Memory is already beginning to fade.  A poll published in August 2006 in the Washington Post reveals some 30 percent of Americans cannot say in what year the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks occurred.

National 9/11/01 Civic Education Program An Initiative of World Trade Center United Family Group in Collaboration with Taft Institute for Government at Queens College.  Funded in part by the Generous Support of the ACE INA Foundation and Members of Our 9/11 Community.

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Background:

Individuals around our nation and the world were each affected by the events of September 11, 2001, in their own unique way but as time distances us from the attacks, memories are fading. Educators around the U.S. have expressed concerns with the lack of September 11th curriculum and memorial direction. With each new generation, vital lessons learned, and memories of those who perished in the attacks and our nation's response will continue to fade.

The National 9/11/01 Civic Education Program aims to provide high school teachers with the tools to educate their students on the historic events of 9/11/01 while promoting and directing the nation's youth toward civic participation. Organizers plan to complete a first edition written 9/11 curriculum by May 2008 and an interactive DVD and web based resources to follow in late 2008 and 2009. The interactive DVD teaching aide will feature moving personal testimonies, written materials, as well as an archive of transcripts and documentary footage.

National 9/11/01 Civic Education Program Objectives:

• Protect the legacy and memory of the September 11th victims and to ensure an authentic perpetuation of the historic events;
• Recount and examine the events of September 11, 2001, the aftermath and our nation.s response via first hand accounts of September 11th family members, survivors, rescue workers, residents and witnesses to ensure authenticity;
• Foster active ongoing discussions on September 11th in the same vein as Holocaust Studies;
• Invoke sense of unity and purpose felt in the aftermath of the attacks;
• Inspire and empower members of the general public and September 11th community to take an active role in their heritage and government by providing a general introduction to civic ideas, participation and community activism.
• Examine the politics of memory and restoration of the attack sites;
• Develop and include brief first-hand accounts and artifacts into lesson plans and activities, encouraging discussion;
• Feature a Remembrance Day program, which schools around the nation can easily adopt.

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