September 11th

Friday September 11th, 2009 I shared with my classes my own personal account of the terror attacks at the World Trade Center 9-11-01. I have a love/hate relationship with this lesson as it brings out a lot of emotions for me which is difficult when some students have only known me for a day or two. This lesson consisted of a fact reading accounting the events in a timeline format as well as statistics from that day. Followed by my first memory of the World Trade Centers in 1993 following the first attack, at the time I was 13. I then share my own story from that tragic day with my students. The class is then opened up for discussion. A number of students share what they remember, which for some is very little since some were only in kindergarden.

I would like to hear what other teachers do for this day in their own classes, as I have found that I am the only teacher in my buidling that does anything like this. If you would like to share your story, sites or lessons with me that have anything to do with 9-11 I would welcome them.

Mr. K