Commemorate September 11, 2001 with history lessons and learning activities

History in the Making: Remembering September 11, 2001

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With a focus on the events of September 11, 2001, these lesson plans and activities teach the value of primary sources as a means to remembering people, events, and recent history.

OBJECTIVE
Created by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, in conjunction with Scholastic Inc., History in the Making features national standards–based lessons and activities to help students think critically about:

• how current events become part of history
• how the past affects our lives—as individuals, as members of a local community, and as citizens of the world

• The events of September 11 were witnessed by a global audience in real time. As a result, there is an abundance of primary source material—first-person testimonies, objects, and digital materials—for scholars and future generations interested in learning about this event.
• Different people may describe or remember the events of September 11, 2001, in different ways.
• Artifacts—from building remnants to personal belongings—provide concrete evidence of past events.
• It is important for artifacts to be preserved by archivists and museum curators so that historians and future generations may study and learn about the past.

LESSONS FOR THIS UNIT
Lesson 1: Gathering Primary Sources—Oral Testimonies
Lesson 2: Learning from Objects and Memorials