFtBKc

As the school year winds down, one student finds himself starting an unexpected relationship. – Includes an unexpected message.

What fuels the love for guns in the US? – Inside Story Americas – YouTube (25:01)https://youtu.be/Jp4N1Gwx_nA

In this first episode of our Inside Story Americas special series, Guns, Culture and Crime in the US, we look at why the debate over gun control is so polarised.

Guns With History – YouTube (3:27)https://youtu.be/1nAfWfF4TjM

States United To Prevent Gun Violence opens a “gun store” in NYC as a hidden camera social experiment to debunk safety myths. Every gun has a history.

Dear Mom and Dad- get to work saving my life! – YouTube (3:49)https://youtu.be/TBhdMHsDFOU

A plea from our kids… Enough is enough. Please share this important message.

Gun Logic – YouTube (1:42)https://youtu.be/SIP7EOR-638

Now that the United States is nearing the point of one mass shooting incident per day and there are enough firearms to give every single person in the country. – Satire!  

Parkland Student vs NRA ad (1:30) https://www.facebook.com/Upworthy/videos/1876366089328568/

This Parkland student was fed up with the NRA’s advertisement so she made her own version. (via Brut)

ESL Discussions: Conversation Questions: Speaking Lesson: GUN CONTROLhttps://esldiscussions.com/g/gun_control.html

ESL Discussions: Free worksheet and online activity on Gun Control.

Gun Control & The Newtown School Shooting (Advanced ESL Lesson Plan)http://www.englishcurrent.com/gun-control-lesson-plan-advanced-esl/Free advanced gun control lesson plan based on the Newtown elementary school shooting. Study online or download the lesson plan (ESL/EFL).

The Pros and Cons of Gun Control – Absolutenglishhttp://absolutenglish.free.fr/?The-Pros-and-Cons-of-Gun-Control

The Pros and Cons of Gun Control The drawing Here can be a good start to tackle the issue of gun control. – Download the .pdf worksheet found in the text.

In pictures: US gun-blessing ceremony – BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43231638

Hundreds of World Peace and Unification Sanctuary church members get their guns blessed in Pennsylvania.

America’s gun culture in charts – BBC Newshttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41488081

Charts explaining some of the key statistics behind gun ownership and attacks linked to guns in the US.