I attended the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History on 9/11 and American Memory. The seminar was absolutely amazing! We learned from experts about how the United States and the world have dealt with tragedy and loss with events such as the Civil War, Pearl Harbor, the Holocaust, Vietnam, and 9/11. We worked with the amazing team of 9/11 memorial experts who are involved in the planning of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, Fire Chief and 9/11 survivor Jay Jonas, and experts in the field of memory such as the seminar leader David Blight.
Our seminar took a personal tour of the 9/11 museum that is NOT open to the public. Even though it is still under construction, we could instantly observe the beauty, sacredness, and careful planning involved in creating the museum. I am so impressed with the planning and extensive collection the 9/11 historic site, website, and museum will offer to visitors and generations to honor the victims of September 11th, 2001.
9/11/01 Online Resources
The 9/11 memorial has a wonderful collection of online resources for teachers to educate our students about September 11th, 2001. The website has an extensive collection of multimedia orientated resources such as an interactive timeline, audio, webcasts, video, images, primary documents, and essential artifacts and collections. Each lesson is tied to the Common Core Standards and based on the 9/11 collections that can be used throughout the school year and across all subjects and divided into different themes.
Gilder Lehrman K–12 EDUCATOR PROGRAMS
Gilder Lehrman ONLINE RESOURCES
- Online Exhibitions on important topics including the Freedom Riders of the Civil Rights Movement, and Battle Lines: Letters from America’s Wars up to the First Persian Gulf War.
- Historians’ Podcasts including small video clips on essential questions
- History by Era, an online resource organized chronologically with essays by leading historians, a timeline, primary source documents for classroom use, multimedia, lesson plans, activities, and more.
- Primary Sources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection
- Traveling Exhibitions for Schools and Libraries
For more information visit: Gilder Lehrman Institute and 9/11 Memorial