9-11 Day

• Sit QUIETLY and work on your Current Event.

– Today, there is to be silence during the Current Event.

– The lesson will begin in 10-15 minutes.

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Music Video

• Amazing Grace---LeAnn Rimes

Nothing on your desk…AT ALL!!!

No talking

Watch

Pay Attention

Opening Discussion

• 1- What do you know about 9/11/2001?

• 2- What have your parents/guardians/siblings told you about this date?

• 3- Where was I?

• 4- My feelings?

Music Video

• “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?------Alan Jackson

9/11

Events of that Day• 8:46- American Airlines Flight 11 Crashes into 1 World

Trade Tower– 92 people were on board

• 9:03- United Airlines Flight 175 Crashes into 2 World Trade Tower– 65 people on board

• 9:25- FAA Closes all Air Traffic• 9:40- American Airlines Flight 177 Crashes into

Pentagon– 65 people on board

• 9:45- FAA orders all flights to land at nearest airports

Event’s Cont.

• 9:59- World Trade Tower 2 Collapses• 10:07- United Airlines Flight 93 Crashes into a

field in Shanksville, PA– 44 people on board

• 10:28- World Trade Tower 1 Collapses• 2 pm Sept. 12- Limited Air Traffic is allowed– Diverted flights allowed to go to original

destinations– Over 24 hours with no airlines in the skies

The Impact

• 2,993 People were killed– Victims from 90 different nations

• At no time in history was the world supporting a single nation as that day

• NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) declares attacks as an attack on NATO– All NATO nations will support US in retaliation

Domestic Impact

• Billions of Dollars donated by Americans to 9/11 families

• Thousands of gallons of blood donated• USA PATRIOT Act– Signed into law Oct. 26, 2001– House of Rep. votes- 357 yes/66 no– Senate votes- 98 yes/1 no

International Impact

• Afghanistan– Operation Enduring Freedom Begins on Oct. 7, 2001– Taliban pushed out quickly– War Continues

• Iraq– 9/11 leads to a build-up for actions against “AXIS of

EVIL” (North Korea, Iran, Iraq) – March 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom begins– War Continues

Quick Write

• Create a 9/11 page in your Interactive Notebooks.

• Quick-write topic: I want you to free write your thoughts about that day. Be honest and express yourself.– As always, your responses should be 5-7 sentences.

Homework

• Ask (3) adults: – Where were you the morning of 9/11

– What were your immediate actions/emotions/thoughts from the attack?

– WRITE DOWN THE RESPONSES!