https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod Ryder, JJ, and Chrysana en-us 2021-12-20 16:59:44 UTC 2021-12-21 00:25:21 UTC hello@padlet.com cabrerac https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957353220 Research the historical context/time period of your novel. Post  important information that will help you understand the context for the social issue or event(s) occurring in your novel.

Things to think about: 
 -Major events
- Major Laws/Bills/ Decisions created/passed during this time
- Influence of Pop Culture 
- Societal Norms  ]]> 2021-12-20 16:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957353220 cabrerac https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957353224 Research your author. What biographical information about your author may help us understand why he or she wrote this text?]]> 2021-12-20 16:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957353224 cabrerac https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957353225 Directions: Collect, research, and compile a Padlet with your Book Club group of multi media information to help build your understanding and knowledge of the time period in which your book club book takes place. As well as how the setting and time period impact the way in which the story is told or the events that happened.

For each piece you add, write a 2-3 sentence explanation of what this piece shows or why you included this in your padlet.

Examples of various media to include on your Padlet: Articles, videos, podcasts, interviews, images, maps, graphs, charts, diagrams, documentaries, etc.

Padlets MUST BE SHARED with your teacher.]]> 2021-12-20 16:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957353225 cabrerac https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957353226 Research the setting of your novel. Remember to consider time, place, and location. Post information that would help a reader to visual and understand where & when the events in your story take place. ]]> 2021-12-20 16:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957353226 cabrerac https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957353227 What connections to society or other issues do you make? What further reading might someone who read your book want to do to understand more about the issues raised?]]> 2021-12-20 16:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957353227 cabrerac https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957354113 The novel takes place in Parkland, Florida, at Stoneman Douglass High School. A 19 year old former student, Nikolas Cruz arrived at the highschool in an Uber. He opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at 2:21pm into multiple classrooms. 14 students and 3 staff members were killed, 17 were injured.]]> 2021-12-20 17:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957354113 davisr48 https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957365769 Dave Cullen is a journalist who specializes in covering mass shootings. He personally interviews the victims and activists that were inspired from said tragedies. This shows the real human reaction from these shootings.]]> 2021-12-20 17:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957365769 robinsonjo2 https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957366238 https://freshfiction.com/author.php?id=21628

This author documents books on major shooting and events that happens, his most recent on the list of shootings being parkland. He had also documented Columbine, which was mentioned multiple times throughout Parkland]]> 2021-12-20 17:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957366238 robinsonjo2 https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957375079 https://allthatsinteresting.com/columbine-high-school-shooting

The Columbine massacre was mentioned multiple times throughout the story. It was a major part of the story because the author takes related events from Columbine to Parkland, and relates them both to massacres that gave many people PTSD that was mentioned in the book It also relates to the mass protests that students were now taking a stand for within the book.]]> 2021-12-20 17:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957375079 davisr48 https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957379229 In 2018, president Trump appointed another Supreme Court Justice, Brent Kavanaugh. This furthered the political tension in America as Trump secured a conservative majority in the highest ruling court in the country. ]]> 2021-12-20 17:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957379229 robinsonjo2 https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957384327 During 2018 there were many shooting breakouts across the country. Parkland had sparked a lot of shootings, a major one being the 2018 Cincinnati shooting. 3 people were killed yet it was told that they could have killed almost 100 people, the shooter had posed as a mall Santa during the time. This Relates to Parkland, because it showed just how many shootings were happening during this time, and how it could have influenced the Parkland shooter to commit this act.]]> 2021-12-20 17:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957384327 cabrerac https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957396432 Throughout the duration of 2018, There were over 300 mass shootings, and Americans became more likely to die from gun violence than any other leading causes of death. The Stoneman Douglass shooting had caused a rift across the country, sparking outrage on gun violence. On March 24th in Washington, D.C. a student-led protest called, ¨March For Our Lives¨ took place in support of gun control. It was one of the largest protests in American history.]]> 2021-12-20 17:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957396432 cabrerac https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957401657 New York Times bestseller author, David Cullen spent 10 years writing and researching Columbine. He was driven by two questions: ¨why did they kill, and what became of the survivors?¨]]> 2021-12-20 17:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957401657 davisr48 https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957401908 In early December of this year, a threat was made on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of a shooting three years earlier. He sent a message to a few people that when he gives a signal, they need to go to the bathroom. These people told authorities who arrested the potential shooter before school the day he was planning.]]> 2021-12-20 17:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957401908 cabrerac https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957835325 A connection to another issue that I can make is how easy it is to access a firearm in the United States. There should be stricter constrictions when it comes to weapons that can cost someones life. One can expand their knowledge by reading about the MFOL goal and what you can do to help.]]> 2021-12-21 00:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cabrerac/x8icx0qbrzgx8nod/wish/1957835325