ALL: Weekend extra credit opportunity - 9/11 documentaries and virtual museums

Students,

Tomorrow is the 9th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on September 11, 2001. I encourage you all to spend some time learning more about this extremely important event in American history and world history.

Many television stations are showing documentaries about the event, and many news sites are featuring online multimedia documentaries as well. If you watch a documentary or work through a multimedia exhibit on a reputable national or international news website, you can write about what you learn for extra credit.

What you will need to turn in for credit: What you watched or looked at online as well as the time and channel or URL (web address); notes covering important points and new information taken during the documentary (or while exploring an online feature); and a 1-2 paragraph reflection on what you learned and how you felt while watching the documentary or going through the online feature. If you choose to use an online resource and NOT watch a documentary, you should spend around one hour minimum exploring the website.

NOT acceptable options: programs or websites about 9/11 conspiracy theories.

Acceptable options (not necessarily a complete list - email if you have questions):

Television:

Saturday, September 11 on the History Channel:

8 pm: Hotel Ground Zero
9 pm: Witness to 9/11: 102 Minutes that Changed America (recommended)
11 pm: Zero Hour: The Last Hour of Flight 11

Online:

New York Times special feature: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/index.html

History Channel: 9-11 Attacks - 102 Minutes that Changed America: http://www.history.com/interactives/witness-to-911

PBS - News Hour with Jim Lehrer: Life After 9-11 - http://video.pbs.org/feature/99/ and http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/after911/

NPR: Voices of Reflection (from 9-11-02; keep in mind that a lot has happened since then!): http://www.npr.org/news/specials/091102reflections/

Washington Post: Coverage of September 11, 2001 (mostly written in the weeks after the attacks): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2006/03/30/LI2006033000769.html

BBC (British): America's Day of Terror: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/americas/2001/day_of_terror/