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When Air Traffic Control Realized a 9/11 Flight was Gone

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

When Air Traffic Control Realized a 9/11 Flight was Gone

URL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ook3Lgvw7Aw

Content Source:

Other
Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation

Type:

Audio/Video

Overview:

This clip re-enacts the attacks of September 11, 2001. One of the flights vanishes off the radar, and air traffic control tries to communicate with it. As news starts pouring in of an attack on the World Trade Center, concerned air traffic controllers note that the flight is heading towards Washington D.C. and begin to suspect the worst.

Content Standard(s):

Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 6
United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present

12 ) Evaluate significant political issues and policies of presidential administrations since World War II.

• Identifying domestic policies that shaped the United States since World War II

Examples: desegregation of the military, Interstate Highway System, federal funding for education, Great Society, affirmative action, Americans with Disabilities Act, welfare reform, Patriot Act, No Child Left Behind Act

• Recognizing domestic issues that shaped the United States since World War II

Examples: McCarthyism, Watergate scandal, political assassinations, health care, impeachment, Hurricane Katrina

• Identifying issues of foreign affairs that shaped the United States since World War II

Examples: Vietnam Conflict, Richard Nixon's China initiative, Jimmy Carter's human rights initiative, emergence of China and India as economic powers

• Explaining how conflict in the Middle East impacted life in the United States since World War II

Examples: oil embargoes; Iranian hostage situation; Camp David Accords; Persian Gulf Wars; 1993 World Trade Center bombing; terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001; War on Terrorism; homeland security

• Recognizing the election of Barack Obama as the culmination of a movement in the United States to realize equal opportunity for all Americans

• Identifying the 2008 presidential election as a watershed in the use of new technology and mass participation in the electoral process

Unpacked Content

Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government

Course Title: United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Evaluate the domestic and foreign policies of the US following WWII.
Explain the domestic issues that shaped the US following WWII.
Explain the causes of the intensifying conflict in the Middle East and the impact on life in the US.
Describe the importance of the election of Barack Obama in the movement to provide equal opportunities for all Americans.
Describe the technological advances used in the 2008 presidential election and its influence on voter participation.

Teacher Vocabulary:

Interstate Highway System
Great Society
affirmative action
Americans with Disabilities Act
Welfare Reform
Patriot Act
No Child Left Behind
McCarthyism
Watergate Scandal
impeachment
Hurricane Katrina
Vietnam Conflict
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Camp David Accords
Persian Gulf Wars
domestic and foreign policy
desegregation
human rights
embargo
terrorism
equal opportunity

Knowledge:

Students know:

The significant political issues and policies of American presidents since WWII.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Appraise the value of technological advances.
Cite evidence to support historical events.
Evaluate the foreign and domestic policies of the US after WWII.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

We can evaluate the politics and policies of American presidents since WWII.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SS.AAS.6.12- List significant policy changes of the late 20th century and their causes including desegregation of the military, federal education funding, and No Child Left Behind Act.
SS.AAS.6.12a - Understanding the election of Barack Obama as the culmination of a movement in the United States to realize equal opportunity for all Americans and how the 2008 presidential election as a watershed in the use of new technology and mass participation in the electoral process.

Tags:

2001, September 11, World Trade Center

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Author:

Ginger Boyd

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When Air Traffic Control Realized a 9/11 Flight was Gone