Terrorism 2001 and beyond

9 / 11

If your classes plan to do a study of Sept. 11, 2001, please consider the following items. You can apply the situations for a Canadian viewpoint on 'how things have changed - or not' since 9/11. These Sept. 11 topics fit into International studies, Human values and personal reflection in LA.

Before you start, you need to view an image from the Space Observatory - find the WTC two towers. Here is the image (April 28, 2001) of Lower Manhattan, New York City showing the WTC. Compare this image to the 3 images of take one year after: Manhattan as observed from space and the Sept 11 tragedy and the aftermath.

The Educators Network is a helpful IT resource for Teachers.

Main Page
http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/main/index.htm

9-11 Special Resource Page
http://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/main/units/unitfeature911.htm

PBS

PBS Frontline - April 2004 "The Man Who Knew" - John O'Neill, FBI agent
"actually they've always wanted to finish that job (WTC). I think they're going to try again." - O'Neill quoted late August, 2001

"We're due for something big." O'Neill explains, "I don't like the way things are lining up in Afghanistan." - September 10, 2001

This is the story you have been waiting for and wondered who knew it. The Frontline special links on the page include: 9/11 Commission Investigation, O'Neill's Life and Character, What If ..., Connecting the Dots - an interactive flash network of what John O'Neill mapped out, Interviews, a program introduction and the interview with Richard Clarke.

September 11, 2002, audio and video archive of presentations at these locations

The World Trade Center Site

The Pentagon

Shanksville, Pennsylvania

Teaching September 11:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec02/teaching911.html
How should educators explain what happened?

September 11 lesson plans:
Defining Terrorism:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/terrorism/terrorism1.html
Two lessons that address international terrorism and the potential American responses to it. In the first lesson, students use case studies to investigate the difference between revolutionaries and terrorists. In the second they role-play four policy options and then write their views. This has good readings and handouts. The resources are based from Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University.

The One Year Anniversary:
Students share thoughts on how America (and Canada) has changed and write a letter to the future. This has a good worksheet for interviewing and a handout.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/terrorism/sept11.html

Debate on Iraq:
Should the U.S. use force to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein? NewsHour Extra presents two main sides of this important issue and lets students make up their own minds.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/speakout/debate/invading_iraq.html

The Threat Two terrorist analysts assess the current state and potential threat of the al-Qaida terror network. Also, a conversation with Margaret Warner, Rohan Gunaratna and Peter Bergen on the al-Qaida of today and it's capable acts of terrorism. (September 10, 2002)

Other media resources

CBC
A listing by date of the programs airing on TV.
http://cbc.ca/september11/
A review of programs on Newsworld.
http://cbc.ca/september11/tv/
Past terror attacks and responses

Time Magazine
http://www.cnn.com/time/covers/1101020909/index.html?cnn=yes
A great flash presentation.

CNN
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/cfr/
Terrorism Q&A from the Council on Foreign Relations.
http://www.terrorismanswers.com/terrorism/introduction.html
http://www.terrorismanswers.com/home/
War against terror
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/
Preventing Deadly Conflict
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/cfr.webcast/
Bio-terror
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/cfr.bioterror/

The Globe and Mail / CTV
Main page
http://www.ctv.ca/special/sept11/
There are many features for educators to develop into lessons. The many headings of New York recovers, The Muslim World, A Changed America and Canadian Connections give a reference for the current anniversary. Here are some noteworthy ones:

Timeline - a good visual refresher in words
http://www.ctv.ca/special/sept11/interactive/newyork/TIMELINE_historical_1.html
Photo Gallery of Canadian Connections - sequential time review of important events
http://www.ctv.ca/special/sept11/interactive/canadian/canadians_gallery.html
Chronology of a nightmare
http://www.ctv.ca/special/sept11/hubs/archives/chronology.html

Canadians less secure since September 11
http://www.ctv.ca/special/sept11/hubs/canadian/laghi.html

New York by numbers
http://www.ctv.ca/special/sept11/hubs/newyork/numbers.html

The Canada Numbers - 25 and links to them
http://popups.ctv.ca/content/publish/popups/war_on_terror/canadian_victims/main_frameset.htm

Discussion Forms
Although you may not wish to participate online live, the same or adapted questions can be used for students to word process their thoughts, research for class debate and discussion forms and for personal reflection and writing.

Some web sites are asking polling questions such as
"Should parents let children watch television coverage of the 9/11 anniversary?" CNN quick poll can be changed to "Should parents let us watch ..."
"In what ways has 9-11 changes the lives of yourself, your family and your community?"
What will the future hold for the Afghanistan timeline? How concerned about Afghanistan are we today compared to 3, 6 and 12 months ago?
Would the War on Terrorism be different if more attacks happened in different cities, countries and in more recent times?
http://www.ctv.ca/special/sept11/interactive/muslim/timeline_afghanistan.html

September 11, 2001 - original postings for archiving

Digital Photos of the aircraft grounded at the Winnipeg International Airport and CFB Winnipeg - their silence is a direct link to September 11 events at "ground zero" in New York and Washington. Photos were shot September 11 at 6:30 pm and September 12 at 8:30 am and 1:00 pm. The stop light is at Ness and Mount Royal with CFB Winnipeg hangers to the left.

