Dossier spécial
Four years later, memories are still vivid. But many link it also with Katrina. Read this article from the BBC and listen to the audio address from President Bush:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4233266.stm
Read also this article linking 9/11 and Katrina from The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/september11/story/0,11209,1567396,00.html
and from the Observer:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1567303,00.html
As for the events themselves, I don’t think it would be useful to spend too much time remembering what happened, but a picture or a short video could start the students talking. You can choose among those resources:
– NYT photos of memorials 9/11 I especially liked the second picture : « »Tiles for America, » a 9/11 memorial at Greenwich and Seventh Avenues in the West Village. » showing walls of cards, drawings and other messages.
*** http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/09/10/nyregion/11feat_contact.jpg
illustrating the article: » The enduring salute »
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/11/nyregion/thecity/11feat.html?8hpib
you can also find the complete coverage
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/index.html
( for the NYT, Sarah Rapnouil-Dunn on eTeachNet advises : « if you are asked to login, go to http://bugmenot.com for a free and
anonymous login and password. »)
– BBC news : videos about 9/11 then and 4 years later. You can watch « How events unfolded on September 11 » (the beginning id enough as a reminder)
** http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/in_depth/world/2005/september_11-_four_years_on/nb_rm_default.stm
– The Guardian : a special report
http://www.guardian.co.uk/september11/0,11209,597544,00.html
and see this interactive guide (no sound, but drawings and explanations)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/0,5860,567616,00.html
– CNN : see a special report « American Remembers » with an interactive timeline, and a teachers’ guide:
special report : http://premium.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/america.remembers/
Educator guide : http://premium.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/09/06/cnnpce.america.remembers/index.html
You can now access some free videos from CNN. click on the left of the last page on ‘videos, now free’ and type 9/11 in the search window. In the list, try « America Remember » about a tour « to keep memories alive » by witnesses, or chose among the titles in « browse US videos ».
– Washington Post : read their special report « War on Terror », with also a timeline of the events and an interactive description of « the plot »
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/specials/attacked/
– American press institute : advanced students may want to study the event and its aftermath more in detail, and compare the sources. Here are several articles also including links to the different sources and to sites about 9/11
http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/content/4086.cfm
– for technicians
everything about how the World Trade Center was built:
http://people.howstuffworks.com/wtc.htm
