​​​​​​​​​​​Alabama Veterans Memorial Foundation
The Alabama Veterans Memorial Park
Lesson 8B:
Alabama and the War on Terror
A Social Studies Lesson Plan Developed for
Upper Elementary (4-6) and Middle School (7-8)
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RESOURCES:
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Chromebooks or another computer
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Poster board (one board per group) or virtual poster board (Canva, PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.)
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Art materials
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Push pins
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To be printed for distribution to Students:
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Notetaking Graphic Organizer - one for each student
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Graph Template - one for teachers
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Links for use in Lesson Plan presentation:
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WVTM digital story on Dwayne Williams, who died in the Pentagon
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Alabama News Center story on Wayne Williams and his brother’s tribute
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Eddie Dillard was born in Alabama but family moved to Chicago months after his birth. He was not included in the Al story about the nine who died on 9/11.
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Teacher Information:
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Names of the people with ties to Alabama who died in 9/11 attacks. Write one name on 9 separate pieces of paper to distribute to the student groups
Lynn Edwards Angell, Alok Mehta, Carl Max Hammond, Jimmy Ira Holly, Terry Lynch, Operations Specialist 2nd Class Nehamon Lyons IV, Information Systems Technician 1st Class Marsha Ratchford, Sgt. Tamara Thurman, Major Dwayne Williams, Eddie Dillard (only lived a few months in Alabama and was not mentioned in the news story of people from Alabama)
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