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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1-5)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to discuss the 9/11 attacks, and what is revealed about high-tech and low-tech terrorism. The 9/11 terrorists did not use bombs or high-tech weapons to attack the World Trade Center or the Pentagon. They used hijacked commercial airplanes.
Lesson
Class Discussion: How did the terrorists on 9/11 use a plane rather than creating a weapon for their attacks? Why did they take transcontinental flights? What was the policy if a plane was hijacked? Why did they not need weapons to take control of the planes? How were the planes as powerful as any bomb the terrorists might have constructed? How much flight experience or training did the terrorists need? What challenges does the author think terrorists face if they try to use high-tech in attacks? Why would it be so difficult for terrorists to build bombs or other high-tech weapons? Why does the...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(d), 9-10.3(e), 11-12.3(d), 11-12.3(e)
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