September 11th Remembered

Tomorrow is the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. History.com has some videos that should help your students understand what happened on that day and the longer term ramifications of the events.
There are also some interactive activities and maps available. Finally, there is a nice summary page that categorizes the day into: People and Groups, Themes, and Events.

Many of our students were too young in 2001 to fully understand what was happening on September 11. The videos and maps from History.com provide some good background information that you can build on for classroom discussion.