I am still on the lookout for interesting resources on 9/11 that will help students to understand how America responded to the attacks.
The front pages of newspapers vividly frame key images with headlines which speak to national fear, anger and also a desire for revenge. George W. Bush’s speech also touches on these themes.
I have also stumbled upon some poetry written in the aftermath of the attacks. Depending on the nature of the class, reading one of the poems and getting students to identify perspectives and meaning might be an appropriate way in to the topic. Poems that are on the shortlist include: ‘If Only’ by Adam Quin and ‘Tomorrow’ by Michael Brett.
Perhaps, I could divide students into groups, giving each a different type of stimulus (one group could get a poem, another a US newspaper front page, another a UK newspaper front page etc). The task would be to identify the key ideas raised in your source and explain why these are to be considered the most significant. Students would then discover points of commonality and difference, using these as sparks to stimulate debate.
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