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What do you know about what happened on September 11th, 2001?
5/22/14 “Exhibition Night & 9/11” What are your thoughts/reflections on how you did during Exhibition Night last night? What do you know about what happened on September 11th, 2001? brown.digication.com news.nationalgeographic.com
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5/22/14 World History Agenda Open journals to 5/12 ET & pass to front. “9/11 & the U.S. Response” (reading & Cornell notes) Tomorrow: Watch 102 Minutes That Changed America (documentary of real footage from 9/11) HW: None! **Honors: Meeting after school Tues. (3 – 4pm)
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Classwork: Read & take Cornell Notes on “Attack on the U.S.” & “The U.S. Responds” (MWH 656 – 658) news.nationalgeographic.com
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September 11th, 2001 – who are the terrorists?
19 men hijack 4 airplanes in the U.S. Men were from Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, & Egypt whowhatwhy.com
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The Middle East commons.wikimedia.org
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2 planes crash into World Trade Center buildings in New York City
September 11th, NYC 2 planes crash into World Trade Center buildings in New York City Both towers collapse within hours of attacks tomnichols.net
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September 11th, 2001 – Washington, D.C.
1 plane crashes into the Pentagon (headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense – the military) in Washington, D.C.
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September 11th, 2001 – Shanksville, PA
1 plane crashes in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers attempt to take the plane over from the terrorists. Plane was on it’s way to the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. 911review.com
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September 11th, 2001 – basic facts
Almost 3,000 people (2,996) died in these attacks # includes: 246 passengers & crew on the planes 19 hijackers 2,606 people in WTC buildings 125 people at the Pentagon 292 people at street level in NYC – from burning debris & fallen bodies 340 NYC firefighters & 60 NYC police officers who rushed to the scene to try to rescue people Since 9/11/01, people continue to have illnesses & deaths (3 official deaths) related to exposure to dust & debris at the WTC site
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September 11th, 2001 – What would you do?
If you were president George W. Bush on September 11th, 2001, what are some of the first things you would do and why? Time Magazine (
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September 11th, 2001 – What would you do?
If you were president George W. Bush on September 11th, 2001, what are some of the first things you would do and why? Time Magazine (
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September 11th, 2001 – What did U.S. govt. do?
Oct – U.S. invades Afghanistan May 2011 – Navy SEALS kill bin Laden at compound in Pakistan commons.wikimedia.org
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September 11th, 2001 – What did the U.S. govt. do?
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September 11th, 2001 – What did the U.S. govt. do?
michaelpower.ca
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102 Minutes That Changed America
(History Channel, 2011)
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