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Remembering 9 11

Students will create a drawing to commemorate the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

Lesson Plan

Supplies Needed

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Steps

  • Step 1

    Have a discussion about the events of September 11, 2001. Ask students to find out how various communities commemorate the day. Have them learn about the memorials that have been installed at the sites of each tragedy: the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and at the field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

  • Step 2

    Have students design a commemorative drawing and/or slogan for 9-11. Have a discussion about why it's important to remember and memorialize events such as these. Display the art in the class or throughout the school around the observance of the Patriot Day.

Standards

SS: Time, Continuity, and Change: Understand linkages between human decisions and consequences. 

SS: Global Connections: Become aware of how things that happen in one part of the world impact other parts of the world and the global connections within basic issues and concerns. 

Adaptations

Read a book such as "My Buddy's a Hero--And I Didn't Even Know It" or "Remembering Heroes" by Kristie Kiernan Bouryal, or "The Man in the Red Bandana" by Honor Fagan and John Crowther, both recommended for children age 7-11. Have a discussion about how ordinary people can become heroes.

Share the words of Mr. Rogers: "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'" Discuss some of the ways countries all over the world sent help in the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks.