9/11: For Teachers and Parents

The Pentagon Memorial Fund is dedicated to offering valuable educational resources and materials surrounding the events of September 11, 2001 and the historic significance of the Pentagon Memorial. You can search the resources by keyword, grade level, subject, or specific resource type. To expand your search results to include the Verizon Thinkfinity community, please check the Thinkfinity box within the search field.

Lesson plans, news stories, videos and book lists to help students comprehend the 9/11 attacks and their lasting impact on the United States and the world
Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

A PBS teacher’s guide for middle school students with ideas about teaching 9/11. The main page contains ideas and questions for teachers to give to students for brainstorming about the events, but there are several links within the text that could be helpful for giving a basic background on the situation.

Yet another good PBS site for teachers (and students), with many links and content for students at a variety of levels. Covers a broad range of related topics.

A page within the PBS site that contains numerous links to other terrorism resources, both within PBS and beyond.

Submitted by Tom Roderick on Tue, 09/08/2015 - 12:33
Area:
Current Issues
Grade Level:
Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Topic:
Handling Difficult Issues
Description:
Our age-appropriate classroom lessons and activities for grades K-12 aim to deepen your students' understanding of September 11 and develop their critical thinking skills. The guide, written by Morningside Center executive director Tom Roderick, also includes recommended books and other teaching ideas.