What Students Should Know About 9/11 and the War on Terrorism

A Webcast Designed for Secondary School Students

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Sponsored by the FPRI’s Wachman Center
Program on Teaching the Middle East and 9/11

On Thursday, September 11, 2008, the Foreign Policy Research Institute will sponsor two webcasts on what students should know about 9/11. Schools may sign up to view either or both webcasts live online and participate in the question-and-answer periods. All questions not answered during the session will be answered by email shortly thereafter. The webcasts will feature speakers drawn from FPRI’s Center on Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Homeland Security.

Session 1: 11:00 -11:45 a.m. Eastern Time

This session features an interview with Lawrence Husick, FPRI Senior Fellow specializing in the study of terrorist tactics and counterterrorism strategies, with a particular focus on the use of technology in terrorism. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and at the Johns Hopkins University. He is also co-director of FPRI’s Project on Teaching Innovation.

Session 2: 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. Eastern Time

This session features an interview with Adam Garfinkle, editor of The American Interest magazine. He served as speechwriter to the Secretary of State from 2003 to 2005. His essay “How We Misunderstand Terrorism,” is available as an FPRI E-note, September 2008.

Resources

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For background information on 9/11 and the war on terrorism, drawn from our History Institute for Teachers, visit www.fpri.org/education/middleeast.

Readings

Past events on related subjects

You can view the 2007 webcast, whose panelists included FPRI’s Stephen Gale, Michael Radu, Lawrence Husick and Harvey Sicherman.