School: Minister Destiny Testimony Schools Track: Youth Class: Topic Library — Year 1 (Foundations) Presented by: Minister Destiny Marie Morgan, Muslim Ordained Minister
This lesson is educational information and is not legal advice. Laws vary by state. If you are in danger right now, call 911.
Before you start
- This space is private. Nobody sees what you read or answer. Progress stays on your device.
- We never ask your name. Not here, not on the test, not on the certificate. If you earn a certificate, you write your own name on it after downloading.
- Pass the test at 80% or higher to earn this unit's certificate. Retake it as many times as you need. Answers are not shown: go back and find what you missed.
- If you are in danger right now: call 911. If you cannot talk, text HOME to 741741 (Crisis Text Line) or call or text 988 any time.
- This unit talks about a scary subject in a calm way, the same way your school does. Attacks at schools are rare. Schools plan for them so that everybody knows their job — and your job is small, clear, and doable. That is what this lesson teaches.
The lesson
Part 1. Why schools have a plan — and why your part is simple
Your school has an emergency plan, the way it has a fire drill plan. The plan exists so that on a frightening day, nobody has to invent what to do. Adults — teachers, staff, and police — carry the big jobs: knowing the building, making decisions, and stopping any danger.
Your jobs are three, and they are the same in almost every emergency:
- Listen to the adults in charge.
- Move where they tell you, quickly and quietly.
- Tell an adult anything you know that could matter — before, during, or after.
That is the whole lesson in advance. The rest of this unit explains each job and answers the questions students actually ask.
Part 2. Tell — the job that can prevent the whole day
The most powerful safety job you have happens on ordinary days, not emergency days.
If you hear or see something that worries you — someone talking about hurting people at school, a threat online, a message or post that sounds like a plan, someone showing you something that scares you — tell a trusted adult: a teacher, a counselor, a parent or caregiver, or another adult you trust. Keep telling until an adult takes it seriously.
Three things students get wrong about this:
- It is not snitching. Snitching is about getting someone in trouble for something small. Telling is about keeping people safe from something big. They are opposites.
- A threat is never a secret to keep. Even if a friend says "don't tell," a safety secret is the one kind you never keep — the same rule this school teaches in every unit.
- You do not have to be sure. You are not accusing anyone, and you do not need proof. Your job is only to hand what you heard to an adult. Deciding what it means is the adults' job — schools have teams trained for exactly that.
Most people who say worrying things are themselves upset or in trouble, and telling is how they get help early. That is another reason to tell: it is how a bad day gets stopped while it is still just words.
Part 3. Listen and move — if there is danger at school
If an emergency announcement is made or a teacher gives urgent instructions, the drill you already know is the real thing: listen, move, stay quiet, stay with your group.
- Follow your teacher's instructions exactly, even if they differ from a drill — adults adjust the plan to where the danger actually is.
- If adults direct you to leave the building, go — quickly, without stopping for your bag, your phone, or anything in your locker. Things can be replaced. Move to the meeting place your school uses and stay with your class so teachers can account for everyone.
- If your class stays in the room, do what your teacher directs: move where they say, stay quiet, and let the adults handle the door. Never open the door for anyone — police and staff have ways to get in, and they will announce when it is safe.
- Keep your hands visible and follow police instructions if officers arrive. Their first job is to make sure the danger is over. Do what they say, right away, even if it feels confusing — questions come after everyone is safe.
If you are somewhere without a teacher — a hallway, a bathroom, outside — move away from any danger sounds, get to the nearest group of adults or the school's meeting place, and tell an adult where you were.
Part 4. Reuniting and the days after
After an emergency, schools bring students and families back together at a set place, and release students to parents or caregivers one group at a time. This can take a while and feel chaotic. Your jobs stay the same: stay with your group, tell staff if you were hurt or if you saw someone else hurt, and wait for your family through the school's process — it exists so that every student is accounted for.
The days after matter too. It is normal to feel shaky, sad, angry, numb, or fine one hour and upset the next — sometimes right away, sometimes weeks later. All of that is a normal reaction to an abnormal day. Talk to a parent, caregiver, counselor, or another trusted adult about how you feel. If feelings get very heavy, call or text 988 any time, or text HOME to 741741 to type with a counselor instead of talking. Asking for that help is strength, and this school will say it in every unit until it sounds ordinary — because it is.
And one last media rule, which protects real families: do not spread rumors or share frightening posts about an emergency. Only repeat what the school or police have officially said. Somewhere, a family is waiting for real news; rumors make their worst day harder.
Words to know — Active Shooter Awareness Training
- Trusted adult — an adult who believes you, does not hurt you, and will act to help you stay safe.
- Emergency plan — the plan your school made in advance for emergencies, so everyone knows their job without having to invent it.
- Safety secret — a secret about someone's safety; the kind of secret that is never kept — you tell a trusted adult.
- Meeting place — the set place where your class gathers outside the building so teachers can account for everyone.
- Reunification — the organized process by which a school releases students back to their families after an emergency, one group at a time, so every student is accounted for.
- All-clear — the official announcement that an emergency is over and it is safe to move again.
- Threat — words or messages saying someone plans to hurt people; always told to an adult, never kept secret, never repeated as a joke.
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — the free, confidential service you reach by calling or texting 988, any time, for yourself or for a friend.
Myths vs facts — Active Shooter Awareness Training
- Myth: Telling an adult about a threat is snitching. Fact: Snitching gets someone in trouble over something small. Telling keeps people safe from something big — and often gets the worried person help early (Part 2).