These resources offer Educators a point of view on the events of September 11 and educational activities that apply the use of IT. PBS is a very reliable source of information on a wide variety of Educational topics, this topic is another excellent presentation. The CBC flash presentations make use of good computer multi-media.

Like other past key events in history, September 11 affords Educators the unique challenge of the "Teachable Moment". The opportunity to apply IT web resources in the hands of Educators for the student minds will create a life long learned experiences. It helps students to cope, to make sense of the information processed, and to assist in value clarification. Parents will expect the best of Educators as they apply IT resources "in the classroom". Staff members will find these IT resources helpful for their own personal understanding of the events and days following September 11.

View the image from space before getting your feet on the ground.
Manhattan as observed from space and the Sept 11 tragedy and the aftermath.

PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

September 11 Index
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/terroristattack/sept11/index.html

Continuing coverage of Life After 9.11 (added Nov. 30)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/after911/index.html

PBS News Hour / Teacher Resources / Terrorist attack NY, DC
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/terroristattack/teachers/index.html

PBS News Hour / Teacher Resources / Today's News
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/terrorism/index.html

News Hour / Terrorist Bombing
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec01/bombing.html

NewsHour Extra / Teacher Resources
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/

Fighting Racism
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/unracism/index.html

Student Buzz - Share view points on this page
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/editorials/the_buzz/index.html

News Hour Main Page - updated daily
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/home.html

PBS America Responds

Topics include:
PBS - America Responds // Classroom Resources for Educators
http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/educators.html

A World At Peace - Grades 4-6
http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/worldatpeace.html

Tolerance in Times of Trial - Middle School
http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/tolerance.html

Emergency Preparedness - Middle School
http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/emergencypreparedness.html

Taming Terrorism - High School
http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/tamingterrorism.html

Related Web Resources
http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/resources.html

Check out The New York Times web page for a challenging lesson plan on September 11-
Another Day That Will Live in Infamy
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20010912wednesday.html

Resources for Caregivers - Parents
http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/parents.html

CBC

CBC TV has a definitions page on Racism, prepared for the Racism Conference, that should be helpful in discussions relating to the September 11 public reactions.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/background/racism_definitions.html

On Sept. 12 CBC main page, the side bar on the right showed: (links no linger available)

	Flight Paths to show Flight 93, 175, 11 and 77,
	Hijacking - a brief and bitter history - 1961 to 2001 - a good time line
	Canada Reacts - a flash presentation from Vancouver
	Terrorist Attacks - interactive 3D model of September 11

Other Web Based Resources

Peel School District School Board- Toronto
The Peel Board, Critical Incident Response Team, offers parents tips to support children dealing with attacks in the United States
http://www.peelschools.org/facts/us-incident.htm

National Association of School Psychologists
http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/terrorism.html
Pointers for Adults, Schools and Parents to think about as they review their responsibilities with children needing to make sense of the events and the threats they may feel.

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/disaster.htm
Following a disaster, people may develop Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which is psychological damage that can result from experiencing, witnessing, or participating in an overwhelmingly traumatic (frightening) event.

Kids Health - Teachers talking about Terrorist Attacks
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/misc/teachers_tragedies.htmlWhile the September 11 disaster has inexpressibly thoughts and feelings, it offers many teachable moments and the opportunity to let children "get involved".

The Kids Health teen page is found at:
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/misc/terrorist_attacks.html

Helping
Good IT resources for Parents, Teachers and Teens
http://www.helping.org, http://www.networkforgood.org/

Resources for Parents & Teachers: Use these resources to discuss the events with your children.

	AOL@School has collected resources, lesson plans, and activities for educators.
	Download a FREE workbook from children's counseling expert Denise Daniels.
	Traumatic stress experts at ParentsTalk offer advice on helping children cope with emotionally difficult situations.
	Compassionate Friends aims to help families resolve their grief following the death of a child of any age.
	CNN Newsroom has discussions and activities to help you communicate with your children. Look at "Americas New War". There are lesson plans for several topics.
	Bright Horizons has pulled together a team of experts to help parents guide, comfort, and help their children cope through this time.
	National Association of School Psychologists gives insight on coping with a national tragedy.
	YMCA has released tips for parents to help children cope with the events of September 11 - this is a PFD link.
	Dr. Spock: Helping your children cope with the news of terrorist attacks.
	Parenting.com: How to help your child handle the tough times.

Teens: talk, advice and things you can do:

	YouthNOISE to discuss the events.
	SHiNE: Teens talk about real life.
	CNN.com Student Bureau: Students react with disbelief to terrorism tragedy.
	ChannelOne: advice on coping with the tragedy. Look at Anchors - Andrews photos for reflective study

Note to our web readers:
Education happens with new age ability through the use of IT. My commitment remains strong to the presentation of information on topics important in Education. This Terrorism topic strengthens our community of schools everywhere and the freedom we have to access information and facts.
When I published this original page on September 12, 2001, I entered the following comment to myself on the web page and I am sharing it with you one year later. This is the only time I have ever entered a personal comment on any web page.
How do we know what we know at the personal level?
RL

This is an ongoing topic. This is not the end of the Educational resources. It is a new focus as September 11 has contacted us and we are in its sight lines from 'ground zero' and beyond.

Created September 13, 2001, Revised September 11, 2006

Winnipeg School Division
Central District Ed Tech Mentors
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