A New Story Told at Ground Zero - NYTimes.com
Interactive tour of memorial and museum
The 9/11 Tapes: The Story in the Air
Be advised this resource should be used with discretion. These are the ATC audio recordings from 9/11, as compiled by the NY Times.
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What High School Taught Millennials About the War on Terrorism - Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic
The "textbook effect" on history can be clearly seen and understood when people who lived through events read how they are depicted in the abstract, stilted language of textbooks.
No Government Help?
Image made in reaction to 2012 presidential campaign (non)issue regarding business owners being solely responsible for their success. Labels on the image demonstrate government's role in the economy
Berkman Center for Internet and Society
This Is a Religious War
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This Is a Religious War -
from NYTimes.co, an article that explores fundamentalism and finds it evident in both the Taliban of the 21st century and the Spanish Inquisition of the 16th century. This was published just a few weeks after the attacks of 9/11
US_military Bases around the World Map
from Wikipedia - comment on accuracy at http://geocurrents.info/geopolitics/mapping-u-s-foreign-military-bases
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks.
911 Interactive Timeline
YouTube - A Nashi advertisement-Putinjugend our Army
A Nashi advertisement-Putinjugend our Army. This video can be used to show the nature of competition in the Cold War though it is from the present. Just the same, it can be used to show nationalism today.
Comment is free: Timothy Garton Ash
The Last Exit From Iraq - Foreign Affairs
Graphic: How Class Works - New York Times
Tools that allows students to manipulate factors to determine class descriptions. While this should be taken as definitive in any sense, it can launch a valuable discussion
The September 11 Digital Archive
the Legacy of 9/11
Interesting article about the world beyond the Cold War and the implications for US foreign policy