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Student Activities: Responding to Recent Shootings and the Perils of Daily Life
These student-facing slides contain activities designed to help students process feelings of insecurity in the face of the recent shootings of young people going about their daily lives.
Subject
- Advisory
- English & Language Arts
- Social Studies
Language
English — USUpdated
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