Vocabulary Builder
Columbine introduces many terms which may be unfamiliar or misunderstood/misused.
Writing Activity
Have students write two sentences summarizing each term. Have them pick one to expand on for a full page.
Vocabulary Terms
- Dyad
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Victim's advocate
- The Active Shooter Protocol
- Psychopath
- Angry depressive
- Psychosis (distinction from psychopathy)
- The gun show loophole
- Brady Bill
- NRA
- DSM-IV
- The Psychopathy Checklist
- fMRI
- Suicidal ideation
- Hostage vs. non-hostage situations (as defined by the FBI)
- Supervisory special agent
- Threat assessment
- Zero tolerance
- Diversion
- Altar calls
- Evangelical Christian
- Goths
- Napalm
- Molotov cocktail
- NATO
- Zeus