Never Forget
The United States of America was rocked to its core on September 11th, 2001. Twenty years later, people all over the world will remember how they felt that day.
America mourning the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York, Washington and Pennsylvania - 93 Flight - that killed nearly 3,000 people and helped shape the 21st century.
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Nearly 3,000 people from 90 countries died in those coordinated attacks. Twenty years later, those events remain powerful and present. Hear from survivors, learn how that day changed American lives and how people healed.
For the anniversary of that day, we hope to remember those who lost their lives by honoring the men and women who serve to protect all citizens and keep them safe every day.
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AFP | Spencer Platt
"A la minute où le deuxième avion a percuté le World Trade Center, la date du 11 septembre 2001 est entrée dans l'histoire. Il était 9:03 heures à New York. Devant leurs téléviseurs, les millions de personnes qui ont vu le vol United Airlines 175 s'encastrer dans la tour sud ont compris instinctivement que rien ne serait plus comme avant."
Le Monde.fr, 2011
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- Education:
Schools across the world are considering to help students observing the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 events. Reading the testimony of a pupil 10 years-old who watched on the television the horror of shocking images live.
Sometimes, my colleagues ask me if I discuss 9/11 in my lessons. Yes, I do! They wonder how students react. It's a difficult subject. Very traumatic. I agree, but students have the right to know the recent history of the XXth century. And I always do my best to tell them what I saw on the day that changed the world. I watched television, live. So as my young students at the time. We can't forget. Nobody can't.
Sometimes, my colleagues ask me if I discuss 9/11 in my lessons. Yes, I do! They wonder how students react. It's a difficult subject. Very traumatic. I agree, but students have the right to know the recent history of the XXth century. And I always do my best to tell them what I saw on the day that changed the world. I watched television, live. So as my young students at the time. We can't forget. Nobody can't.
I think it's impossible not to include such a tragic event as September 11th into school curriculum. Those moments are still present in my memory. And always be. Students must given the chance to reflect on the events of this tragic day and have a thought for all involved. Peace is the word.
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It was a school day like every other day. Lunch time. Some teachers appeared at school before the beginning of the classes and told us to watch the news on the television. We stopped our lunch and went to Teachers' room.
CNN was on the air, breaking news. Horror! Our eyes were incredible opened. We couldn't believe. The images live were so dramatic.
The students arrived at the school few minutes later. They were very young, between 10-15 years-old.
Time to begin the classes. The school bell rang.
Teachers were wondering how to face the students! Some minutes later, the school was full of young people. And they would ask for answers.
Time to begin the classes. The school bell rang.
credits: Peter Morgan/Reuters
We could already hear their voices along the corridors. The students were talking frenetically. On the classroom, they didn't sit. They were all around me asking
- "What's going on, Teach'?",
- "Did you watch the television?" "We couldn't understand!" "So terrible!" Please, tell us what's going on..."
They were so anxious, they couldn't take their places. I sweetly asked them to sit, and then we could talk about.
Some of them cried, others wrote some notes about what they watched. Too young to see the horror they could watched live.
Camp set up in 2002 for kids who lost a parent (or parents) in the attacks of 9/11, and also for children of fire fighters or police officers killed in the line of duty
credits: Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
Those twin towers
Standing tall with pride,
Fell with grieving hearts.
Stunned, America cried.
Standing tall with pride,
Fell with grieving hearts.
Stunned, America cried.
But we’re still standing. (...)
Hannah Schoechert, We’re Still Standing, 7th grade students
Hannah Schoechert, We’re Still Standing, 7th grade students
credits: Ben Hider/ 9/11 Memorial & Museum
It shocks me even now, so many years later. Every images is clear and so present in my eyes. Even today, on the 20th anniversary, I can't watch again some terrible images from some people jumping from the windows. The world televisions are in the air all over the world.
