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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- Counterterrorism after 9/11Lesson plan
- Essential Question: How did counterterrorism measures evolve in the immediate aftermath of 9/11?
- Grades: 9 to 12
- Theme: Repercussions of 9/11
- Paying Tribute to the AttacksLesson plan
- Essential Question: What are ways that people memorialized the 9/11 attacks?
- Grades: 3 to 5
- Theme: Memorializing 9/11
- The International Fight Against TerrorismLesson plan
- Essential Question: How did other nations assist the United States in the immediate search for Osama bin Laden?
- Grades: 9 to 10
- Theme: Repercussions of 9/11