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In Remembrance: Teaching September 11

Eighth-grade students practice asking good questions and thinking historically as they interview friends and family about their memories of 9/11. Washington, DC, teacher Elizabeth Schaefer's oral history project opens the year with engagement and inquiry. FIND OUT MORE »

Learning Resources

Learn about the 9/11 attacks in a global context

How Pearl Harbor, 9/11 Changed U.S. Forever

Screencap, How Pearl Harbor, 9/11 Changed U.S. Forever

CBS's The Early Show draws parallels between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor. [...] »

Five Years After 9/11: What Needs to Be Done?

Photo, September 11, 2006 New York City, NY, Sept. 11, 2006, Sister72, Flickr

Lowell E. Jacoby discusses what he believes U.S. citizens needed to think about [...] »

Reflections on 9/11 and Oklahoma City

Photo, Oklahoma city bombing memorial, Aug. 6, 2006, citron_smurf, Flickr

How did the nation react to 9/11, in contrast to the Oklahoma City bombing? [...] »

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Teaching Resources

Explore strategies for teaching challenging subjects

Elizabeth Schaefer on the Impact of 9/11 in the Classroom

Photo, September 11 memorial, September 28, 2005, FatBusinessman, Flickr

Eighth-grade U.S. history teacher Elizabeth Schaefer introduces students to [...] »

Teaching with Monuments and Memorials

Photo. Spanish-American War Soldiers. Flickr

Every town has a scattering of historical markers and statues. Discover what [...] »

Structured Academic Controversy (SAC)

Chicago Daily News negatives collection, DN-0086141. Chicago History Mus.

Are classroom discussions about winning the argument or about understanding [...] »

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Remember and Reflect

Explore memories of 9/11 or contribute your story

9/11 Memorial

Rendering, 9/11 Memorial Landscape Architecture, 9/11 Memorial website

What does our choice of memorial design say about the U.S. today? [...] »

Here is New York

Photo, 3090, anonymous, Here is New York

View photographs taken by everyday people as they came to terms with the 9/11 [...] »

September 11 Digital Archive

Photograph, No title, Sept. 18, 2001, Bob Novick, Unknown Source.

Records the user-contributed histories of people affected by the terrorist [...] »

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