Oh. Good
I used to share when I had ninth graders.
With them, I shared the story plus Joseph Mitchell’s ‘Mohawks in High Steel’
Also Raymond Arroyo has a two part (two hour) video with interviews. It’s so well done
for later
On youtube:
“In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqen8P31jWw
“Clear the Skies”
BBC - Clear The Skies (Part 1 of 5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpPtjGCp4Ss
BBC - Clear The Skies (Part 2 of 5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69kDcSKnvqQ
BBC - Clear The Skies (Part 3 of 5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWX1I6CFn3A
BBC - Clear The Skies (Part 4 of 5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEXe-mtVOnk
BBC - Clear The Skies (Part 5 of 5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjGZWRaFvWs
Now that is a scandal.
From the three classes, more than a half dozen students came up and thanked me for showing the films, frequently saying, “We didn’t know.”
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And that is the horror show of it all. They were not taught they were not told. They were manipulated.
A couple of videographers were filming a story about a rookie fire fighter’s first day on the job. They were checking out a gas leak when the first jet flew over. The camera man swung up just in time to see it go into the tower. The resulting film was harrowing. CBS aired it and I rented it later.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_(film)
Its after both building have been hit but not yet collapsed yet.....
the plaza is empty of living people.. debris is silently rainy down.. paper and such....
The only sound is elevator type musiz still playing in the plaza..(She Only A Women To Me i think) .. with the exception of the occasional sickly hollow thud of jumper hitting the ground...you know a life just ended
to me its gut wrenching
Thank you for not allowing this day, this somber day in our nation’s history, to not become just another day on the calendar. The lesson you’re teaching these students is invaluable.
bkmk
Bravo, sir!
And that last is a stunning indictment of current high school education, or lack thereof.
Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout bin Laden
Have you forgotten?
I have NOT!
I spent most of the day watching 9/11 videos. My sister and husband made fun of me a bit, but every year I need to re-charge my anger for these wretched, evil people (Hussein included). Also, I think the ~3,000 people who died that day deserve to have us to spend some time thinking about them.
It seemed that the only channel showing them was the History Channel
They showed me 9/11 videos when I was in 7th and 8th grade. Very sad.
Thanks for teaching this important lesson.
For some reason, this year feels different. I am hearing more mentions about 9/11 than I have since the 10-year anniversary, and I don't mean on the news. I wonder why that is?
Thank you for the links. Watching In Memoriam right now. The jumper and the second plane always get me.
Makes me so mad to think about the current mayor, Warren Wilhelm and our current president B. “Peace in our time” Obama.. I can’t imagine how either would deal with something like 9/11.
bump
They never ever show these things or talk about them like they should. Thank you for doing it. Can you BELIEVE, those of you over 40, that after 9/11 such a Day of Infamy is practically kept from our children?????
BFLR
I just noticed that my daughter in college posted on her facebook the picture of President Bush with the megaphone. Maybe it helped that we used your book “A Patriot’s History of the United States” in our home school.