Tarilee Walker City High Graduation Project: Questions, Questions, Questions....

Friday, January 23, 2009

Essential Question:

Foundation Questions:

What are the types of violence found?
Who is the focus of the violence?
What communities does the violence most occur in?
What organizations are taking steps to work on the problem?
Who are the people I would be able to talk to, to recieve background information about my topic?

Drive-by: Acting of firing from moving vehicle;
Injury: Physical damage;
Victim: Someone hurt or killed; somebody who is hurt or killed by somebody or something, especially in a crime, accident, or disaster.
Gung: Weapon that fires bullets; any weapon, from a small handheld pistol to a large piece of artillery, which has a metal tube through which bullets or missiles are fired by an explosive charge.
Firearm: Gun; a portable weapon that fires ammunition.
Gun assault: is a gun or howitzer mounted on a motor vehicle or armored onassis designed for use in the direct fire role in support of infantry when attacking other infantry or fortified positions.
Aggravated assault: With worsening feature; having features that make something a worse criminal offense.
Assault: Threat of bodily harm; an unlawful threat or attempt to do violence or harm to somebody else.
Homicides: Killing of someone; the act or an instance of unlawfully killing another human being.
Violence: Physical force; the used of physical force to injure somebody or damage something.