NOTE TO STUDENTS: Before answering the following questions, read the “Background” and look through the "Resources" below. Watch all of the videos to gain a feel for what it was like on that day.

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, terror group and nationality)
g) How many people were killed on 9/11?

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

3. What was the motive of the Islamist terrorists for targeting and murdering so many innocent Americans? - Why did they do it?

4. What do you know about what actually happened on September 11, 2001 ("9/11") 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 it was due to God's mercy that tens of thousands more were not killed that day. What do you think?

6. Ask a parent and a grandparent:
a) What do you remember about 9/11?
b) What do you think I should know about 9/11?

7.  a) After watching the videos in this post, and reading more about 9/11, what do you think?  Why is it  important for every American to "Never Forget" 9/11?  Explain your answer.
b) Ask a parent the same question.

CHALLENGE:
Describe the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993.