Newspapers as Primary Sources: Immediate Coverage of 9/11 | Interactive Lesson

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Classroom Material
Keywords
September 11 9/11 terrorists terrorism terrorist attacks hijack planes al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden jihadists World Trade Center Pentagon Shanksville newspaper media coverage primary sources primary source United States U.S. history us history history American history social studies ushist22 historical analysis primary source analysis interactive interactive lesson
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History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Audience
Classroom Teacher / Educator
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Newspapers as Primary Sources: Immediate Coverage of 9/11 | Interactive Lesson

In this short interactive lesson, designed as an activator activity, students analyze several newspaper front pages from September 11, 2001, to see the similarities and differences in how the terrorist attacks were immediately covered and to assess the value of newspapers as a historical primary source.
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PBS Learning Media

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