Blog post - VHP’s Newest Online Exhibit: Twenty Years of Service: Post 9/11 Veterans

Stories - Twenty Years of Service: Post 9/11 Veterans

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Lakeview High School Library in Battle Creek, Michigan has been grateful for the opportunity to display the exhibit "September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World" from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum so that our students might learn the lessons of the tragic attack on America.  The Battle Creek Enquirer wrote about the exhibit project in today’s newspaper.

As part of the exhibit, we’ve also included newspaper headline stories from the Battle Creek Enquirer offering local coverage from 2001. For example, the article below focused on the reactions of Lakeview students back on 9/11.

Additional examples of primary source material incorporated into the exhibit are several original letters (part of an assignment) which former Lakeview students wrote to international pen pals as they tried to make sense of what had taken place worldwide.

While students have viewed the exhibit, we’ve played in the background a video containing the reflections/reminiscences of current Lakeview teachers who were on board in 2001

As a former New Yorker, born and raised in midtown Manhattan, I shared in the video how the events touched me on a personal level, providing photos of visits back to NYC over the years with my husband and children.

My family atop the 108th floor of the World Trade Center in 1983

My family at Ellis Island in 1997 with the Twin Towers in the background.

Fortunately, the 2021 commemoration events marking the 20^th anniversary of 9/11 have been peaceful.  Lakeview High School Library will keep the 9/11 exhibit on display throughout the month of September.

We encourage students and teachers to watch (on demand) an excellent program from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum highlighting personal stories from 9/11 family members and first responders.

Thank you to all for your interest and support.

  September 11    9/11   9/11 Memorial & Museum 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/09/world/911-lessons-teens.html   6 - 8   9 - 12   13+   Social Studies/History   English/Language Arts 

  6 - 8   9 - 12   Social Studies/History This is a personal narrative of Flight 93 which crashed on the reporter's property on Sept. 11, 2001 and was supplied by Sue Wise, the Associate Director of the TPS Eastern Region: 

The American Libraries Special Report: The Legacy of 9/11 provides timely resources as we prepare to mark the 20^th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Stories in the special report include:

• a look back at the 21 libraries destroyed in the World Trade Center and the documentation activities that followed this immense cultural loss
• recollections from librarians who countered post–September 11 ignorance and bigotry with programs and information about Islam and the Middle East
• a profile on the public library of Gander, Newfoundland—a small Canadian town that found itself in the spotlight when 6,500 travelers were diverted there after the attacks
• an overview of two archives preserving the broadcasts and digital ephemera of September 11
• an interview about privacy and surveillance with the Connecticut Four, the four librarians who challenged the Patriot Act and government overreach that followed the attacks.

  September 11   American Libraries Magazine 

TPS Consortium member  Elise Langan, one of the admins of this Teaching 9/11 group, recently shared an article with me about how New York City's teachers are approaching discussions about 9/11 this year: As 9/11's memory fades, teachers show city students just how relevant it is.

I know you'll enjoy both the article and its many quotes from Elise herself!  

  Teaching Strategies 

Lakeview High School Library is proud to have been selected to receive one of the limited hard copy printed sets of the exhibition "September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World " from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.

As we prepare to display these most impactful posters in our library, here are supporting online resources from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum and the Library of Congress to share with colleagues.