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Resources for Educators about 9/11

This page contains website links and print resources to help educators devise lesson plans about 9/11.

http://www.stopviolence.com/9-11/teaching-links.htm

    Culmination of web resources on teaching about the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the classroom.  Many of the resources are focused on terrorism and tolerance.

http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/educators.html

    Links to more lesson plans about 9/11.  These plans are for grades K-12.

http://www.crf-usa.org/terror/America%20Responds%20to%20Terrorism.htm

    Information on issues of terrorism, Islam, America’s reaction, and how to handle tragedies. 

http://www.teachingforchange.org/Sept11.htm
    Provides links for teachers to address in the classroom including such topics as U.S. foreign policy, Islam, and Arab and Arab American news

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/sept11/
    A collection of essays and ideas on teaching Sept. 11

http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=203

    The National Association of Arab Americans gives a nice site to learn about them, the MiddleEast and Islam

http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html4ever/020910.Sozen.Pentagon.html

    Purdue University News September 10, 2002: Discusses the physics of the impact of the planes on 9/11 and what about the impact was most damaging from a scientific perspective.

www.september11news.com/InternationalImages.htm

    International reaction to September 11, 2001:  Photographs of international reactions, international loss of life statistics by country, images of the first year memorial from around the world, news archives         (including videos, magazines, newspapers, and books) and monthly timelines.

www.americanrhetoric.com/rhetoricofterrorism.htm

    Includes audio/text of President Bush’s responses to 9/11 in the immediate aftermath (dated), and Bin Laden’s remarks about the attacks.

http://www.newyorkmetro.com/news/articles/wtc/1year/numbers.htm

    Another 9/11 statistics page; by New York Magazine

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/waronterrorism/story/0,1373,776451,00.html

    Quick Statistics relating to the 9/11 terrorist attacks (produced in the UK)


http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0211220/
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/emotions/sept11/index.html
http://americanhistory.si.edu/september11/
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/heroes/
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/united-states/middle-east-conflict/6807.html?s00


Annotated Bibliography (APA)

Bernstein, R. (2002). Out of the blue. New York: Times Books, Henry Holt and Company, LLC

Richard Bernstein and the staff of The New York Times tell the story of September 11, 2001.
    This book gives background information on several of the victims, the terrorists, and United States foreign policy.

Dwyer, J., & Flynn, K. (2005).  102 Minutes. New York: Times Books.
    This book highlights the heroism of September 11, 2001 and gives an account of what the survivors from the World Trade Center dealt with on that day.  It gives a minute by minute account of the morning of September 11, 2001.

Hershberg, E., & Moore, K. (2002). Critical views of september 11. New York: The New Press.
    A collection of critical analyses about United States foreign policy before and after September 11, 2001.

Heyen, W. 2002). September 11, 2001- American writers respond. Silver Spring, MD: Etruscan Press.
    A collection of poetry and prose by American authors in response to the events of September 11, 2001.

Thomas, A. (2002). With their eyes. United States of America: Harper Tempest.   
    A compilation of monologues written by students from Stuyvesant High School in New York.  The high school, located very near to ground zero, was used as triage center by officials on September 11, 2001.  The monologues written by the students reflect their emotional experiences of that morning, and their reactions afterward.

United States Government. 9/11 commission report. 1st ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.   
    A document released by the United States government’s official September 11 Commission upon review of the actions of the FAA, FBI, CIA, and other Executive Branch departments and bureaus prior to, during, and after 9/11.

Wheeler, W. (2004). Film and television after 9/11. USA: Southern Illinois University Press.
    A collection of essays providing analyses of the way September 11, 2001 has been presented in films and the media.  Essays include critical comparisons with television shows such as 24 and West Wing.