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9-11 America's Emergency and the Aftermath

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This website provides informative links related to September 11, 2001, and the aftermath.  Included are websites for students, lesson plans for teachers, and helpful articles for parents.

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News

September 11 News.com - September 11, 2001 News Archives "Permanent Internet Archive" of the news of that day

CNN In-depth special coverage

The New York Times: New York Region Special   Much information on that day as well as the aftermath, and even the future

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Reference

This section provides additional information for subjects that have been mentioned frequently in the news, in relation to the September 11 tragedy.      

GENERAL

WORLD TRADE CENTER

PENTAGON

AFGHANISTAN

TALIBAN

TERRORISM

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY

BIOCHEMICAL WARFARE

 

General

After Sept. 11: Perspectives from the Social Sciences   recommended by The Scout Report; "contains essays by well-known social scientists on the events of and following September 11."

September 11 Archive websites about September 11 have been captured and archived here; a collaboration between the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive and webArchivist.org

September 11th Digital Archive another source of testimony and images

Terrorism and U.S. Policy

America's Crisis: Asian Perspectives - from AsiaSource

Q & A on Islam and Arab-Americans

The following were recommended by Choice magazine:

September 11 Resources

September 11, 2001, (9/11), Archive of Screenshots of Online News Sites on September 11/12, 2001

September 11 News.com - Archived September 11, 2001 News; Archives in Images, Photos, & Newspapers from the Sept. 11th, 2001 Terrorist Attacks at the WTC & Pentagon.

 

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World Trade Center

World Trade Center - Minoru Yamasaki - Great Buildings Online

Images of the World Trade Center from Google.com

 

 

Pentagon

The Pentagon: Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense

The Pentagon

 

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Afghanistan

CIA - World Factbook -- Afghanistan

ELDIS - Afghanistan Country Profile choose Afghanistan from the drop-down menu

Online NewsHour -- Afghanistan

Afghanistan -- our website on the country

 

 

Taliban

Who are the Taliban of Afghanistan? from CNN

Who are the Taliban?

 

Terrorism

Terrorism and Security Collection -- NAP "The National Academies Press (NAP) offers the full text of several publications related to bioterrorism, laboratory safety, and cryptography, among other topics, for browsing online."

Terrorism - Websites from the Multnomah Co. Pub. Lib.

World Trade Center Attack - Websites from the Multnomah Co. Pub. Lib.

International Policy Institute for Counter Terrorism - Israeli site

Public Agenda Special Edition: Terrorism - how has the U.S. public reacted?

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United States Foreign Policy

U.S. Foreign Policy Archives

U.S. State Department - Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs

U.S. Department of State

Foreign Policy Association

 

Biochemical Warfare

Anthrax - General Information from the Centers for Disease Control

Stimson - The Biological and Chemical Weapons Nonproliferation scholarly piece providing background information on the aforementioned topic

CNS - Chemical and Biological Weapons Resource Page  From the Monterey Institute of International Studies

Terrorist Use of Chemical / Biological Agents From the Learning and Development Branch, Human Resources Directorate, RCMP

Welcome to the US Army Research Institute of Chemical Defense Chemical and Biological Warfare Websites

 

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Student Resources

U.S. Official Discusses Muslim Life in America

After Disaster: What Teens Can Do

Academic Info American Studies: Terrorist Attack on the United States - reference source

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Teacher Resources

National Geographic: Afghanistan - maps, news, photos, more  "Maps and news on crisis in Afghanistan-with maps of attacks, Northern Alliance and Taliban territories, refugee camps, ethnic groups, and terrain;" four lesson plans included

Ideas from Choices about teaching high school students

PBS - America Responds: For Educators -- Tolerance in Times of Trial - lesson plans about tolerance

Bill of Rights in Action - "Should Hate Be Outlawed?

Terrorism - lesson on terrorism

Discussing a National Crisis - from CNN

Academic Info American Studies: Terrorist Attack on the United States - reference source

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Parent Resources

Family & Issues > Times of Crisis - many articles including "Teaching Your Children Tolerance in the Face of Violence" and "Dealing with Fears Arising from the Terrorist Attacks"

Helping Children Cope With Loss

Talking with Kids: Violence

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Controversial Viewpoints

It is our effort to provide information on both sides of view.  We do not support nor oppose any of this information.  Rather, we simply wish to provide access to all opinions and views, in an effort to let the viewers of this page make their own decisions.

Analysis - Afghanistan's Northern Alliance

al-Qa'ida (The Base) / World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews

Al-Qaida

 

 

 

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Last updated: April, 2009