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Conference Report

• Teaching 9/11 and the War on Terrorism, Trudy Kuehner (rapporteur), 3/2006

Topics and Speakers

Presidential Leadership in Times of Crisis

David Eisenhower, Co-Chair, FPRI History Institute for Teachers

D-Day Remembered, Watch on the West, June 2004

Terrorism in Historical and Comparative Perspective

Michael Radu, Co-Chair, FPRI Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security

• Radical Imams and Terrorists, FPRI E-Notes, August 2005
• London 7/7 and Its Impact, Watch on the West, July 2005
• Radical Islam and Suicide Bombers, Michael Radu, FPRI E-Notes, October 2003

Understanding Terror Networks

Marc Sageman, Senior Fellow, FPRI (forensic psychiatrist)

• Understanding Terror Networks Powerpoint presentation, 978K
• Understanding Terror Networks, FPRI E-Notes, November 1, 2004

Understanding Jihadism

Mary Habeck, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University

• Teaching Jihadism Powerpoint presentation, 2.8M

The Question of Homeland Security

Stephen Gale, Co-Chairman, FPRI Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security

• Hurricane Katrina and Terrorism, FPRI E-Notes, September 2005
• Terrorism 2005: Overcoming the Failure of Imagination, FPRI E-Notes, August 2005

Technology and Terrorism

Lawrence Husick, Senior Fellow, FPRI

• Planning a Sea-Borne Terrorist Attack, FPRI E-Notes, March 2005
• From MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction) to MUD (Multilateral Unconstrained Disruption): Dealing with the New Terrorism, FPRI Wire, February 2003

What’s Iraq Got To Do with It?

Harvey Sicherman, President, FPRI

• Observations on the War, FPRI E-Notes, March 2004
• Bleak New World, Harvey Sicherman, FPRI E-Notes, September 2001

What Every Student Should Know about the War on Terrorism

Edward Turzanski, Senior Fellow, FPRI

Final Thoughts for Your Classroom

Paul Dickler, Neshaminy High School; Senior Fellow, FPRI's Wachman Fund

• A Guide to Teaching About the War on Terrorism, Footnotes, March 2003
• Teaching About the War on Terrorism, Footnotes, February 2002

Classroom Lessons

The Mind of a Terrorist: A Psychosocial Perspective (37K Microsoft Word document)

Mike Wildermuth and Valerie Nugent

Propaganda: 9/11 and the War on Terrorism (38K Microsoft Word document)

Slides for Propaganda: 9/11 and the War on Terrorism (876K Microsoft Powerpoint presentation)

Chris Argenziano, Tom Husar, and Kim Marino

Teaching the 9/11 Anniversary (34K Microsoft Word document)

Lou Brown, Kevin McEvoy, Don Mandy, and Pete Walus

What is Islam and What are the Root Causes of Muslim Anger with the West? (32K Microsoft Word document)

Michele McCormick, Jim Pease, Chris Petruniak, and Joe Pastva

Analyzing Regional Conflicts Involving Terrorism (33K Microsoft Word document)

Alan Brodman, Barbara Maier, Ken Saroka

Project Terrorism (37K Microsoft Word document)

David Hahn

The War On Terrorism

Cathy Stokes

Related Resources on the FPRI Web

• Immigration and National Security, Jan C. Ting, FPRI E-Notes, September 2005
• Rethinking Nuclear Security Strategy, Rensselaer Lee, FPRI E-Notes, September 2005
• The New Jihad and Islamic Tradition, John Kelsay, FPRI Wire, October 2003
• Islam and the West: a Historical Perspective, Jeremy Black, Watch on the West, May 2003
• What Our Children Should Learn About 9/11/2001, Adam Garfinkle, Footnotes, September 2002
• The War and the West, James Kurth, Watch on the West, February 2002
• Cold War II, Walter A. McDougall, FPRI Wire, October 2001

Webcast on Teaching 9/11

• Map of Key Terror Attacks (3062K )
• War on Terror: Key Dates
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• War on Terror: Key Terms
  · Download 17K PDF · Download 38K MS Word document
• War on Terror: Additional Resources (15K )

We acknowledge with appreciation the support of The Annenberg Foundation and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation for FPRI’s History Institute for Teachers.