A tabletop teaching device and a method of using the same may include a box having an interior housing, a top and a floor. The box may include within the interior housing, at least one printout of a scene placed on the floor of the box, at least one printout of a grid placed over the at least one printout of a scene, and at least one miniature item placed above the at least one printout of a grid, wherein each miniature item represents a potential victim, a fixed point, an object item, or a potential weapon. An instructor can then place a potential victim miniature item and a fixed point miniature item spaced apart along the at least one grid printout so as to instruct a first student to determine distances and angles between the potential victim utilizing the grid of the at least one printout of a grid.