Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Newshour Extra: Homegrown Terrorism, a Major Domestic Problem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plans will prompt students to review major acts of US terrorism and analyze their impact, examine three scenarios of possible homegrown terrorism, and write an essay expressing their views on how to manage terrorism in the context...
Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Terrorism in Southeast Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
A map that shows the different incidents of terrorism that have occurred in Southeast Asia. Click on the different countries to get information about the attack that occurred there. (20 November 2002)
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Terror" by Guy De Maupassant

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story "The Terror" by Guy de Maupassant. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
Lesson Plan
Other

National Council: War and Terrorism: Current Events: Iraq and 9/11

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A variety of teaching resources to address the September 11th tragedy. Content includes personal insights from teachers, lesson plans, articles, and much more.
eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of G. A. Henty's In The Reign Of Terror: The Adventures Of A Westminster Boy has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The War Terror by Arthur B. Reeve

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the novel "The War Terror" by Arthur B. Reeve on this site.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Angel of Terror by Edgar Wallace

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the mystery crime novel "The Angel of Terror" also known as "The Destroying Angel" by Edgar Wallace about a beautiful woman who can get away with murder.
Handout
PBS

Online Newshour:domestic Security

For Students 9th - 10th
Features an ongoing collection of articles and resources providing current and past news on domestic security and the war on terrorism. Gives facts on our domestic surveillance programs, the National Security Agency, the USA Patriot Act...
Activity
CBS

Cbs News: Terrorist Organizations

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive presentation provides excellent information about al Qaeda, Hamas and other Islamic terror groups. Aired in 2008.
Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Justification of the Use of Terror

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has an essay written by Maximilien Robespierre in 1794, during the tumultuous years of the French Revolution. A brief historical background of the essay is also included in this site.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: "Seven Minutes of Terror," Eight Years of Ingenuity

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about engineering the landing equipment on the Mars Rover. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: War, Globalization, and Terror

For Students 9th - 10th
Consisting of twenty-six video lectures, this resource provides a history of the U.S. role in the world, with a particular emphasis on commercial expansion and warfare, and their domestic consequences, in the 20th century.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Terrors of Sleep Paralysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Ami Angelowicz describes just how pervasive (but harmless) sleep paralysis is and introduces a cast of characters from sleep paralysis around the world. [4:49]
Website
Curated OER

Kids Health: Dealing With the Terrorist Attacks

For Students 9th - 10th
Terrorism is all over the world. How do children deal with hearing and seeing these terrible events? Here is a site that children can read that may help them deal with their feelings.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Titan of Terror: The Dark Imagination of h.p. Lovecraft

For Students 9th - 10th
Silvia Moreno-Garcia dissects the Lovecraftian legacy.
Article
CNN

Cnn: Timeline: Russia Terror Attacks

For Students 9th - 10th
From CNN, this site tracks the terrorism that is proported to be due to Chechen rebel separatists. Article begins with the June 1995 seize of hostages in a hospital in southern Russia and goes on to relate other major terrorism attacks....
Article
Other

Human Nature Review: Noam Chomsky: The New War Against Terror

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcription of lengthy talk given by an major American scholar on the attack of 9/11 and its implications for the American society by Noam Chomsky in The Human Nature Review, 001 Volume 1: 37-58 ( 5 November )
Website
BBC

Bbc: Is Somalia Next for 'War on Terror'?

For Students 9th - 10th
Analysis of whether or not Somalia will be the next breading ground for new terrorists. Covers what the United States may do but also the response from the new Islamic government. (6/2006)
Article
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism

For Students 9th - 10th
This August of 2002 report discusses post-September 11 treatment of Arab and Muslim people residing in the U.S.
Article
Other

Dean and Laura Vandruff: Conversational Terrorism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This humorous essay arms you against a host of "conversation terrorist" techniques. Learn to interpret phrases that are meant to keep you quiet, change the subject, or throw you off track in your conversation. SL.9-10.3 Eval...
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: Repression & Terror: Stalin in Control

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the repression implemented by Joseph Stalin to maintain tight control of Russia. It was a reign of arrests and execution.
Website
CNN

Cnn: War Against Terror: Anthrax

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN provides a wealth of background information on the latest headlines regarding the Anthrax threat of 2001.
Website
Other

Amistad Digital Resource: Racial Violence and Terror

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how the Ku Klux Klan perpetuated hate and violence against African Americans, communists, Catholics, Jews, and others that threatened their notion of white supremacy between 1880 and 1951.
Article
University of California

Uc Berkeley: America's Borders and Terrorism: The Waiting Game

For Students 9th - 10th
The impact of September 11th on Mexican immigrants is discussed here. Many immigrants are faced with a decision of staying in America or returning to their home country.

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