September
11th: One Year Later
The following links provide resources for memorial activities,
references, and related topics.
Resources
and Lesson Plans
The American Forum for Global Education’s Terrorism: What
Every Teacher Should Know, issue 169, 2001-2002 is a newsletter that puts
terrorism into a world affairs context. http://www.globaled.org/issues/169.pdf
The American Red Cross of Greater New York and the
National Association of School Psychologists teamed together to produce One
Year Later: Remembering September
11, 2001, Tips for Teachers as a guide for teachers and schools on preparing
for the one-year anniversary of the September 11th attacks.
Although primarily geared to NY schools, the following link provides
information that can be adapted by teachers across the US. http://www.nyredcross.org/wtcrecovery/oneyearlater_teachers.htm
Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has developed a website, Books for Understanding, containing a
comprehensive bibliography for educators and others interested in the background
and information relevant to the attacks on September 11th.
Due to its success the AAUP has now expanded Books for Understanding
to include bibliographies for other global events such as the conflicts in
Kashmir and Israel/Palestine, as well as on US policy towards Iraq.
http://aaupnet.org/news/spotlight.html
Choices for the 21st Century:
Education Program of Brown University Responding
to Terrorism: Challenges for Democracy curriculum unit helps educators
introduce dialogue and issues surrounding September 11th in a
constructive context. Background
reading and a 5-day lesson plan are provided. http://www.choices.edu/edsummaries/terrorpage.html
National Education Association/Health Information
Network’s Remember September 11
website includes over 100 age-appropriate lesson plans to commemorate the first
anniversary. The site also features
additional resources including the Patriot Pack – text from inspiring
documents such as the Gettysburg Address, the Declaration of Independence, the
U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, and Voices of the Past, Visions
for Tomorrow which includes excerpts from famous speeches, such as King's I
Have A Dream, and Cesar Chavez's United We Stand.
The site also lists schedules of memorial events in New York, Washington
DC, and Pennsylvania. http://neahin.org/programs/schoolsafety/september11/materials/lessonhome.htm
National
Activities
Champions of Hope and Youth Service America are sponsoring the 1st annual United
Day of Service (UDOS) for youth, ages 5-25, on September 11th,
2002 by engaging millions of young people in service projects in all 50 states
and the District of Columbia. Its themes are hope, healing, youth leadership,
service, and patriotism. For more information on selected themes of service,
including hunger, literacy, the environment, emergency relief, and children’s
health, please visit http://www.ysa.org/