Reply #46: I think this program outline needs a little balance

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* Share with them that when people die from being shot, they can no longer do good things for their families or for society.

Also share (puke) with them that when people die from being shot, they can no longer do bad things to their families or other members of society.

* Assign students to groups of four or five, and have them select a historical figure who was killed by gun violence. Possibilities include Martin Luther King, Jr.; John F. Kennedy; Abraham Lincoln; and Mahatma Gandhi. Have each group research the person they chose and list the positive contributions he or she made to society.

For each victim of assassination whose contributions to society were positive, have a group research a person who contributions were negative. Possibilities include Reinhard Heydrich; Franz Kutschera; Karl Marthinsen; Anastasio Somoza Debayle; and Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović. Have each group research the person they chose and list the atrocities they were instrumental in causing to be committed.

* Have each group present a biography of the individual they researched and their ideas of what the individual could have done if he or she had not died from gun violence.

As above.