Always Remember

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

6

Overview

In this reading passage, students learn about the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were a series of four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by the militant Islamic extremist network al-Qaeda against the United States. Nearly 3,000 people died on that day. Every year on the anniversary of September 11, remembrance ceremonies are held at the crash sites. On the 10th anniversary, two new memorials to honor those who were lost were opened.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 6

SS10.6.12

Evaluate significant political issues and policies of presidential administrations since World War II.

UP:SS10.6.12

Vocabulary

  • Interstate Highway System
  • Great Society
  • affirmative action
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Welfare Reform
  • Patriot Act
  • No Child Left Behind
  • McCarthyism
  • Watergate Scandal
  • impeachment
  • Hurricane Katrina
  • Vietnam Conflict
  • Iranian Hostage Crisis
  • Camp David Accords
  • Persian Gulf Wars
  • domestic and foreign policy
  • desegregation
  • human rights
  • embargo
  • terrorism
  • equal opportunity

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The significant political issues and policies of American presidents since WWII.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Appraise the value of technological advances.
  • Cite evidence to support historical events.
  • Evaluate the foreign and domestic policies of the US after WWII.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • We can evaluate the politics and policies of American presidents since WWII.

CR Resource Type

Learning Activity

Resource Provider

ReadWorks.org

License Type

Custom

Accessibility

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