Teachers from across the U.S. this summer took part in a program for educators at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. Nicole Sganga reports.

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Teachers across the United States are making concerted efforts to educate students about the September 11, 2001 attacks, recognizing that a significant portion of the current student population was born after the event. Educators like Anne Kreuss in Iowa and Chris Theilacker in Alabama are participating in specialized programs and drawing on personal experiences to develop lesson plans that convey both the historical significance and the emotional impact of 9/11.

These teachers emphasize the importance of understanding the trauma and unity that followed the attacks, aiming to ensure that the lessons of 9/11 are not forgotten by future generations. Programs at institutions like the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City are helping teachers bring firsthand accounts and accurate information into classrooms, fostering a curriculum that highlights both the challenges and resilience experienced in the aftermath.

Teachers keeping the lessons of 9/11 alive for new generation of students

September 11th, 2001. You will remember this day as long as you live. That was Dan Rather, opening this broadcast 24 years ago tomorrow. Many of us do remember that day, like it was yesterday. But nearly a third of Americans were born after those attacks happened. In tonightís Eye on America, Nicole Skanga reports on a mission to teach school kids about 9-11 so they can carry on the nationís promise to never forget. What do you already know about 9-11? And where did you learn what you know? In West Des Moines, Iowa, roughly 1,100 miles from ground zero, history teacher Anne Kreuss is tackling one of the most defining moments of the past half-century. Teaching students about 9-11 is critical. I want them to understand what their previous generation experienced, that trauma, and how an event like that brought millions of people, not even just in the United States, but globally together. Kreuss was in the third grade and had never even seen a skyscraper when terrorists turned four airplanes into weapons, killing almost 3,000 innocent people, a catastrophe now history class for her 11th graders like Fitz Carpenter. I actually learned some new stuff. I didnít know how many people were evacuated on the boats. To develop her lesson plan, Kreuss joined a group of teachers from all over the country this summer at New York Cityís 9-11 Memorial and Museum, part of a program designed to teach teachers what happened at ground zero. I could see the smoke coming from that first tower, that north tower. Bill Spade is the sole survivor of Staten Island, New Yorkís Elite Rescue 5. I heard the chief say, ìWe need four more rescues here, and we have jumpers.î He was one of the last men to evacuate the north tower. Weíre only minutes into this fire, and we got jumpers. This is the World Trade Center site right here. In Alabama, Chris Theilacker carries a different perspective. Just 25 on September 11th, the young Army officer deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan following the attacks. Which one of these was easier to relate to? Today, heís a high school teacher, passing along lessons of the global war on terror and of the resilience that followed. Itís one of those watershed moments in U.S. history. It must be taught. The patriotic side of it, the messy side of it. Itís a great rallying moment for what we can achieve when we decide to work together. Even in darkness, thereís light. Absolutely. Should every teacher in the U.S. be required to teach 9-11? Yes. I know itís hard to try to teach on September 11th to students, because you know, some of them, itís just their second week of school. But at some point, it definitely needs to be every stateís standard. So you have the two twin towers. Which city are those in? A curriculum designed for those who canít remember by this generation of teachers who have vowed to never forget. For Ryan America, Iím Nicole Scanga, in New York.

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