School Violence Speech

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Topic: School Violence

General Purpose: To inform

Specific Purpose: To inform what needs to be done to stop school violence.

Central Idea: To inform the effects, causes, and solutions of school violence.

INTRODUCTION:

Since the April 20, 1999 shooting at Columbine High

School in Littleton, Colorado I have been looking

deeper into the issue of school violence. The number

of extremely violent crimes committed by students has

been increasing in the last few years. These

incidents are not only increasing in number, but in

the amount of bloodshed in each occurrence. Some

experts seek to analyze the effects this violence has.

Others figure the causes to be everything from movies

to video games. In the end it has been determined

that there are many solutions that must work together

to help solve this urgent problem.

MAIN BODY:

I. Effects- 2 main effects

A. Copycat crimes

1. Since the Feb. 19, 1997

shooting in Bethel, Alaska, there have been 9

more school shootings

(Start 'Em Young 1-3).

2. Six of these shootings took

place in a 4-month period.

B. Students feeling unsafe in school

1. For thousands of students

throughout the country, the feeling of being

the next victim looms over

their heads.

2. For many students, feeling

unsafe creates a very difficult learning

environment (Nolin, Davies,

Chandler 2).

II. Causes- 3 main causes

A. Parental Violence

1. Children are influenced by what...

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