What do your students know about September 11th? What will they hear in the media?

It is your job to help them understand this pivotal moment in our history.

What happened on 9/11? Why? What was the impact? How does 9/11 affect our community and government today?  The 9/11 Tribute Center can help guide these conversations.

• Did you know that September 11th is also the National Day of Volunteerism?

• To help the students understand the magnitude of the attacks of 9/11, many teachers use our short video stories, September 11th: Personal Stories of Transformation accompanied by discussion and related resources.  If you would like to receive a DVD-ROM version, send a request with your name, school name, and address to education@tributewtc.org.

• You can introduce the history now, but engage in a project later in the year.        Click here for a list of projects that other teachers have done with their students.

• Engage your students in becoming historians and collecting memories of 9/11 from people in their own community. Click here for a teachers' and students' guide to conducting an oral history.

Bring Your Students to the 9/11 Tribute Center

Experience the powerful stories of those who were there. Students explore the history of this world-changing event and are left with a focus on the generosity and empathy of the response to the attacks.  Click here for more information.

Can't Make it to the 9/11 Tribute Center?