Comments on: Teaching the Literature of 9/11 http://litbits.tengrrl.com/2011/09/15/teaching-the-literature-of-911/ Just another WordPress site Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:28:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2 By: Daniel Schafer http://litbits.tengrrl.com/2011/09/15/teaching-the-literature-of-911/#comment-249 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:15:48 +0000 http://blogs.bedfordstmartins.com/litbits/?p=5289#comment-249 Though not a work of literature, The 9/9/11 airing of This American Life tells the story of 9/11 survivors, their families, and their reactions to anniversary-related events.
In the first few minutes Glass speaks to a woman who does whatever she can to avoid these events because she must “forget in order to heal.” Glass then asks the question (apologies if I misquote here) “If these events aren’t for 9/11 survivors, or the families of those who were killed in the attack, who are they for?”
A story like this one would certainly encourage students to think critically about how the world has changed since 2001, as well as the motivation behind 9/11-related events.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/play_full.php?play=445&podcast=1

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