Videos

I used both of these videos in my class after the reading and sharing of my own account. Students understood I did not make these videos and I did my best to find videos with little to no political agenda. The Bush speech video was shown second with the first being the video below it.

This is my second year teaching this lesson and I was somewhat nervous about parent reactions, but I felt no matter what I had to teach it. However, every parent that spoke to me about this lesson, thank me for teaching it. We are now getting to the point were our students were too young to remember and in another couple years not even alive. We Will Never Forget.

Bush's Speech to the Nation 9-11-01

9-11-01

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