Dear Me - Remembering the Life Lessons of 9/11 on Its Fifth Anniversary

• Author: Sarah KavanaghTanya Yasmin Chin
• Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
• Institution Name: New York Times Learning Network
• Collection: New York Times
• Grade Level: Primary, Secondary

• Abstract: In this lesson, students will go on a "Memorializing 9/11" gallery walk and then write a letter to themselves that will be sent to them in one year about the lessons they have learned from catastrophic life and world events.

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• Languages: English
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