Grade Range: K-12Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Reference MaterialsDate Posted: 8/30/2011
In August 2011, the National Museum of American History, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Pentagon Memorial Fund, and Flight 93 National Memorial, offered an online conference, September 11: Teaching Contemporary History, for K-12 teachers. This website includes the conferense sessions, which highlighted resources available at each organization, provided background information on September 11, and encouraged conversations on how to document, preserve, and interpreted recent history and current events. The site also includes frequently asked questions about September 11 and the memorial sites, K-12 resources from the Museum and the memorial sites, timelines of the events at each site, and access to an online community group for further discussion about September 11.
Demonstrations, Discussions, Hands-on learning, Interdisciplinary, Lecture, Multimedia instruction, Museum education, Questioning techniques, Teaching guides
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