9/11

As the anniversary approaches, we are realizing exactly how disconnected our students are. As a cross curriculum project the 7th grade students are working on time lines of their lives. The first major world happening for many of them is 9/11. Sadly, they have most of the major details incorrect. They write "The Twin Towers fell", as if they were knocked down not flown into and destroyed. They have no understanding that the attack/destruction is directly tied to the current war. Many other events have been destorted in their soundbite brains as well.


In response, we (another teacher and I) have been chosen to "lead" the next field trip. On the holiday we are going to the local rededication of a flag. Many of the students have signed up thinking they are just getting out of school. Little do they know that there are assignments planned around the dedication, around the anniversary, and around the event in general. Even the students at school are getting it. Nobody escapes.