For those of us that watched in horror the events that unfolded ten years ago, remembering the victims and tragedy of 9/11 brings back strong emotions. But what about teaching remembrance? How do help students understand the implications of such an historically important topic?
Most of our students were young when the event happened and had little connection with world events. Today students are having the chance to relive history in a meaningful way. Students in history class are looking at iconic images from September 11, 2001. The link for the photos can be found here. Their task is to write a caption for the photo, explain their emotion, and state why the photo is significant to historians. As I sat in class, I was proud of the discussion and reflection of our students. The anger emotion was evident. However, it is important to remember the needless loss of life. Our hope is to teach future generations about incidents in the world and learning how to be tolerant of each other's differences.
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