Next month marks 25 years since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a day many adults say they will never forget.
Next month marks 25 years since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a day many adults say they will never forget. But today, about one-third of Americans were either too young to remember what happened or were not born yet.
To help teach the next generation about the attacks, their impact and the stories of people who lived through them, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York, New York, is launching a new digital learning experience.
Noah Rauch, Senior Vice President for Education and Public Programs at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, and Nick Wightman, a Utah high school social studies teacher, joined ARC Seattle co-anchors Steve McCarron and Holly Menino to talk about why it remains important to teach young people about the Sept. 11 attacks, especially as more students have no personal memory of that day.
They also addressed how educators can help students understand the scale of what happened and what people experienced, and how teachers can use the museum’s new digital learning experience in classrooms. The discussion included ways educators and parents can present the history of 9/11 in an age-appropriate and thoughtful way, and what lessons students can take away about service, resilience and community.
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