911

911 Memorial Museum

Look to at the 911 Memorial website timeline and memorial. Record observations and questions that emerge from your visit here.

StoryCorps 911 memories

StoryCorps has collected stories from survivors and their relatives. We will listen to some of these during class.

Ways We Have Changed Since 911

• In your small group, review 2017 KQED report on 4 major changes and compare to this 2013 article on changes since 9/11. Take notes on the events/developments you feel are most significant.
  • You might also find these sites interesting: events since 911 (scroll to the bottom), timeline of events from 2000-2017, or Wikipedia's timeline of 21st century events
• In 2011, PBS reflected on the ways 911 affected the United States and its people.
  • We will watch a video of historians talking about this issue.
  • Then, in your small group, read the article "911 to now: Ways we have changed" and add to your notes and list of questions.
• You can examine the effects of 911 in more detail using a 9/11 article jigsaw. (If we do this in class, print copies will be distributed; you will read and annotate one and then share with your group.)
• See also this 4 min clip on the Costs of War , which expands our understanding of the impact of 911 from the US to the world, and look over the list of the Illinois Fallen (many of whom died while in service to the US in post-911 operations).

Other Inspiring Stories

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