Teaching 9/11 To Generations Born After 9/11
The remains of the World Trade Center stands amid the debris in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. AP Photo/Alexandre Fuchs
Twenty years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, this generation’s elementary, middle or high school students have no memory of that day. Many college age students were not even born. For educators, figuring out how to teach 9/11 can be difficult. With no official guidelines in place, teachers are working to help students understand how a series of events shaped the world as they know it today — events they ultimately won’t remember, but ones many will never forget. We spoke to social studies teachers from around the state about how they approach the subject.
GUESTS:
Melissa Schoeplein
Executive Teacher, Social Studies, University Laboratory High School (Urbana)
Kristin Burns
History Department Chair and Middle and High School Social Studies Teacher at Keith Country Day School (Rockford)
John Hamilton
John Hamilton, Assistant Principal/Social Studies Teacher, Butler Junior High School (Oakbrook)
Corey Winchester
History/Social Science Teacher, Evanston Township High School
Many of those who died on 9/11 left behind children who were so young they never got to know their parents. A new generation has grown up over the past two decades with few if any memories of those they lost. https://t.co/Fe6fc31eSs
— NPR (@NPR) September 5, 2021
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