{"id":325971,"date":"2026-08-20T17:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/325971\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:32:08","slug":"nyc-teachers-how-are-you-teaching-about-9-11-on-its-25th-anniversary-share-your-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/325971\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC teachers: How are you teaching about 9\/11 on its 25th anniversary? Share your story."},"content":{"rendered":"

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As New York City memorializes the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, when hijackers flew planes into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and a Pennsylvania field, Chalkbeat wants to hear from teachers across the five boroughs: How do you teach about 9\/11 in your classroom? <\/p>\n

With children back in school for just one day before this year\u2019s anniversary, it might be hard for teachers to discuss the topic on 9\/11 as they are still building community with their students. Educators, how will you approach the day?<\/p>\n

Several resources for teachers exist. New York City\u2019s Education Department offers an instructional guide with links<\/a> to books, lesson plans, archival materials, and more, and also offers professional development sessions for teachers and administrators at the 9\/11 Memorial & Museum. And the 9\/11 Memorial & Museum provides lessons<\/a> for educators and also offers on-site and virtual visits for students in grades 3-12. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation has a 9\/11 curriculum<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Many New York City educators were in the classroom on Sept. 11, 2001 others may have been students at the time. <\/p>\n

Suzanne Werner, who worked at Lower Manhattan\u2019s P.S. 124, was asked that morning to cover for a fifth grade teacher whose husband worked at the nearby World Trade Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so hard to get back to teaching that fall,\u201d Werner previously told Chalkbeat<\/a>. \u201cThe stench of the cloud hung over the neighborhood. The number of boxes of letters and boxes of teddy bears from school kids all over the country was overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n

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