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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Schools, Teachers Work To Craft Lessons Around 9/11 Anniversary

Several media outlets are reporting on the effort to develop lessons related to the upcoming anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001. The Baltimore Sun (9/8, Toth) reports on a pair of "new initiatives implemented by Howard County schools this year to honor the victims of Sept. 11. As the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches, teachers are preparing lessons and the central office has issued recommendations to schools and staff to commemorate the occasion." The article describes the two programs and lists other activities and lessons that are being planned.


 

The Ithaca (NY) Journal (9/8, Stern) also reports on local educators' preparations for the commemoration, noting that "teachers around Tompkins County are grappling with how to teach students about 9/11 -- if at all." The piece notes that as time passes, the attacks become less fresh in students minds, and details the concerns teachers express about students taking divisive lessons from the attacks. The Everett (WA) Herald (9/8, Muhlstein) and the Norristown (PA) Times Herald (9/8, Rotenberg) also cover this story.


 

Meanwhile, the AP (9/8, Stacy) runs an article profiling "the students who were with President George W. Bush in a southwest Florida classroom on Sept. 11, 2001." The piece describes the students' memories of the event, and their reflections on how it may have impacted them.

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