2. Objectives :
• I can explain the events of September 11th,
2001.
• I understand the significance 9/11 had on the
United States of America
• I can explain how my family was effected by
the events of Terrorism
• I can define a terrorist
3.
4. Discussion:
• Were you born yet?
• What discussions have you had with a parent
or other adult about what they remember
from September 11th, 2001
• What questions do you have about the
September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks?
5. Discussion Answers:
• After September 11th, 2001 some Americans
wanted to round up all the Muslims in the
same way that the U.S. Government rounded
up Japanese Americans during WWII.
Japanese Internment is widely seen as a
mistake.
• Did our country learns its lesson, or make the
same mistake?
6. Faces of 9/11
George W. Bush (President)
Dick Cheney
( Vice President)
Osama Bin
Laden
19 Terrorists
Rudy Giuliani
(Mayor)
7.
8. Why?
• Why did these terrorists decide to attack the
United States?
– It is a complicated question. Osama Bin Laden,
credited as the leader of Al Qaeda, supported and
condoned the attacks, and likely participated in its
planning. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is usually
considered the mastermind behind the attacks.
The 19 terrorists wer all on the four planes and all
perished on 9/11, along with 2,800 others in
planes and buildings.
9. Continued
• As muslim extremists, Al Qaeda had declared
a religious jihad, a “Holy War” against the
west. Many (but not all) muslims view the
United States as the cultural leader of the
West, symbolizing things like Christianity,
promoting things like promiscuity and loose
morals, and supporting the state of Israel, an
enemy to many followers of Islam. For all
these reasons the United States was attacked.
11. September 11th Memorial
• Official opening on September 11th, 2011 exactly 10 years
after the attack, The National September 11th Memorial and
Museum was dedicated to the nearly 3,000 people who lost
their lives in the attacks.
12. Freedom Tower
• Opening in 2013, One
World Trade Center, or
the “Freedom Tower”
stands in the same place
that the Twin Towers
used to stand. It was
built to be exactly 1776 ft
tall, the same year that
the United States was
born.
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