"Where were You When the World Stopped Turning."
Above is a slideshow I made for the first anniversary of 9-11.
It would be two years before we took my last student trip there, 54 of us...below is the link to a Google album of a very solemn visit to Ground Zero and a few pictures from a 2016 trip where my son and I saw the reflecting pools where the towers once stood. Being there is haunting and beautiful at the same time. Visit to Ground Zero, 2003
Above is a slideshow I made for the first anniversary of 9-11.
Did You Know? Indiana is only one of 14 states that requires 9-11 instruction? It is not part of the curriculum and is largely up to districts, schools, and individual teachers. Other states include New York, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Illinois, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Maryland.Sep 8, 2023
I am one of those teachers who devoted time to explaining the significance of 9-11. It didn't occur to
me not to do it. Years later, the 9-11 Museum has provided RESOURCES and LESSON PLANS divided by grade level and theme. Hoping this will be helpful to any of our teachers who are choosing to cover this topic.
me not to do it. Years later, the 9-11 Museum has provided RESOURCES and LESSON PLANS divided by grade level and theme. Hoping this will be helpful to any of our teachers who are choosing to cover
this topic. May We Always Remember 9-11 (updated September, 2024)
For 17 years, on and off during the time I taught English, I took 8th graders and their parents on a trip to NYC, sponsored by an incredible theater teacher and his wife, Ray and Peg Casey. They took hundreds of students from all over Indiana, including our students from MCS. Those trips remain some of my favorite memories. In June, 2001, I had a group that included students, fellow teachers, friends and their children. On a beautiful June morning, we went to the World Trade Center, and most went to the top as the trip included. But my 11-year-old daughter Regan, wanted to go shopping instead. We'll go another time, I told myself. Of course, no one could have imagined the unthinkable loss soon to come. That afternoon, she was embarrassed as I made her stand up in the boat during a cruise around the tip of the island. How blessed we are to have taken that last picture with those majestic towers in the background.
The day the towers fell, I was collecting money for the 2002 trip. It happened to be the first day Justice Middle School had Cable TV in all the classrooms; so, the entire school watched in disbelief and horror as the day unfolded.
Included below are some of my favorite documentaries or short pieces that students and staff might want to re-visit or see for the first time.
One of my favorite tributes is a beautiful documentary from CNN that tells the story as it unfolded. Called 9-11 America Remembers, it is especially good for students who have no memory of the day, as they were not born yet, or any of us for which the memory has faded.
This 9-11 Symbaloo of Resources has dozens of tiles linked to a variety of resources, with all kinds of multi-media as well as lesson plans.
Our Destiny Discover App has an interactive book which plays as a short video. Students can read on their own, or teachers may present on the large screen. It is an interesting story about the picture below that became a symbol of bravery that day.
Some other short videos you might appreciate are linked below.
- 20 Years Later - How is 9-11 taught in schools?
- “The Keepers of 9 -11.” As the 9-11 Memorial Museum opens, its chief curator and officials at other New York institutions describe how they selected the objects by which future generationswill remember Sept. 11, 2001.
- President Bush Addresses the Nation the evening of 9-11
- A Look Inside the 9-11 Memorial Museum.
MAY WE ALWAYS REMEMBER.
