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Last: posting for Thursday, May 9, 2002 ***************************************** For individual postings, send the message: set net-happenings mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Net-happenings mailing list is a service of Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com Archives for Net-happenings can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=NET-HAPPENINGS Newsgroups: news:comp.internet.net-happenings http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&GROUP;=comp.internet.net-happenings ******************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 14:47:21 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RESOUR> NetFirst-L: Hot Topic--Gun Control From: "Myers,Julia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thu, 9 May 2002 14:39:14 -0400 Subject: NetFirst-L: Hot Topic--Gun Control Gun Control Gun Laws, Gun Control, and Gun Rights JURIST: The Legal Education Network at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law presents information about gun laws, gun control, and gun rights. The network offers access to press releases and information about the Second Amendment, as well as links to current cases and legislation, case law, statutes, books, articles, reports, and more. http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/gunlaw.htm Still Under the Gun Presents "Still Under the Gun," a "TIME" magazine cover story from July 6, 1998 written by Richard Lacayo and published by Time Inc. Highlights a 1968 article "The Gun in America" that appeared in "TIME" and compares the article to the current situation involving gun violence in the United States. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1998/dom/980706/cover1.html When Liberals Lie About Guns Features the full text of an article entitled "When Liberals Lie About Guns," by Cathy Young that is provided online by Salon.com. Discusses gun-related deaths in the United States and in other countries, gun control laws in the United States, and the problem of violence in the United States. http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/03/13/guns/print.html Armed in America Features "Armed in America," a special report on gun violence in the United States, written by Jorgen Wouters and provided by the American Broadcasting Co. (ABC) News Internet Ventures. Discusses what can be done about gun violence without banning guns. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/guns/guns_intro.html Gun Control Versus Gun Rights The Center for Responsive Politics offers information released in February 2001 about the gun control/gun rights debate in the U.S. Congress. The center discusses how gun control legislation might affect the public, the views of the interest groups, and the actions of the U.S. Congress. http://www.opensecrets.org/news/guns/index.htm Anti-Gun Control National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) Presents the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), which is based in Fairfax, Virginia. Provides information about federal, state, and local legislation relating to guns and gun rights. http://www.nraila.org/ Women Against Gun Control (WAGC) Women Against Gun Control (WAGC) is a pro-gun organization based in Salt Lake City, Utah. WAGC highlights the organization's activities, which include lobbying, educational programs, boycotts, and more. http://www.wagc.com/ Gun Owners of America Offers information on Gun Owners of America, based in Springfield, Virginia. Highlights membership information and state and federal alerts concerning guns and gun control. Details bills before Congress related to guns and Congressional gun votes. http://www.gunowners.org/ National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA): Self Defense and Gun Control The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), a nonprofit public policy research institute, presents information concerning self defense and gun control in the United States. The information includes discussions about background checks, the Brady Gun Law, gun control myths, gun related deaths, handgun restrictions, self defense, and more. The NCPA articles discuss the issues from an anti-gun control perspective. http://www.ncpa.org/iss/cri/i_selfdefense.html Pro-Gun Control Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, based in Washington, D.C., presents information on the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The center highlights news stories related to gun violence and gun control laws. The news stories cover terrorists and firearms, gun law loopholes, and the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. http://www.bradycampaign.org/ Gun Free Kids Presents GunFreeKids.org, an Internet action center that is sponsored by New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. Notes that the action center is dedicated to making it easier for users to ask national and local elected officials to support legislation to keep guns away from children. http://gunfreekids.policy.net/ Firearms Table of Contents The Pacific Center for Violence Prevention presents information on firearms. The center includes statistics on firearms, including statistics on homicide, firearm deaths by state, and guns and crime. The center also offers a database of firearms violence literature, publications on firearm violence, fact sheets on firearm violence, related policy briefs, and information on the global campaign on small arms and gun control at the United Nations. http://www.pcvp.org/pcvp/firearms/guncntn2.shtml Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Features the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, an organization of civic, professional, and religious organizations that advocate for a ban on the sale and possession of handguns and assault weapons, based in Washington, D.C. Also offers information on the Educational Fund to End Handgun Violence. Includes current news and campaign information. http://www.csgv.org/ Lesson plans Big Bang Theory "Big Bang Theory" is a social studies lesson that explores the issue of gun control in the United States, intended for use with students in grades 6-12. Elyse Fischer and Andrea Perelman created the lesson and include lesson objectives, procedures, and extension activities. The Learning Network, a service of the New York Times Co., provides the lesson online as part of the Daily Lesson Plan Teacher Connections resource. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20010312monday.html?searchp v=learning_lessons Is It Right to Bear Arms? Discussing Gun Control Laws in the Social Studies Classroom The New York Times Co. presents a lesson plan entitled "Is It Right to Bear Arms? Discussing Gun Control Laws in the Social Studies Classroom," by Kim Brown and Kelly Pierre and published August 14, 2000. The lesson plan is for students in grades six through twelve. Students explore the debate on how to curb gun violence in America and then prepare an argument for or against a strict interpretation of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The authors include the amount of time required, objectives, materials needed, and the procedures of the lesson plan. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20000814monday.html?searchp v=learning_lessons Showdown on the Frontier: Examining Grassroots Gun Control Initiatives in the American West The New York Times Co. presents a lesson plan entitled "Showdown on the Frontier: Examining Grassroots Gun Control Initiatives in the American West," by Elyse Fischer and Sanda Balaban and published March 13, 2000. The lesson plan is for students in grades six through twelve. Students research and prepare recommendations on gun control. The authors include the time required, objectives, materials needed, and the procedures of the lesson plan. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20000313monday.html?searchp v=learning_lessons Guns: In or out of Control? U.S. News and World Report, Inc. presents "Guns: In or out of Control?," a social studies lesson for middle and high school classes. This lesson is based on "Clinton Feeds Ammo to National Rifle Association (NRA)," an article from the March 27, 2000 issue of "U.S. News Classroom." The lesson requires the student to formulate and defend his or her position on gun control. U.S. News highlights the lesson procedures and provides discussion questions, a printable copy of the article, and a list of pertinent vocabulary. http://www.usnewsclassroom.com/resources/activities/act000327.html Gun Control Mike Kirschner presents a WebQuest for high school social studies classes that requires the student to research both sides of the gun control issue and write a commentary expressing his or her opinion. The Plainfield School Corporation in Plainfield, Indiana, provides the WebQuest online. http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq23/kirschnr.htm No Guns Allowed: Teacher's Guide Random House, Inc. presents a teacher's guide for "No Guns Allowed," part of the "Berenstain Bears" series by American authors Stanley Berenstain (1923- ) and Janice Berenstain (1923- ). The guide features a summary of the book, provides teaching ideas, and suggests related Internet resources. This book is best suited for use with grades 4-5 and deals with the issue of guns and school violence. http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/guides/noguns.html Prepared by: Julia Myers NetFirst Assistant Managing Editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] All links were checked on May 9, 2002. Was this forwarded to you by a colleague? Would you like to receive NetFirst-L mailings directly? Click here to sign up: http://www.oclc.org/oclc/forms/listserv.htm Would you like more information about NetFirst? 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