September 11th For use by teachers, parents, and students. The events of September 11, 2001 left a permanent mark on our nation's history. They also serve as a reminder of what values are important to our culture. We are always searching for appropriate resources for use in the classroom. If you know of any, please send us a note.

General Resources Basic Background... Basic Background about Arab Culture, Islam, and the Middle East - in Adobe Acrobat format, a simple two page overview. http://mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/ mcpscreations/Background.pdf September 11, 2001 : Attack on America Documents from Avalon Project at the Yale Law School. Search for individual documents or browse by days from September 11th forward. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/ avalon/sept_11/sept_11.htm The September 11 Digital Archive Its goal is to "collect, preserve, and present the history of the September 11, 2001 attack by providing true story accounts. http://911digitalarchive.org/ September 11 Resources University of Arizona; an extensive, well-organized collection of links on everything from the Afghanistan War to War Crimes. http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/ humanities/september11/pages/ Academic Info A list of educational resources... http://www.academicinfo.net/index.html Terrorist Attack on the United States September 11 - The Military Response Afghanistan Studies The Taliban / Osama bin Laden America at War Washington Post: Overview, database, and multi-media presentation on terrorist attack and the US response. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ nation/specials/attacked/ America's Crisis: Asian Perspectives AsiaSource: An Asian perspective on the terrorist attacks. America's Crisis: Asian Perspectives Days after September 11, 2001 University of Chicago Press, a series of essays, "Reflections by our authors in the aftermath." http://www.press.uchicago.edu/News/daysafter.html September 11: What Our Children Need To Know 23 essays, mostly representing the education think tank views of its sponsor, The Fordham Foundation. http://www.edexcellence.net/foundation/ publication/publication.cfm?id=65 Middle Eastern Religions and Islamic Resources The Council on Islamic Education Teacher information on proper observances of Ramadan, etc. http://www.cie.org/AboutIslam.pdf American Arab Discrimination Committee Resources and links to answers on most anything related to Arab culture. http://www.adc.org/ Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Islam Section on Islam from "Exploring Ancient World Cultures", provided by University of Evansville; introductory, on-line, college-level textbook of ancient world cultures. http://eawc.evansville.edu/ispage.htm Introduction to Islam Provided by the Middle East Institute, this online version of M. Cherif Bassiouni's book offers an interesting and useful introduction to the history and culture of Islam for non-Muslim readers. http://www.mideasti.org/indepth /islam/index.html Islam: Empire of Faith Website to accompany the PBS TV series. Good resources for K-12 educators. http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/ Islamic Studies By Dr. Alan Godlas, professor of Religion at the University of Georgia.; Web resources with selected articles on the recent events. http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/ The Jewish Virtual Library Resource for information about Judaism and Israel. http://www.us-israel.org/index.html Middle East Information Center Articles and comments from an anti-Israeli point of view. http://middleeastinfo.org Middle East Network Information Center University of Texas at Austin; Extensive list of links to resources. http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/islam.html Muslim Life in America U.S. State Department; offers a basic introduction to various aspects of Muslim-American life. http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs /muslimlife/homepage.htm Teaching about Religion Teaching materials and thoughtful approaches to teaching about religion in public schools. http://www.teachingaboutreligion.org/

Lesson Plans America Responds PBS: Lesson plans for each level and links to resources. http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/educators.html Curriculum Materials - September 11 Brown University: Choices for the 21st Century Education Project; Lesson ideas, requires students to debate and evaluate options in response to 9/11. http://www.choices.edu/Sept11/top.html Facing the Future "How should we move forward after September 11?"; Sponsored by the Study Circles Resource Center; Heavily excerpts the Choices Curriculum materials mentioned in the previous link. http://www.studycircles.org/pages/ issues/americaresponds.html Facing History and Ourselves "Response to the Events of September 11, 2001"; Student readings and lesson ideas. All fall under the careful review of the Facing History organization. http://www.facinghistory.org/facing/fhao2.nsf /all/September+11+Menu?opendocument Teaching 9-11-01 Links to online lesson plans for September 11. Run by the Clarke Center (Dickinson College). Many lessons organized by K-5, 6-8, 9-12. http://www.teaching9-11.org/ 911 As History.Org 16 lessons from K through 12 http://www.familiesandwork.org/911ah/ 911ashistory.html Terrorism Documents on Terrorism Avalon Project at the Yale Law School. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/ terrorism/terror.htm International Terrorist Groups Special Operations.Com; links to U.S. Government and non government sites, as well as documents. http://www.specialoperations.com/Terrorism/ Laws related to Terrorism From FindLaw http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/us/ terrorism/laws.html Terrorism Project Center for Defense Information http://www.cdi.org/program/ index.cfm?programid=39 The Terrorism Research Center Independent institute dedicated to the research of terrorism, information warfare and security, critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, and other issues. http://www.terrorism.com US State Department Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html Dealing with Tragedy with Students America Attacked! How Should Teens React? About's Teen Advice Guide talks directly to teens about the Attack & how to cope with their feelings. http://teenadvice.about.com/library/ weekly/aa091101a.htm Terrorism & the Classroom For Secondary School Educators: How to Talk To Your Students About This Attack http://7-12educators.about.com/library /weekly/aa091101a.htm Helping Children Understand Crisis & Trauma Focuses largely on incidents like school shootings http://www.angelfire.com/biz3/ news/v1art1.html Talking with Kids About the News Special section dealing with Terrorism and the events of 9/11. http://www.talkingwithkids.org/television/twk-news.html Tips for Talking About Disasters The Center for Mental Health Services; tips for teachers and children http://www.mentalhealth.org/cmhs/ EmergencyServices/after.asp