Curated OER
Imag(in)ing History Across Generations
Young scholars find an image depicting events of September 11 or after and write a letter to their future grandchldren explaining the image and why those chose to preserve it for them.
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The 9/11 Commission Report [Pdf]
The complete text of the 9-11 commission report in PDF format. The report details how the United States was unprepared for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The report was issued July 22, 2004.
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Hoover Digest: Remembering the Katyn Massacre
Description of one of the most horrific atrocities committed by Stalin's secret police whereby almost 22,000 Polish prisoners were forced to dig their own graves and then were shot to death. They were never tried or accused of any crimes.
Council of Foreign Relations
Terrorism Questions and Answers: What Is Terrorism?
Part of an extensive website from the Council on Foreign Relations devoted to understanding all aspects of terrorism and its implications for the United States, this section deals with defining and understanding the different types of...
Vocabulary.com
President Obama's Speech to the Nation About Terrorism
This site contains a list of 21 words from President Barack's 2015 speech to the United States about the topic of terrorism after the Paris and San Bernadino terror attacks. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Is Being Scared So Fun?
What could possibly be fun about being scared? Margee Kerr examines the biology and psychology behind what makes fear so fun. [4:29]
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Learning for Justice: September 11th and After
This growing selection of teaching resources addresses the issues being raised following the September 11, 2001 attack. Content explores everything from the attack itself to related aftereffects, such as racial profiling and bias against...
Library of Congress
Loc: Deportations
This site, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, gives an account of the forcible resettlement of over 1.5 million people by Stalin during and after WWII. Considered to be one of the most drastic genocidal acts by human...
Mount Holyoke College
The French Revolution: The Sans Culottes
The Sans-Culottes were the working men of Paris who achieved a political voice during the French Revolution of the early 1790s.