9/11 UNIT STUDY

This Unit Study was originally designed at the time of the  10TH ANNIVERSARY  of 911 for my own students.  

Subjects that should be covered are: 

1.) Understanding Islam: Kids of Courage Learn about God and Islam [Click]

2.) Jihad [http://www.4truth.net/fourtruthpbworld.aspx?pageid=8589953007]

3.) How Should a Christian respond. 

           Jesus, Friend to Terrorists  https://www1.vombooks.com/qry/qe_store.taf?_function=detail&_peid=847&_id=A7535CC748&_code=P&_nc=ad9cd682cbb4757c54f74a98e846e08a

4.) World Trade Center--

            Building Construction http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/wtc.htm

         Awesome pics of the World Trade Center from beginning to end. 
 http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/World_Trade_Center.html?vm=r

5.) President Bush/
        Mayor Giuliani=  Mayor of New York City during the September 11, 2001 attacks. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/us/politics/21giuliani.html?vm=r
       key leaders during that time period. 

6.) The first responders & who they were. 

7.) Why the war? Who's, What's, When, Where's?

8.) Countries/leaders with the strong Islamic Terrorist Movements-social studies. Understand the cultures of the middle east and Islam. 

9.) Heroes : Flight 93-"Let's Roll"/Fire Fighters/Police/Brave Ind./Port Authority Ind.

10.) The Missing Flights of the 911:
        American Airlines Flight 11

             United Airlines Flight 175 

            American Airlines Flight 77

             United Airlines Flight 93

             Directives of each flight. {Click Link}

            Description of the 4 Planes/ Make/ Size [Click Link]

ACTIVITIES

    *Children map the U.S.---where they live, New York and Washington D.C., Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan

Afghanistan Kids of Courage [Link]

Iran [Link]

Iraq [Link]

Pakistan [Link]

I used :   http://www.rainbowresource.com/product/Uncle+Josh%92s+Outline+Maps+CD-ROM/014496/1206670559-1499840?vm=r  (it was so easy to slide the cd in and press print)
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*Girls Dress Up Learning the Clothing of a Muslim Woman:

http://islam.about.com/od/dress/tp/clothing-glossary.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niqab?vm=r  (face covering: niqab)

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*Interview a First Responder about their jobs.


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*Time Line:  http://timeline.national911memorial.org/#/Explore/2

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*Did you know that there was a THIRD WTC Building that collapsed? 

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WTC 7 which was the original World Trade Center. a red granite facade."

 

*Osama Bin Laden --who is he?

* Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (Master Mind of 9/11): http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/14/us/14terror.html

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*Diagram, color the World Trade Center (April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11)

-Paper Model to made of W.T.C.: http://papertoys.com/images/world-trade-center.pdf

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The list will be added on to as we go.

The History Chanel sends me an educators magazine here are web sites they gave me for this particular lesson.

www.history.com/102minutes 

www.national911memorial.org
     TEACHING GUIDES-LESSON PLANS: http://www.911memorial.org/teaching-guides-0

www.tributewt.org/index.php

www.learnabout9-11.org

www.nytimes.com/pages/national/portraits 

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The story of the Cross discovered at GROUND ZERO.

http://www.history.com/videos/ground-zero-cross#ground-zero-cross

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9/11 Memorial Guide:  http://names.911memorial.org/

Pentagon     

BOOKS:

Forever After: New York City Teachers on 9/11

Voices from September 11th

Report From Ground Zero

With Their Eyes: September 11th, The View from a High School at Ground Zero

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MY ADDITIONS: 

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/911/day_9112002.htm

-http://www.september11news.com/ 

http://911digitalarchive.org/gallery_index.php

http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/blpatriotsday.htm  9/11 IS PATRIOT DAY

http://old.911digitalarchive.org/websites/

http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/educators.html I WILL PROBABLY GO OFF ON THIS ONE.

http://www.tolerance.org/activity/who-are-arab-americans
I HESITATE WITH THIS; THOUGH I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO LOVE ALL ESPECIALLY OUR NEIGHBOR; YET THIS DOES NOT MEAN WE EMBRACE THEIR BELIEFS...BUT WE NEED TO  CHECK THIS PRESENTATION  OUT AND GLEAN FROM IT. 

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson277.shtml
Simple 5 ideas; won't use them all but like them.

 World Trade Center Videos-as tragic as it was visual always is a great teacher that will make an impact

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmc_KhdUi7g&NR=1 The Cockpit view.

Astronaut in space during attacks shares unique footage of 9/11: 

http://news.yahoo.com/astronaut-in-space-during-attacks-shares-unique-footage-of-9-11.html

First scientifically accurate visualization of 9/11 attack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vmIGGKvIms

INSIDE 9/11 : ZERO HOUR (PART 1 of 4):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-B6c6xxXug&feature=related

"911 By The Numbers": [http://nymag.com/news/articles/wtc/1year/numbers.htm?vm=r]

• "Total number killed in attacks (official figure as of 9/5/02): 2,819
• Number of firefighters and paramedics killed: 343
• Number of NYPD officers: 23
• Number of Port Authority police officers: 37"  from New York Magazine  ...a long list continues on in this list. 

http://www.freeprintable.com/  : Free Printables

I WILL ADD MORE TO THIS BLOG AS MY CHILDREN AND I LEARN. 

Join me and pick up books at the library; an amazing resource as well as the web. 

I would love to hear from fellow educators how this experience has impacted your life. We all have been touched deeply 10 years ago when this attack on America took place. 

While America Slept: The True Story of 9/11

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/brian-ross-investigates-countdown-911/story?id=14191671

Felecia who is 12 now, 2 back then. [2011]

http://skitguys.com/videos/item/ten-years-ago-10th-anniversary-of-9-11 SKIT GUYS 10 YEARS AGO

Nathan at 10 yrs. now 20 yrs. [2011]

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UP-DATE 2014

- 911 Memorial : Main Web Site Click

-Lesson Plans: Web Site [Click]

-9/11 Memorial Museum's dedication ceremony from New York City Click

-President Barack Obama marked the opening of the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York City  Link

- 2016:  History Channel Site 911, note there are lesson plans in this. And new perspective due to eye witness and investigations through out the years.  LINK: http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks