Remember
September 11 
Late Elementary (3-5)
Lesson Plans
NEA
Guidance for Teachers and Education Support Professionals
Lesson
Plans and materials are divided into five sections.
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list.
Facing
Personal Feelings
Facts
About Terrorism and War
Do
Something!
In
Addition.
Suggested
Reading and Music Lists
Facing
Personal Feelings
To
obtain the desired Lesson Plan, click on the title.
(*
indicates a Lesson Plan that is located on another
site such as the American Red Cross. You may be
asked for your name, email address and other information
to obtain access to these plans. All materials
listed are available for free.)
Sending
Liberty and Faith Across the Nation
(n18)
Through
the sending of patriotically themed stuffed bears
across the nation, Americans can share the experiences
they had on September 11 and how their lives have
changed in its aftermath.
Smithsonian
Commemorates American Experiences on Sept. 11
(n11)
To
permanently archive everyone’s experience on September
11 in the September 11 Digital Archive, available
online on the anniversary of the tragedy in conjunction
with the exhibit, September 11: Bearing Witness
to History.
Facing
Personal Feelings (rl01)
To
help students understand their personal feelings
following a tragic event and to see that a wide
range of feelings is normal.
Stress
and Relating to Others (rl02)
*
To
help students understand others’ reactions to
a tragic event, express ways to support each other
and deal with their own feelings.
APA
& Discovery Health Forum: Alliance to Renew
American’s Sense of Hope (n10)
To
provide teaches, students, parents and all other
Americans with the tools needed to regain a new
sense of hope via a co-produced one-hour documentary
“Aftermath: The Road to Resilience”
and accompanying information kits.
Media
Literacy (rl03) *
To
help students process what they saw on television,
heard on the radio, or read in the newspapers
or other media sources about the tragic event.
Also to give students an opportunity to talk with
one another about what happened and how they are
feeling.
Have
We Felt This Way Before? Reacting to Tragic Events
(rl04) *
To
have students compare reactions to tragic events
in the past with reactions to this event and to
help students understand that feelings of uncertainty
and sadness will gradually subside.
One
Year Later: Remembering Sept. 11
(n20)
To
make sure that students and staff understand the
anniversary effect, its corresponding reactions,
and that they prepare for it and memorialize it.
Remembering
Sept. 11: Tips for Students (n21)
To
provide a list of ways in which students can protect
themselves from emotional distress around the
anniversary of September 11.
Poetry
of Peace (n25)
To
elicit responses through writing and composing
music about the tragic events of September 11,
2001.
America
Changed (n37)
Students
will identify changes they’ve seen in their city,
state, country over the past year and use poetry
to further reflect upon these changes.
Kindness
Towers Here (n44)
To
reinforce the concepts that each of us has an
impact upon one another and that each of us can
make a difference. To remind all members of the
learning community that each person has a story
to share. To practice all components of the writing
process.
Facts
About War and Terrorism
To
obtain the desired Lesson Plan, click on the title.
(*
indicates a Lesson Plan that is located on another
site such as the American Red Cross. You may be
asked for your name, email address and other information
to obtain access to these plans. All materials
listed are available for free.)
Communicating
the Facts (rl05) *
To
identify and communicate students’ perceptions
of an act of terrorism or tragic event. To reach
to correct misconceptions. To determine what further
information is needed to form rational opinions
about the event.
Be
Media Savvy (rl06) *
To
compare and evaluate news stories based on point
of view, the use of fact, opinion, and bias.
Impact
of the Facts (rl07) *
To
identify the impact of terrorism and tragic events
on the family, community, nation, and the world.
Facts
About Terrorism and War (rl08)
To
recognize that people help people during all types
of emergencies.
Do Something!
To
obtain the desired Lesson Plan, click on the title.
(*
indicates a Lesson Plan that is located on another
site such as the American Red Cross. You may be
asked for your name, email address and other information
to obtain access to these plans. All materials
listed are available for free.)
Building
a Memory (n38)
To
design/build a memorial to 9/11.
Family
Disaster Plan (rl09) *
To
help students and their families learn about family
and community preparedness.
Community
Preparedness (rl10) *
To
give students and opportunity to “experience”
the community planning and decision-making required
to prepare for, respond to, and recover from an
emergency, and to gain an appreciation for those
in the community who respond when disaster strikes.
Do
Something!
(rl11)
To
have students clarify their understanding of tragic
events through verbal and nonverbal expressions
and to have students communicate their gratitude
and concern for community helpers such as fire
and rescue workers, and police officers.
Healing
Tools, Routines and Rituals (rl12)
*
To
help students understand that they can help themselves
feel better by taking care of themselves, by following
their established routines and by identifying
activities that make them feel better.
