Free Puzzlemaker. Remembering 9/11. 9/11/2001: The Day That Changed America. In this Scholastic report, you'll find dozens of informative and poignant stories divided into five topical sections: A Day for Reflection; Kids Make a Difference; A Nation Recovers; What's Next for America? ; and A Time for Tolerance. In the following Lesson Plans, we provide suggestions for using each of those sections in your classroom.
We hope you will join our returning teachers in using these discussion starters, activities, and ready-to-print reproducibles as a curriculum "tour guide" for the online news stories. For more teacher tips on current events, check out Scholastic News online. You'll note that the Teacher Tips for this issue are grade-specific (click on our lesson plans for grades 3–4, 5–6, and 7–8). With a topic as complex and emotional as the one-year anniversary of 9/11, we felt that age-appropriateness was especially crucial. Also, be sure to check out the offerings for each grade level. For lesson ideas for PreK–2, check out our Activities for Younger Children.
Pearson Offers Free Online 9/11 Lesson Plans, Activities. 9/11 Memorial Timeline. National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The Twin Towers were the centerpieces of the World Trade Center complex. At 110 stories each, 1 WTC (North Tower) and 2 WTC (South Tower) provided nearly 10-million-square feet of office space for about 35,000 people and 430 companies. They were the tallest buildings in New York City, and for a brief period upon their completion, they were the tallest buildings in the world.
They attracted roughly 70,000 tourists and commuters every day. The North Tower rose 1,368 feet – 1,730 feet with a large antenna – and the South Tower stood 1,362-feet high. Lesson Plans 3 - 5 | National September 11 Memorial & Museum.