COPYRIGHT Karen Clark

May 2018
DARE TO
PREPARE
Active Shooter Curriculum Package

Be Proactive, Not Reactive

Respond Resiliently

EXPLAIN INTERPRET APPLY

Students explain the pillars of
social and emotional learning
through the perspective they feel
when they are at their strongest
and weakest points.
Students video blog at least 3 Students develop a preferred
active shooter safety tips to platform to inform a school
inform students of safety options official of person(s) of concern
within most classrooms.   which can be used by any student
on campus.

EMPATHIZE PERSPECTIVE SELF-

Students name three feelings of Students define resilience and
powerlessness and three feelings response by reframing the
of hopefulness.  newspaper article headlines to
describe the story from a position
of resilience and response not
reaction.
KNOWLEDGE
Students reflect on 2 ways they
can show resilience in the face of
an active shooter situation by
writing a personal pledge.

INTRODUCTION
by Karen Clark

School shooting have become not only part of our society,

in news and politics; but students are feeling the stresses of
a looming fear. Just recently, a student asked "Ms. Clark do
you think teachers should have guns? And then proceeded
to share how they just hope they will feel safe at school
again. These are the words of students, coming to learning,
and teachers need to be proactive not reactive and teach
students to do the same. 
ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS
What about today,
should be tomorrow’s
history?
How can prevention
imply resilience? 

KEY TERMS
Active Shooter  There will be an amazing
Prevention group of adults coming out of
Bystander Effect  this. They've seen the worst
Activism that humanity can offer, but
Social and Emotional Learning  also the goodness that can
Restorative Justice come out of it.
Powerlessness
Hopefulness - Nicole Hookley 
Reaction Lost her son Dylan, age 6 in
Responose Sandy Hook Elementary 
Resilience

ENDURING
UNDERSTANDING
Be proactive, not reactive.
Respond resiliently. 

This curriculum unit aims to create a culture of proactive activism and

resilience by diving deep into the social-emotional clues behind identifying
campus concerns and encourage today's activism to become tomorrow's
history. The history is often read - "17 students killed in school shooting,"
yet this emotion evoking headline only leaves the society in despair.
Students entering the classroom every day must respond with resilience
and be proactive in hopes of never having to be reactive. 
 AUDIENCE 
This curriculum is designed for
9-10th grade students; however,
adaptions can be made for
middle school students. 

TIME 
8-10 55 minute periods 

STANDARDS
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1
Initiate and participate effectively
in a range of collaborative
discussions (one-on-one, in
groups, and teacher-led) with
diverse partners on grades 9-10

TABLE OF
topics, texts, and issues, building
on others' ideas and expressing
their own clearly and

CONTENTS persuasively.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.4
Present information, findings,
and supporting evidence clearly,
Curriculum Overview  concisely, and logically such that
listeners can follow the line of
reasoning and the organization,
Module 1 - Be Proactive, Not Reactive development, substance, and style
are appropriate to purpose,
audience, and task.
Activity 1  -  Soul Strength  CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.5
Make strategic use of digital
media (e.g., textual, graphical,
audio, visual, and interactive
Activity 2 – Class Vest  elements) in presentations to
enhance understanding of
findings, reasoning, and evidence
Activity 3 – Smoke Signal  and to add interest.

Module 2 - Respond Resiliently

Tips 
Never attempt a lesson you
Activity 4 – Feel & Heal  personally do not feel
comfortable teaching. These
topics require openness and
Activity 5 – Gold Casing strength from the teacher. 
Lessons may need to be
adapted if the Active Shooting
occurred at the school that
Activity 6 – Target Minds wishes to implement this
curriculum. I would
recommend a more form.
Summative Assessment - Make Today History Students facing trauma after an
active shooting will need more
professional care and support.