Resources for “Teaching During a Time of Terror”
Teaching in World of Terrorism by George Lopez
Lesson Plans
The Choices Program
http://choices.edu/resources/current.php
A resource for various lesson plans and how our recent history and ongoing current events can be introduced and incorporated into the classroom.
Subject: Current events centered on conflicts between the U.S. and global terrorism.
Taming Terrorism
http://www.pbs.org/americaresponds/tamingterrorism.html
Grade Levels: 9-12
Subject: The responsibilities of stopping terrorism, who must take on this responsibility, and how it can be accomplished.
Teaching Guide on International Terrorism: Definitions, Causes and Responses
http://www.usip.org/class/guides/terrorism.html
Grade Levels: 11-12
Subject: Three lessons revolving around the various definitions of terrorism, possible origins of terrorism, and possible ways to address terrorism.
Teacher Resources
Teaching about Terrorism after 9/11 and Iraq
http://apsanet.org/print/printer_content_4968.cfm
Meant as an informative tool for teachers, the website offers collected information on the historical, geographical, and cultural components of terrorism and the role of the U.S. in combating terrorist activity.
Teaching Terror
http://teachingterror.net/
A large collection of academic articles, governmental transcripts, and websites dedicated to terrorism and strategies to cope with and defend against it.
Rethinking Schools: War, Terrorism, and Our Classrooms
http://rethinkingschools.org/special_reports/sept11/index.shtml
A resource for articles discussing ways in which teachers are approaching terrorism in the classroom.
Teaching Guide on International Terrorism: Definitions, Causes and Responses
http://www.usip.org/class/guides/terrorism.html
Portraits from the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
An article form the Middle East Resources journal, a journal dedicated to information for teaching about the middle east at the pre-collegiate level. It gives a detailed but brief history surrounding the conflict as well various teacher resources, such as an article to prompt class discussion and suggested videos on the subject matter.
Books
Uniting Against Terror: Cooperative Nonmilitary Responses to the Global Terrorist Threat
Edited by David Cortright and George A. Lopez
