Questions about issues in the news for students 13 and older.
The fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, 17, in Florida has spurred
a national response that is taking numerous forms, including
rallies in multiple cities and active discussion on social
media. What do you know about the case? What is your personal
response? What questions and issues does it raise for you? As
Jennifer Preston and Colin Moynihan report on The Lede blog,
Trayvon Martin’s death has sparked “outcry and action”: Outrage
over the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, 17, in central
Florida continued to grow across the country, with at least two
thousand people rallying Wednesday night in New York City and
Miami. Civil rights leaders are planning more demonstrations in
other cities in the coming days, including a rally Thursday
night in Sanford, Fla. Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, parents
of the teenage boy who was shot by George Zimmerman, a self-
appointed volunteer neighborhood watchman, addressed the huge
crowd in Union Square for what was