The Boston Marathon bombing
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Teacher preview: this event includes loss, violence, discrimination, or a criminal case. Choose a suitable reading together. No reenactment of harm is needed.
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Words to know
- help
- make a task or situation easier for someone
- evidence
- information that helps support or question a claim
- recover
- regain strength or rebuild after harm
Bombs near the marathon finish line killed three people and injured many others. Responders and neighbors helped. The attack and its aftermath brought grief and major disruption to the region.
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What happened? Point to a detail that supports your answer. What does the picture help you understand? What would you like to investigate next?
Follow-up: Voters decide a cannabis ballot question
Massachusetts voters approved Question 4, changing state rules for adult cannabis use. This did not make cannabis legal for children. The lesson is about how voters decide a proposed law.
How are the two events connected or different? Their order does not prove that one caused the other.
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