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Learning Activity: Consider the historical significance of 9/11
RELATEDCNN STUDENT NEWS(CNN Student News) -- Your class will consider where the September 11 attacks stand in the range of important historical events. ProcedureAsk students: In your view, what makes an event historically significant? Next, have students create a list of some of the most significant national and international events of the 20th and 21st centuries, such as: Then, have each student interview a cross-section of teens and adults to find out how they regard the September 11 attacks in comparison to these other key events. Instruct students to ask their interviewees the following questions: 1. What important historical events have taken place during your lifetime? 2. Why are these events historically significant? 3. Where were you when these events occurred? 4. How did these events affect your life and the lives of those around you? 5. How has the world changed as a result of these events? Using the data from the interviews, students should chart these events in order from the most historically significant to the least historically significant. Direct them to identify the criteria that they used to come up with their list. After students share their findings, have them write short essays about how they think the September 11 attacks will affect the lives of future generations. EXTENSION: To commemorate the fourth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, you might want to invite your students to express their thoughts and feelings about the attacks through the creation of narratives, poems, drawings or songs. Teachers: If you would like to submit copies of your students' written reflections to CNN Student News, go to the CNN Student News program page at http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/student.news/ and click the Contact Us box. Curriculum ConnectionsHistory Standards Era 8: A Half-Century of Crisis and Achievement, 1900-1945 Standard 2A: The student understands the causes of World War I. Standard 3C: The student understands the interplay between scientific or technological innovations and new patterns of social and cultural life between 1900 and 1940. Era 9: The 20th Century Since 1945: Promises and Paradoxes Standard 2F: The student understands worldwide cultural trends of the second half of the 20th century. Standard 3A: The student understands major global trends since World War II. The National Standards for History (http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/standards/ Social Studies Standards Standard II. Time, Continuity and Change Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the ways human beings view themselves in and over time. The Curriculum Standards for Social Studies (http://www.socialstudies.org/standards/) are published by the National Council for Social Studies (http://ncss.org/ KeywordsSeptember 11, memorial, anniversary, World Trade Center, ground zero, Flight 93, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Hurricane Katrina 
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