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Handout
Digital History

Digital History: September 11, 2001

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a comprehensive overview of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S., including information on Osama bin Laden's background, the formation of Al Qaeda, the attacks themselves, the US response, civil liberties and national...
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Unit Plan
US National Archives

Internet Archive: Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch minute by minute coverage of the events of 9/11 and the week following, from 20 television news agencies around the world. The site also offers analysis of the news coverage by several scholars. From the top navigation bar, choose...
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Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Flight 93

For Students 9th - 10th
The terrorists' takeover of Flight 93 was part of the Attack on America, 9/11. The Park Service has made the crash site of Flight 93 into a national monument in honor of the passengers who developed a plan of action to regain control of...
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Website
CNN

Cnn: September 11 Memorial

For Students 9th - 10th
This site was established by CNN to serve as an "evolving record" of and "living memorial" to those who perished in the attacks of September 11, 2001.
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Website
Other

Consensus 9/11: Point Pc 1: The Alleged Call of Todd Beamer, Flight Ua 93

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource reviewing the phone call from Todd Beamer to GTE on the morning of September 11, 2001.
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Article
Other

Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Passenger: Todd Beamer

For Students 9th - 10th
An brief biography of American hero, Todd Beamer, for his plan to save Flight 93 from the terrorists on September 11, 2001. The plane he was a passenger on crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How United Flight 93 Passengers Fought Back on 9/11

For Students 9th - 10th
The cockpit voice recorder captured the sound of passengers attempting to break through the door. Like the three other planes hijacked on September 11, Flight 93 was overtaken by al-Qaeda intent on crashing it into the White House or the...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: Flight 93

For Students 9th - 10th
On the morning of September 11, 2001, the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history took place when four commercial airliners were hijacked by members of the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda. The fourth hijacked plane, United Airlines...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: What Was Flight 93's Target?

For Students 9th - 10th
When the plane crashed in a Pennsylvania field on September 11, it was 20 minutes flying time from the nation's capital. On the morning of September 11, 2001, 46 minutes into United Airlines Flight 93, a nonstop flight from Newark, New...