Teaching students about terrorism and related resources

In light of recent events, various organiztions have compiled lists of resources for educators and parents to help students cope with and discuss this tragedy. You can easily access all of these sites from the hotlist posted on the PBS 45 & 49 Department of Educational Services site at http://wneo.org.

PBS-Related Resources

PBS Kids Resources for Parents Suggestions and activities to help families communicate about the tragedy as well as specific children's programming resources (Sesame Street, Mister Rogers, Dragon Tales, etc.) are accessible through the PBS 45 & 49 site at http://wneo.org.

Classroom Resources Educators, find lesson plans and recommended online resources through the PBS 45 & 49 site at http://wneo.org.

Teaching Materials

Another Day That Will Live in Infamy: Helping Students Explore Their Feelings and the Facts about the Terrorist Attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001 at http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20010912wednesday.html .

Discussing a National Crisis Students will want to talk about the tragic events that occurred in New York and Washington D.C. Use this article and discussion activity as an opportunity to allow students to discuss their thoughts and emotions about the events. Have students examine the role of the National Security Council in dealing with the crisis: http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/fyi/lesson.plans/09/11/towers.pentagon/ .

New York State Department of Education: Crisis Advisory to Schools Visit http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/crisis/.

Other Current Events Resources

LexisNexis Free Resources: Attack on America LexisNexis has packaged relevant content from its deep archive of news, legal, legislative and business information to assist people in their jobs and lives with the ongoing after-effects of the tragic terrorist events of Sept. 11 at http://www.lexisnexis.com/resources/.

American Tragedy Find out how you can help the victims at http://helping.org/promos/cs_wtc.adp.

National Council for the Social Studies This area is designed to provide a forum for discussion of issues regarding the teaching of social studies as it relates to current events such as the terrorist attacks on the United States: http://www.ncss.org/resources/moments.html.

Mental Health Resources

Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters from the National Institutes of Mental Health at http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violence.cfm .

Helping Children and Adolescents After a Disaster from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: http://www.aacap.org/publications/disasterresponse/ .

FEMA for Kids How to Help Children After a Disaster: A Guide for Teachers at http://www.fema.gov/kids/tch_help.htm.

Talking to Children About Violence and Other Sensitive and Complex Issues in the World from Educators for Social Responsibility's conflict resolution resources: http://www.esrnational.org/guide.htm

Talking With Kids About the News from Children Now at http://www.childrennow.org/television/twk-news.htm .

Talking About Conflict and War from the The Learning Network at http://www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,20-6055,00.html .

The National Education Association: Crisis Communication Guide at http://www.nea.org/01crisis.html.

Coping With a National Tragedy from The National Association of School Psychologists at http://www.nasponline.org/NEAT/crisis_0911.html .

Talking to Kids About War from the New York University Child Study Center at http://aboutourkids.org/.

Hotlist of Web Sites on Coping With Grief from Connect for Kids at http://www.connectforkids.org/usr_doc/CopingWithGrief.htm.