Select and read a primary and secondary text about the September 11, 2001, attacks. You may use video and print for your source,
then create a presentation that meets the following requirements. Present the key ideas in the primary account
What ideas seemed critical?
Did the presentation of material make an impact on you? (Think: word choice, expressions, details provided.)
Discuss the author’s analysis and conclusions
Present the key ideas in the secondary account
What ideas seemed critical?
Did the presentation of material make an impact on you? (Think: word choice, expressions, details provided.)
Discuss the author’s analysis and conclusions.
Analysis
What was unique about what the primary source taught you?
What was unique about what the secondary source taught you?
Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each source
Were details missing from one or both sources?
Did both sources provide the same or a more complete picture of the event?
(you choose your own primary and secondary sources)
Life expectancy decreased as large numbers of young people died from diseases. American urban areas came to hold more of the population than rural areas. Asian immigrants became the largest group of new arrivals into the country.
