Sept.+11th+Lesson+Plan


 * Purpose:** The purpose of this lesson plan would be to get the students to start thinking about history in broader terms and take note of the events that can key great change in a nations culture, through the use of primary sources. Not just looking at a single event such as Sept. 11th, but also key changes in all of U.S. or World History.


 * Bell-Work** (5 min): Select an iconic picture from the events of Sept. 11th and have the class spend some time writing what emotions, memories, or key words they think of when seeing the picture.


 * Debrief/Lesson** (10-15 min): Spend this next portion of the class discussing what the class came up with and also guiding the class toward some of the events they may have missed, overlooked, or not quite understood thoroughly. (Have a PowerPoint made up with more pictures stemming from the day to give visual aide throughout the discussion)


 * Small Group** (10-15 min): Break the class up into groups giving each group a primary source from either Pearl Harbor, Sept. 11th, or Civil Rights Act and have them discuss what the source can tell them about the event.


 * Debrief** (10 min): Bring the class back together to have a discussion about their primary sources and how the events made the nation feel at the time. How are the responses to Pearl Harbor and Sept. 11th similar? How were the African Americans treated during the civil rights movement similar to how the Arab Americans were treated after Sept. 11th?


 * Conclusion/Homework Task** (5 min): For homework this evening, I would like all of you to go home and free write on the discussion from today in your journal. Ponder the issues we discussed in class, the impact of these events on American culture and status quo. How can these events be looked at in history as both independent from one another or also held in similar regards?