Professional Learning
Student Agency After Parkland
This webinar explores the many questions faced by educators in the wake of the events in Parkland, Florida.
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This event qualifies for Certificate of Completion.
English & Language Arts
Social Studies
Democracy & Civic Engagement
This webinar explores the many questions faced by educators in the wake of the events in Parkland, Florida.
Resource List
- Nine Ways to Help Students Discuss Guns and Violence
- Youth Taking Charge! Placing Student Activism in Historical Context
- Teaching Activities for: ‘Walmart and Dick’s Raise Minimum Age for Gun Buyers to 21’
- The Power to Change the World: A Teaching Unit on Student Activism in History and Today
- Youth In Front
- How Do I Get Started?
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