Resources for September 11th

This week's blog features resources for teaching as we approach the anniversary of the September 11th attacks. These resources are courtesy of the Iowa Department of Education.  You are invited to post additional resources in the comments section of the blog.

·         C-SPAN (http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Lesson/1449/September+11+2001.aspx) 

o   Includes 8 video clips related to news coverage of September 11^th.  They are:

• WUSA News Coverage from the morning of September 11, 2001 (5 mins)
• Presidential Statement from the morning of September 11, 2001 (2 mins)
• President Bush, September 11, and Critical Decisions (3 mins)
• Photographer Doug Mills on Traveling with the President on September 11 (4 mins)
• Vice President Dick Cheney on September 11 (2 mins)
• New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on September 11 (4 mins)
• New York City Resident's Witness Account (8 mins)
• President Obama's Remarks at the 2013 Pentagon Remembrance Ceremony (7 mins)

·         Newseum

o   Archive of Front Pages on September 11^th (http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/?tfp_display=archive-date&tfp_archive_id=091201) 

o   Lesson Plan: Running Toward Danger (http://www.newseumdigitalclassroom.org/digital-classroom/video/running-toward-danger/default.aspx) 

·         Library of Congress September 11^th Documentary Project  (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/911_archive/) 

·         9/11 Commission Report (http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/22/9.11.full.report/)  

·         Teaching History (http://teachinghistory.org/spotlight/september11) 

·         9/11 Memorial Teaching Guides

o   Teaching Guides (http://www.911memorial.org/teaching-911) 

o   Primary Sources (http://www.911memorial.org/911-primary-sources) 

·         New York Times (http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/resources-teaching-and-learning-about-911-with-the-new-york-times/) 

·         9/11 Tribute Center (http://tributewtc.org/education/resources)