US Edition'Modern History': Teaching 9/11 to a New Generation
Educators and communities nationwide engage students through memorials and lessons to sustain 9/11's impact, emphasizing resilience and unity for those born after the attacks.
- On September 11, 2023, Americans gathered at memorials, ceremonies, and observances nationwide to mark the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
- The attacks involved terrorists turning four airplanes into weapons, killing nearly 3,000 people and shaking the nation’s security and daily life.
- Ann Krois, a history teacher, participated in a summer program held at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City, where educators collaborated to create lesson plans that explore the complex history and enduring effects of the events at Ground Zero.
- Nearly 3,000 American flags were placed at the memorial site to represent victims’ lives, and Krois emphasized that teaching 9/11 is critical to understanding trauma and unity.
- The event’s legacy continues to shape education and commemoration, urging teachers nationwide to include 9/11 in curricula to pass forward resilience and remembrance.
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How teachers explain 9/11 to new generation
ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — West Michigan teachers on Thursday paid tribute to the lives lost in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. They are working to teach the next generation — students who weren't born until well after the attacks — about what happened and the global impact. Scout Salutes honor those who died on 9/11 In his history and American studies clssroom at Rockford High School, Bob Hieshetter has a special lesson prepared that…
Mass. not among states required to teach about 9/11
BOSTON (SHNS) - Nearly a quarter-century after a day that many will never forget, the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund added a new program to its annual State House remembrance this week for high school students -- and even some teachers -- who were not alive when the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, took place. The theme of this year's events is "Living Legacies: The Education of 9/11," the 9/11 Fund said as it pointed out that, regardless of when they…
'Modern history': Teaching 9/11 to a new generation
NEW YORK (WPIX) – Because 1 in 4 people currently living in the U.S. wasn't yet born on Sept. 11, 2001, teaching about the terror attacks and their effects is an evolving challenge as that fateful day moves further into the past. A history teacher who writes curriculum and a professor who trains social studies instructors both say that connecting the situation from 24 years ago to the lives of young people now is the key to helping students und…
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