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The World Trade Center: Rescue, Recovery, Response          
Explore New York State Museum’s teacher guide for their exhibit, based on this topic. The guide 
outlines classroom activities that teach about the rescue, recovery, and response. Learn about 
documenting and preserving history through objects and primary sources.
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/education/teacher/WTC.Guide.pdf 

World Trade Center History: 
To investigate the history of the World Trade Center before 9/11 see the History Channel’s Teacher’s 
Guide for their one-hour documentary The World Trade Center. The documentary and lesson plans 
focus on the design, engineering, and history of the site. 
http://www.history.com/classroom/admin/study_guide/   archives/thc_guide.1183.html        

World Trade Center History:          
PBS’s teacher’s guide to New York: A Documentary Film: The Center of the World by Ric Burns 
examines the rise and fall of The World Trade Center. The online guide provides rich resources and 
activities that teach geography, economics, history, and civics. 
http://www.history.com/classroom/admin/study_guide/archives/thc_guide.1183.html        

America Responds:
In the days following 9/11 PBS gathered together resources for teachers to talk about peace, tolerance, 
war, patriotism, geography and other issues such as Afghanistan Today, A World at Peace, A Nation of 
Many Cultures, Taming Terrorism, Conflicting Views. 
http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/educators.html

September 11, 2001, Documentary Project: 
Visit the Library of Congress’s Learning Page for The American Folklife Center’s September 11, 2001, 
Documentary Project. The site provides lesson plans which integrate primary source materials collected 
by the September 11, 2001, Documentary Project.  The lesson plans cover US history, critical thinking, 
and arts and humanities. http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/sept11/            

9/11 as History:  
At 9/11 as History you can find in-depth lesson plans, tied to national curriculum, for Pre-K through 12th 
grade. Lesson plans cover a range of topics from “safety and fear” to “social and civic action.” The site 
also provides tips for educators on talking to kids and a list of “Memorial Activities at School: Do’s and 
Don’ts.”  http://www.familiesandwork.org/911ah/911ashistory.html       

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