Teachers: How is the Oregon shooting affecting your experience in the classroom?

Oct. 5, 2015 1:04 PM PT

Following last week’s mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, teachers across the country have faced questions from their students. We would like to hear from you about what it has been like in your classroom.

How are you teaching your students about mass shootings on campus?
How are you responding to students’ questions about gun violence?
Have you integrated into your lesson plan the mass shooting in Oregon or others in the past? If so, how?
How is this affecting your teaching generally?

Please share your experiences in the comment section below. Include your name, school, grade level and the subject you teach. We plan to feature responses this week.

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Daniela Gerson

Daniela Gerson was a community engagement editor at the Los Angeles Times. She left in 2016. As a journalist and educator, her work focuses on multiethnic communities and innovations in participatory media. She was previously the director of the Civic Engagement and Journalism Initiative at USC’s Annenberg School. Gerson was the founding editor of Alhambra Source, a research-based site investigating how local news can foster civic engagement. She also developed Reporter Corps, a program to train young adults to report on their own communities. Gerson has contributed to the Financial Times Magazine, the New York Times, PRI’s The World, Der Spiegel, WNYC, and was a staff immigration reporter for the New York Sun. Daniela is the recipient of Alexander von Humboldt and Arthur F. Burns fellowships. A graduate of Brown University and USC Annenberg, she speaks Spanish and Portuguese, and can get by in German and Hebrew.

Teachers: How is the Oregon shooting affecting your experience in the classroom?

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