+
Unit Plan
9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: 11 M: Madrid 2004

For Students 9th - 10th
Just two and a half years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, Spain experienced the deadliest terrorist attack in modern Spanish history.
+
Handout
BBC

Bbc: Scores Die in Madrid Bomb Carnage

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is an article describing the terrible attack on three Madrid trains March 11, 2004 killing nearly 200 people and wounding at least 600 others. (March 2004)
+
Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: The Wounds of March 11th

For Students 9th - 10th
Video explaining that the attack from terrorists in Spain on March 11, 2004 have had bigger political ramifications than physical ones. The party in power was seen as weak on terrorism and therefore lost control of Parliament. [1:36]
+
Article
BBC

Bbc: Spain Hopes for Madrid Bombs Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
A February 2007 report on the start of trials for the 29 men accused of involvement in the Madrid train bombing.
+
Article
BBC

Bbc: Basque Country's Peace Broken

For Students 9th - 10th
A January 2007 report on the unraveling of peace talks between the Spanish government and ETA after a January 2007 bombing in Madrid.