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Links: Teaching about September 11th

  Although studies of September 11^th  are not directly related  to the Young Heroes of History,  we have found such a great need for this information that we are posting it on our web site.  These web sites contain information, aids and even lesson plans for teaching topics focusing on September 11^th , terrorism or other related sites.  This list is by no means complete nor is it an endorsement of the content material contained within.

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9-11 Links

http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/educators.html
A super site from PBS

http://www.crf-usa.org/terror/America%20Responds%20to%20Terrorism.htm
Another great site!  Covers terrorism in many different aspects.

http://www.teachingforchange.org/Sept11.htm
Provides links for teachers to address in the classroom including such topics as U.S. foreign policy, Islam, and Arab and Arab American news.

http://www.ssrc.org/sept11/september11volumes.htm
The SSRC has edited two volumes of September 11 essays that will be released by the New Press in September 2002

http://www.tolerance.org/teach/current/event.jsp?cid=262
A good resource from the Southern Poverty Law Center

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/sept11/
A collection of essays and ideas on teaching Sept. 11

http://www.masspac.org/resources/tools_for_teaching.htm
Massachusetts Association of Special Education Parent Advisory Councils (MASSPAC) Resources available for PACs, parent leaders and educators relative to the 9/11 terrorist attack in the US.

http://www.geocities.com/poetryafterseptember112001/
Poems and the role of writing about 9/11

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/ 
A PBS info site on Bin Laden

http://www.adc.org/
The National Association of Arab Americans gives a nice site to learn about them, the middle east and Islam

http://www.cartoonbank.com/newyorker_online/New_Yorker_WTC_Portfolio.pdf
Pictures of the World Trade Center before and after in PDF

http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tragedydiscussion.html
A good resource from the University of Michigan on how to lead a class discussion.

http://www.asu.edu/provost/intergroup/resources/tragedies2.html
A similar page on leading a discussion from Arizona State University

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20010912wednesday.html
A straight forward lesson plan written after the attack but can be adapted. 

http://www.merip.org/
The Middle East Research and Information Project 

Books (Source: http://www.sabes.org/resources/sept11.htm#books)

Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War
Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, and William Broad. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001.

Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama Bin Laden
Peter Bergen. New York: Free Press, 2001.

Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
Ahmed Rashid. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000.

Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy
Paul Pillar. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2001.

Terrorism, Asymetric Warfare, and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Defending the U.S. Homeland
Anthony Cordesman. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2001.

War in a Time of Peace
David Halberstam. New York: Scribner, 2001.

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