NOTE TO STUDENTS: Before answering the following questions, read the “Background” and look through the "Resources" below.

1. Answer the following questions about 9/11:
a) Who was President on 9/11?
b) Who was the mayor of New York City on 9/11?
c) What three locations were the terrorists targeting?
d) How many planes were hijacked on 9/11? What were their flight numbers?
e) Where and when did each plane crash? (time, place and flight number)
f) Who were the terrorists? (religious ideology and terror group)
g) How many people were killed on 9/11?

2. Describe the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993.

3. How was the hijacking of Flight 93 different from those of Flt. 77 (Pentagon) and Flights 11 and 175 (World Trade Center)?

4. What do you know about what actually happened on September 11, 2001 as a result of the actions of al Qaeda terrorists? Scroll down to read “Background” below, then watch the videos and visit some of the links under “Resources” to gain an understanding of what people experienced that day.
List 2-3 things you did not already know about 9/11 from this information that you think is important for all Americans to know.
(For a timeline of what happened that day, go to timeline.911memorial.org)

5. Wikipedia states "On a typical weekday 50,000 people worked in the towers with another 200,000 passing through as visitors." Many people believe that God's mercy spared them - and there were many stories of miracles that day. What do you think?

6. Ask a parent and a grandparent: What do you remember about 9/11?

7. Why is it important for Americans to understand the nature of the fight that we are in?

8. a) Some people say we need to move past 9/11 and look to the future. Others say “never forget.” After watching the videos and reading more about 9/11, what do you think? Explain your answer.
b) Ask a parent the same question.

CHALLENGE:
Read the story of Todd Beamer, a passenger on Flight 93 at unitedheroes.com
Read the story of NY fireman Stephen Siller at tunnel2towers.org.