NOTE TO STUDENTS: After you read the article, watch the video clips from President Bush's interview under "Resources" below.  Then answer the questions.

1.  Define the following words used in the article:
narration - (from para. 2)
apolitical - (from para. 3)
juxtaposition - (from para. 5)
fortuitously - (from para. 15)

2.  What does the National Geographic interview with President Bush consist of?

3.  How does National Geographic's producer Peter Schnall describe the interview?

4.  How did President Bush view the three plane crashes?

5.  How did the Bush presidency change after it was realized the attacks were acts of terrorism?

6.  Re-read President Bush's statements in para. 10 and 14.
a)  How do you think President Bush's response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 differ from President Obama's?
b)  Ask a parent the same question.  Discuss your answers.

7.  Re-read para. 16.  What do you think of President Bush's reaction to bin Laden's death?