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Overview
On December 18, 2001, the United States Congress designated September 11 of each year as "Patriot Day,” to commemorate the events of September 11, 2001. On that day, and in its aftermath, our nation witnessed the bravery of the victims and the heroism of the first responders who laid down their lives to save others. In commemoration, flags should be flown at half-staff this Thursday, September 11, 2008.
Patriot Day 2008 Proclamation: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/09/20080908-2.html
Recommended Books
Resources About First Responders
Teaching Resources
- 9/11 As History (Source: Families and Work Institute)
Free web-based, downloadable curricular tools designed to help teachers in talking with their students about September 11th. Includes 16 age-appropriate lesson plans for students from pre-K through 12th grade, as well as resources for parents to support their children. - 9/11/2001: The Day That Changed History (Source: Scholastic Inc.)
Offers wide range of classroom resources, including lesson plans, reproducibles, activities, and materials to help children learn about tolerance and diversity. Also includes answers to frequently asked questions about the war on terrorism, and measures that our government has taken to prevent future attacks. Other stories and activities focus on patriotism and community, and what it means to be an American. - Families of September 11
A nonprofit organization founded in October 2001 by families of those who died in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Membership is open to anyone affected by the events of September 11, be they family members, survivors, responders, or others as well as those who support their mission. - NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Special: After 9.11 (Source: Public Broadcasting Service)
Website for PBS program includes archive of news stories related to events of September 11, student reaction, community forum and historical background. - Remembering September 11 (Source: Education World)
Lesson plans to help teachers commemorate the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attack on the United States. - September 11th Through Children's Eyes (Source: ThinkQuest Library)
Five elementary students who authored this ThinkQuest site visited New York's P.S. 89, just a block from Ground Zero. They interviewed students and teachers, took photos, and collected artwork and creative writing, including from a sister school in Japan. - Teaching about 9/11 (Source: Young Heroes of History; Historical Fiction for Children and Young Adults)
Information, aids and lesson plans for teaching topics focusing on September 11th, terrorism and other related sites. - Teaching Resource for High School and College Classrooms: Using “After September 11” Essay Collection (Source: Social Science Research Council)
Free teaching guides to help high school teachers use selected essays from the SSRC's "After Sept. 11: Perspectives from the Social Sciences" collection. - The September 11 Digital Archive (Source: Center for History and New Media/American Social History Project)
Uses electronic media to collect, preserve and present the history of the September 11, 2001 Attacks in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Also encourages ongoing submissions. - We Survived September 11th (Source: National Geographic for Kids)
The story of students at New York's P.S. 234 - four blocks away from the World Trade Center - in the days following the attack. Includes student stories and photographs documenting the five months until they could return to their school.
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