The
Fabric of Community (n39)
Construct/paint
commemorative quilt that honors our community.
Moving
Forward (n40)
Building
a “moving” memorial to 9/11.
In
Addition…
To
obtain the desired Lesson Plan, click on the title.
(*
indicates a Lesson Plan that is located on another
site such as the American Red Cross. You may be
asked for your name, email address and other information
to obtain access to these plans. All materials
listed are available for free.)
Crisis
Management Institute’s Sept. 11 Guides*
In
the following guides you will find suggestions
for working with staff on preparedness for fall,
for the 9/11 anniversary, and on setting school
climate that fosters trust.
Peaceful
Tomorrows from the Families of Sept. 11 Victims*
Peaceful
Tomorrows is an advocacy organization founded
by family members of September Eleventh victims.
Smithsonian’s
National Museum of American History Exhibit on
Sept. 11 (n12)
On
the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of
American History, Behring Center will open a commemorative
exhibition, “September 11: Bearing Witness
to History,” containing artifacts, images,
and personal stories. The 5,000-square-foot exhibition
opens on Sept. 11 and closes Jan. 11, 2003.
Journey
for America: A Living Memorial (n16)
To
remember the 4000 lives lost on September 11 in
a cross-country walk in which a flag is carried
for each fatality, ending in New York City on
the anniversary of the first year anniversary
of the tragedy.
Suggested
Reading and Music Lists
Suggested
Reading
Eve
Bunting, Smoky Night
Lucille
Clifton, Everett Anderson ‘s Goodbye
Barbara
Cohen, Molly’s Pilgrim
A
Guide for Using Molly s Pilgrim in the Classroom
by Susan Kilpatrick
Janice
Cohn, Why Did It Happen: Helping Young Children
Cope in a Violent World
Jamie
Lee Curtis, Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods
that Make My Day
Norah
Dooley, Everybody Cooks Rice
Ed
Emberley, Go Away. Big Green Monster!
Karen
English, Nadia’s Hands
Margaret
Holmes, A Terrible Thing Happened
Patricia
Polacco, Thunder Cake
Ellen
Stoil, Pip’s Magic
Dr.
Seuss, My Many Colored Days
Dr.
Seuss, The Sneetches and Other Stories
Judith
Viorst, The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
Suggested
Music
Music
has the power not only to express difficult and
deep emotions but also to draw people together.
To complement the Facing Fear curriculum, you
may find some of the following music useful. In
addition, we suggest asking your school music
specialist for titles of appropriate CDs or tapes
for your class. MENC: the National Association
for Music Education is also a good resource for
appropriate music titles. Visit the Web site at
www.menc.org and look for the section titled “0
Say Can You Sing.”
Expressing
Grief/Mournful
Dona
Nohis Pacem by Bach
Finlandia
by Sibelius
Funeral
Ikos by John Tavener
“Pas
de deux” from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake
Pavane
for a Dying Princess by Ravel
Symphony
no. 3, Eroica. second movement, by Beethoven
Calming/Soothing
Adagio
in G by Tomaso Albinoni
“Make
Our Garden Grow” from Candide by Bernstein
Danses
Sacre et Profane by Debussy
Harp
Concerto in C major, third movement, bv Francois-Adrien
Boidldieu
Irish
Blessing and numerous other pieces for chorus
by Rutter
La
Mer by Debussy
Lux
Aeterna by Skip Lauridsen
‘The
Moldau” from the symphonic poem Ma Blast
by
Bedrich Smetana
Prelude
to (he Afternoon of a Faun by Debussy
Performances
by pianist George Winston
Recordings
of nature sounds such as rainforest, rushing water,
birds, rustling trees
Changing
Your Mood
Folk
dances
Grand
Canyon Suite by Grofe
Klezmer
Scott
Joplin rags
Strauss
waltzes
Tchaikovsky
ballets (Swan Lake, Nutcracker Suite)
Uplifting
Appalachian
Spring by Copland
Cuban
Overture by Gershwin
Eine
Kleine Nachtmuzik by Mozart
Fanfare
for the Common Man by Copland
Symphony
no. 9, Ode to Joy, by Beethoven
Symphony
no. 2, London Symphony, by Ralph Vaughan Williams
“The
Promise of Living” from the Tender Land by
Copland
Choral
pieces by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Energizing
“Spring”
from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi
Latin
and tango selections
American
in Paris by Gershwin
Selections
from West Side Story like “America”
by Bernstein
“Entrance
of the Queen of Sheba” from the Solomon oratorio by Handel
Sousa
marches
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