What Happened?
True or False: The Progressive Movement was marked by use of firearms in larger, centralized schools.
What is false; schools were larger and more centralized but explosives were primary weapon used in mass attacks.
One of the major political debates that affects the use of firearms in schools.
What is the right to bear arms; the extent of the Second Amendment
True or False; the history of gun violence has progressed in a proportional increase through the 5 Eras.
What is false; gun violence is impacted by many associative and situational factors not an upward trend
The type of violence was prevalent in schools during the Common School Movement? Give an example.
What is individual disputes; William Butler was shot by one of his students after disciplinary conflict.
How did schools increasing in size impact school safety?
What is the increased size resulted in more responsibility on individual schools without proper preventative measures in place (or something along those lines)
Is federal research on school shootings helping prevent them from occurring?
What is inconclusive; depends on classifications of what a school shooting is
The incident that showed the potential for mass firearm misuse on an educational institution and why?
What is the University of Texas Tower attack; schools were larger and changing through federal power, civil-rights movements, and national security concerns.
True or False; the Federal government is solely responsible for proetecting public schools.
What is false; preventative measures are a shared social contract, including involvement at all levels
How gun violence has changed from the Common School movement to Recent History.
Started off as individual disputes and expanded to epidemic threat
Name three responses attempting to reduce school shooting threats in Recent History Era.
What is security technology, threat assessments, federal research, emergency planning, gun policy debates etc.
Name an example of how access to mental health resources may help prevent future violence in schools.
What is allows for positive coping, can identify warning signs, evaluate trauma responses post-shootings, etc.
True or False; In schools today, it is just the teacher's responsibility to protect their students.
What is false; safety of the students is a priority for districts, regional governments, state governments, and federal governments
The incident that served as an example of gun-violence in schools during the ERA 1 — Colonial & Early National Period
What is the Brown's school house shooting; frontier warfare
How has access and attitudes towards guns and firearms changed violence in schools?
Trick question :) Access to guns hasn't changed; the school environment has
Summarize each movement by what schools looked like and how violence was present.
What is Era 2 - individual disputes, Era 3- use of explosives to carry out harm/not common practice, Era 4 - larger schools = potential for greater threat, Era 5 - epidemic of shootings/greater security measures in play