The Gorp's Gift: Gun Safety Resources for Teachers

Boy reading in library  The Gorp's Gift was written to act as a tool for teachers to sensitively and gently open a dialog on gun accident prevention for younger children. It aims to empower children so they will know what to do, and what not to do if they encounter one of the 235 million guns that now exist in the United States.

The following exercises are activities for before and after you read The Gorp's Gift.

These discussion questions about The Gorp's Gift are organized according to Bloom's Taxonomy of questioning.

These activities are designed to help your reading of The Gorp's Gift, a story about gun safety and accident prevention.

Put Gorp's story back in order. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about gun safety and accident prevention.

Explain what it means to be a peacemaker. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about gun safety and accident prevention.

Students answer what they would do if they found a gun. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about gun safety and accident prevention.

Discover a letter that can be sent home to parents explaining the Gorp's curriculum and message. This great school safety resource focuses on the danger of guns.

Students pretend to be the town's mayor, listing ways they would promote non-violence. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a story about gun safety and accident prevention.

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