Pillar
Legacy
9/11 Memorial Engagement
Through exploring 9/11 memorials, students discover new entry points into civic engagement, reflection, historical inquiry, and community participation.
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Workplace & Groups
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Resilience
Everyday Change-Makers
The 9/11 change-makers lesson plan explores the ways individuals contribute to the well-being of others through service, leadership, initiative, compassion, and everyday acts of responsibility.
Pillar
Legacy
Leadership Under Pressure On and After 9/11
Students read historically reflective narrative profiles related to the events and aftermath of September 11 to engage in leadership as a lived experience.
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Heroism
The Classroom as Community
A model for teaching difficult history through community, reflection, and service.
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History
The Rise of Al-Qaeda Pre-9/11
Students will explore how Al-Qaeda developed over time and examine how conflict, ideology, networks, resources, and individual choices contributed to its rise.
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History
The World Before 9/11
Students will explore the world before 9/11 and examine how the attacks changed expectations around security, privacy, travel, technology, and global conflict.
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Response
What We Knew: Intelligence Before 9/11
Students will examine intelligence available before 9/11 and explore how incomplete information, agency silos, and uncertainty made an emerging threat difficult to recognize and act upon.
