Online Unit Plan 9/11 : Lesson Plan One Web Investigation 1 - Events of 9/11

Student name:______Date: ______Teacher: ______Period/Class: ______Weblink: http://timeline.national911memorial.org/

1) What is the name of the suspected group of terrorists that hijacked 4 planes?

2) Where did the hijackers first get on board a plane to connect with Flight 11?

a) Chicago, Illinois b) Portland, Maine c) Atlanta, Georgia d) Baltimore, Maryland

3) Name one of the conferences that was happening at the World Trade Centers on 9/11/2012.

______

4) What did Flight Attendants Betty and do that made them heroes of Flight 11?

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5) Where was President Bush when the 9/11 attacks began?

a) At his ranch in Crawford, Texas b) At an elementary school in Sarasota, Florida c) In the White House d) Giving a speech in ,

6) In which three states of the US did the three flights crash?

1. ______2. ______3. ______

7) Who ordered the evacuation of lower Manhattan in where World Trade Center was located? a) President George Bush b) Osama Bin Laden c) Rudy Giuliani, the mayor of New York City d) Federal Aviation Agency (FAA)

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8) How many survived the North Tower Collapse? ______

9) What is the approximate number of deaths on that day, resulting the single largest loss of life resulted from a foreign attack on American soil?

______

10) Put in order the events that happened first and put down the times it happened.

______Collapse of South Tower TIME: ______Plane crash in Pentagon TIME: ______Plane crash into South Tower of WTC TIME: ______Collapse of North Tower TIME: ______Plane crash into North Tower of WTC TIME: ______Plane crash in Somerset Co, Pennsylvania TIME: ______Collapse of Pentagon E Ring TIME: ______

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ANSWER KEY:

1) What is the name of the suspected group of terrorists that hijacked 4 planes?

Al Qaeda

2) Where did the hijackers first get on board a plane to connect with Flight 11?

a) Chicago, Illinois b) Portland, Maine c) Atlanta, Georgia d) Baltimore, Maryland

3) Name one of the conferences that was happening at the World Trade Centers on 9/11/2012.

Risk Waters technology conference Or National Association of Business Economics conference

4) What did Flight Attendants Betty Ong and Madeline Amy Sweeney do that made them heroes of Flight 11?

They stayed on the line for almost entire duration of flight, providing hijacker’s seat numbers to the FBI, jumpstarting the investigation.

5) Where was President Bush when the 9/11 attacks began?

a) At his ranch in Crawford, Texas b) At an elementary school in Sarasota, Florida c) In the White House d) Giving a speech in Los Angeles, California

6) In which three states of the US did the three flights crash?

1. New York 2. Virginia (near Washington, D.C.) 3. Pennsylvania

7) Who ordered the evacuation of lower Manhattan in New York City where World Trade Center was located? a) President George Bush b) Osama Bin Laden c) Rudy Giuliani, the mayor of New York City d) Federal Aviation Agency (FAA)

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8) How many survived the North Tower Collapse? 14 survivors

9) What is the approximate number of deaths on that day, resulting in the single largest loss of life resulted from a foreign attack on American soil?

Three thousand (3,000)

10) Put in order the events that happened first and put down the times it happened.

__4___ Collapse of South Tower TIME: __9:59 AM___ __3___ Plane crash in Pentagon TIME: ____9:37 AM______2___ Plane crash into South Tower of WTC TIME: ____9:03 AM______7__ Collapse of North Tower TIME: ___10:28 AM______1___ Plane crash into North Tower of WTC TIME: ____8:46 AM______5___ Plane crash in Somerset Co, Pennsylvania TIME: ___10:03 AM______6___ Collapse of Pentagon E Ring TIME: ____10:15 AM______

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