1. A Film about the Aftermath of 9/11

2. September 11, 2001
Do you remember where you were on 9/11? How did you hear about the attack?
Do you know which group attacked the Twin Towers in NYC? What do you know about the individuals?

3. September 11, 2001
On 9/11 members of the Al Qaeda organization attacked the US.
They flew two planes into the twin towers
One plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC
A fourth, which was heading for the White House, was brought down by passengers who resisted the hijackers

4. Do you know which group attacked the Twin Towers in NYC?
The terrorist group was Al-Qaeda
It’s leader was Osama Bin Laden
He was born and raised in Saudi Arabia
The attackers were radical Muslims who came from Saudi Arabia, and also Egypt, Lebanon and the UAE.

5. Historical parallels between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor?
Surprise attack by Japanese on December 7, 1941
3400 Americans killed or wounded
12 US ships sunk or damaged
Result  US Declares War on Japan
September 11
Surprise attack by Al Qaeda on September 11, 2001
3000 Americans killed or wounded
Two buildings destroyed and Pentagon damaged
Result  US wages war on Al Qaeda in Afghanistan

6. Historical parallels between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor?
Targets of discrimination in the US after Pearl Harbor
Japanese Americans, suspected of being disloyal, sent to internment camps.
Targets of discrimination in the US after 9/11?
American Sikhs with turbans, attacked and and arrested as suspected terrorists after 9/11

7. The Sikh religion is from the Punjab province of northern India
Do you know where the Sikh religion began and the home county of many Sikhs in the Bay Area?
The Sikh religion is from the Punjab province of northern India
Sikhism is a different religion from the Muslim religion.
None of the Al Qaeda attackers were Sikh

9. What did Valarie mean when she said, “ I was too American for the Gurdwara and too Sikh for the school?