Lesson Plans
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum offers interactive lesson plans for students in grades 3 to 12 that address the 9/11 attacks, their ongoing repercussions, and the history of the World Trade Center. Lessons plans are divided by grade level and theme below.

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Featured Lesson Plan: Local Heroes
- Essential Question: What is a hero and how can people show gratitude to those who act heroically in their own communities?
- Grades: 3 to 5
- Theme: Memorializing 9/11
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Lesson Plans Results
- Warning Signs of an AttackLesson plan
- Essential Question: How did intelligence agencies track Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda’s activity prior to 9/11?
- Grades: 9 to 12
- Theme: Antecedents of 9/11
- The Evolving Threat of TerrorismLesson plan
- Essential Question: How has the threat of terrorism evolved, and what can counterterrorism agents learn from the hunt for bin Laden?
- Grades: 9 to 12
- Theme: Repercussions of 9/11
- What Happened on 9/11?, Part IILesson plan
- Essential Question: What happened on 9/11?
- Grades: 6 to 12
- Theme: Events of 9/11