I am not only teacher who observed the 9/11. I am a living witness of the change in recent history of the contemporary world. So, every year on September 11, I include the historical facts into my lessons. And today we talk on the 20th annivesary.
Activities : some ideas
- Ask about the facts showing some videos from the 20th anniversary, 2001 photos, as a brainstorming. Then open a discussion to involve all the students.
- To enhance their learning of 9/11, some days before, invite your students to ask their parents, grandparents, even older brothers or sisters about their personal experience at the 9/11 as participants or visual.
- On September 11, - not on 9/11 2021 due the pandemic time, some schools are still closed without in-person lessons, but teachers can on remote learning - students can share all the information they got (pictures, news, testimonials, videos), and will express freely their feelings and thoughts
I know it is a delicate subject, but young people are curious about History. They like to understand the historical facts, and they ask questions if they don't understand to be informed. They discuss what happened on September 11, 2001 and they link it with what is happening now around the world. And they will have a conscious idea of the tragedy, now on the 20th anniversary.
There are so many stories and so many lessons that can be taught!
Remembrance Flight 175
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- Resources:
If you need, here some important resources:
Different resources are available to assist educators as they seek learning opportunities around this emotion-charged date.
If you are not an American educator as me, and you want to include 9/11 into your lessons, here my selection:
Social media:
Social media:
9/11 Memorial & Museum website offers different virtual resources for teachers and students: Virtual school programmes; lessons plans; interactive timelines; oral histories.
YouTube marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with a YouTube channel "Reflections on 9/11, 10 years late";
New York Times is featuring a special content from the New York Times, archived news broadcasts from September 2001, and people own personal stories and tributes ; The Photographs of 9/11 ; She was a middle school student during the attacks. She didn't realize how much that day would affect her family.
We also want to collect their reflections.
- What it the memory of that day by the research?
- How did 9/11 change us, and how do you believe it changed America?
- What did they lose caused by the 9/11?
- The Guardian is also publishing September 11, 2001 : 9/11 the 10th anniversary; Interesting witness video series. For example, take the touching video about Jonathan:
"Jonathan Ielpi was one of 343 New York City firefighters who died at the World Trade Centre on 11 September 2001. When his body was recovered, his father Lee, a retired firefighter, came to Ground Zero to carry his son out. Ten years later, Lee explains what the 9/11 memorial means to him."
Readers on their memories of 9/11:"I'm think about how happy I am every day."
- The Time published "Beyond 9/11 - Portraits of Resilience", interactive website. Watch for example After 9/11: I Was Not Prepared to Prepare My Kids For This (2021)
Other important references/links:
- The 9/11 Memorial website of the "National September 11 Memorial Museum" at the World Trade Center. It provides information and multimedia resources.
- Interactive 9/11 Timelines: Explore web-based interactive timelines chronicling the events of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, September 11, 2001 and the nine-month recovery effort at ground zero. The timelines use images, audio and video as well as first-person accounts that are part of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum’s permanent collection.
- There is a section of the website specifically for educators, Education Programs, where you will find, as an educator, information and resources. Your students may be considering difficult questions as the anniversary near approaches.
Firefighters raise an American flag at the site of the World Trade Center
Thomas E. Franklin/Bergen County, N.J., Record via Getty Images
Pictures of fallen firefighters are placed on their names at the September 11th Memorial on September 9, 2021 in New York City.
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Resources +
- Vidéo : 11 septembre 2001 : le récit en vidéo des attentats les plus meurtriers de l’histoire.
- There is an interesting article (French language) Le Traumatisme des enfants nés le 11 septembre 2001 aux Etats-Unis. You must read it.
"When you are seven years old, you really don't think there is anything bad in the world and that people are good. But they are not, and you realise that things don't always go the way that you would want them to."
Chantal Guerrero (17 years old)
This is my humble tribute to those who lost their lives September 11 2001. And to the families who lost their loved ones.
G-Souto
09.09.2011
update 11.09.2021
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