- Myth: In an emergency, I should grab my phone and bag first. Fact: Move when adults direct you, empty-handed. Things can be replaced; seconds cannot (Part 3).
- Myth: If someone knocks and says it is safe, I should open the classroom door. Fact: Never open the door. Staff and police have their own ways in, and they announce the all-clear themselves (Part 3).
- Myth: Feeling upset weeks later means something is wrong with me. Fact: Delayed and returning feelings are normal after a frightening event. Talking to an adult, 988, or Crisis Text Line is the strong move (Part 4).
Think it through — Active Shooter Awareness Training
The situation: During lunch, a student you barely know shows you a message on his phone: a photo of your school with words underneath saying "watch what happens Friday." He laughs and says, "It's just a joke — don't be a snitch." You feel scared and unsure. Friday is in two days.
Walk it through: (1) Name what you saw (Part 2): a threat about your school, with a day attached. Whether he meant it is not your call to make — deciding is the adults' job. (2) Reject the frame (Part 2): this is not snitching and not a secret you can keep. Safety secrets are never kept. (3) Tell today, not Friday: go to a teacher, counselor, or the main office, and tell a parent or caregiver at home as well. Say exactly what you saw — the photo, the words, who showed you, and when. Keep telling until an adult takes it seriously. (4) If nothing seems to happen and you stay worried, that worry is itself a reason to tell again — and if you ever feel you are in danger right now, call 911.
Cases & codes to study — Active Shooter Awareness Training
This topic is a skill taught from official public guidance, not a legal subject — there are no cases or codes to study for it. What governs it is the guidance itself, and your own school's plan:
The guidance itself — read the real words
- FBI — Active Shooter Safety Resources (Federal Bureau of Investigation) — the federal government's safety page, including training made for schools, written in the same calm "Run. Hide. Fight." order the adult world uses. Read it with a parent or teacher: https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/active-shooter-safety-resources/
- Ready.gov — Attacks in Public Places / Active Shooter (Federal Emergency Management Agency) — the plain-language federal page on being prepared, making a plan with your family, and staying safe. Read it: https://www.ready.gov/publicspaces
Where to read the real thing, free: the FBI's safety resources at fbi.gov (https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/active-shooter-safety-resources/); Ready.gov at ready.gov (https://www.ready.gov/publicspaces); and, most important of all, your own school's emergency plan — ask your teacher to show you what it asks of students.
Try this — Active Shooter Awareness Training
- ☐ I can name my three jobs: listen, move, tell.
- ☐ I know my school's meeting place and how my class gets there.
- ☐ I can name two trusted adults — one at school, one outside it — I would tell about a threat.
- ☐ I know a threat is never a secret and never a joke to pass on.
Resources to keep — Active Shooter Awareness Training
- 911 — in danger now.
- 988 (call or text) — support any time, for you or a friend.
- Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741741 — if you would rather type than talk.
- Childhelp: 1-800-422-4453 — help if an adult is pressuring or hurting you.
- Your school's office and counselors — the first place to tell about anything that worries you.
What you earned / what's next — Active Shooter Awareness Training
✅ Active Shooter Awareness Training complete (quiz score 80% or higher): You can name your three jobs in an emergency, explain why telling an adult about a threat is protection rather than snitching, describe what to do while reuniting with your family, and name the help lines that are always open.
Your certificate
Minister Destiny Testimony Schools Certificate of Completion — Active Shooter Awareness Training
This certificate is presented by Muslim Ordained Minister Destiny Marie Morgan
Awarded to: ______________________________ (write your name here after you download — your name is never collected or stored by this school)
Date completed: ______________
Congratulations. You know your three jobs, and the most important one happens on ordinary days: you speak up. That is how people get protected — and how worried people get help in time. — Minister Destiny Marie Morgan
This is a certificate of educational completion from Minister Destiny Testimony Schools. It is not a state license, a government certification, or legal training for representing anyone.
What's next: Return to the Topic Library for your next Year 1 Foundations unit.
Sources
- Active Shooter Safety Resources — Federal Bureau of Investigation (https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/active-shooter-safety-resources/) — the federal school-safety framing and Run. Hide. Fight. principles behind this unit.
- Attacks in Public Places / Active Shooter — Ready.gov, Federal Emergency Management Agency (https://www.ready.gov/publicspaces) — family planning, exit awareness, and be-safe-after guidance.
- Planning and Response to an Active Shooter: An Interagency Security Committee Policy and Best Practices Guide — Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2022-11/Planning%20and%20Response%20to%20an%20Active%20Shooter_2021.pdf) — the facility and school planning standard checked for this unit's reunification and all-clear material.
Your Progress — On Your Device Only
- Learning outcomes: On completing this unit, the student can:
- name their three jobs in a school emergency — listen, move, tell — and explain each;
- explain why reporting a threat is protection, not snitching, and why safety secrets are never kept;
- describe what to do when directed to leave the building, when staying in a classroom, and when police arrive;
- describe reunification and the normal feelings that can follow an emergency, and name the help lines.
- Study time: Approximately 30 minutes — an estimate covering reading, activities, and the test. Students move at their own pace.
- Assessment: A 10-question test drawn only from this unit's lesson. 80% or higher passes and earns the unit certificate. Answers are not shown; your score is saved only in your own browser on this device, and retakes are allowed.
- Level: Topic Library — Year 1 (Foundations) · Youth school · working rank on completion path: Freshman → Sophomore.
- Version: Version 1.0 — October 2026.
Minister Destiny Testimony Schools — Youth. Educational information only, not legal advice. Help lines: 911 · 988 (call or text) · Crisis Text Line (text HOME to 741741) · Childhelp 1-800-422-4453.