Learn With Us Online
Although the 9/11 Memorial & Museum is temporarily closed, we are committed to providing relevant and engaging learning opportunities for students, teachers, families, and the general public. We have moved several educational resources online to support you while at home.
Activities at Home
Engage in simple, collaborative art-making activities with materials you have at home and share your work with us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.
Share your own message of gratitude and appreciation for those on the frontlines, both in the aftermath of 9/11 and now, by participating in our “Dear Hero” campaign. Download the template, write a “Dear Hero” message, and share it on your social media to help honor our heroes today.
Anniversary in the Schools Webinar
Register for this free, interactive program, offered every year on the 9/11 anniversary, that connects participants with guest speakers to learn about the attacks and the importance of commemoration. On the anniversary, participants can live chat with Museum staff during the program.
Webinar Stories
Explore a collection of first-person video accounts from our annual Anniversary in the Schools webinar that help us understand the attacks and the ways people exemplified strength and resilience in their aftermath. These five- to ten-minute stories, all filmed onsite at the Memorial and the Museum, can be sorted by speaker and video type.
Lesson Plans
Our online lesson plans offer educators age-appropriate and engaging ways to teach about 9/11 and its ongoing repercussions. Browse these inquiry-based, multimedia lessons for K to 12 students. Each lesson is organized by theme, grade-level, and length of activity.
In offering examples of resilience, empathy, and courage, we hope these activities and resources provide you and your young learners at home with opportunities to feel connected to others in this current moment.
By 9/11 Memorial Staff
Search and rescue dogs went beyond their specialized training to elevate the spirits of responders at Ground Zero. Recovery workers approached and embraced the search dogs, which were brightening the dark days on the pile. Workers seeking a break hugged, petted, gave treats to, and played with the dogs.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum's director of photography witnesses melting of World Trade Center steel at a Missouri foundry, which would later be reshaped and poured into the fissures on the 9/11 Memorial Glade’s monoliths.