September 11th, 2001

Timeline of Events

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What do you know about the events that occurred on 9/11?

8:45 am

World Trade Center, New York City, NY

8:46 am – New York City, NY

The North Tower of the World Trade Center is struck by an airline jet.

9:03 am – New York City, NY

The South Tower of the World Trade Center is struck by a second airline jet.

9:37 am - Arlington, VA

The Pentagon is struck by a third airline jet.

The Pentagon is the headquarters for the United States department of Defense.

9:59 am – New York City, NY

The South Tower begins to collapse at the World Trade Center.

10:03 am – Somerset County, PA

A fourth airline jet is crashed in Pennsylvania. The jet became known as “Flight 93”.

The passengers prevented the jet from being crashed into any more buildings.

10:28 am – New York City, NY

The North Tower begins to collapse at the World Trade Center. Both towers are now gone.

Where were YOU on 9/11/01?

No student in this room was born before September 11th, 2001.

This is MY story of what MY day was like on 9/11/01…

Watch this video on Brainpop.com

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/september11th/

Questions:

What is patriotism?

What is freedom?

How are they different?

September 11th Memorial

What other types of monuments do we have in North Carolina that are similar to the September 11th

memorial?

Veterans Memorial in Raleigh, NC