October 15-16, 2005
Teaching 9/11 and the War on Terrorism
A History Institute for Teachers
Sponsored by the Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education
A Division of the Foreign Policy Research Institute
Co-chaired by David Eisenhower and Walter A. McDougall
At the Gregg Conference Center, American College
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Conference Report
Topics and Speakers
David Eisenhower, Co-Chair, FPRI History Institute for Teachers
D-Day Remembered, Watch on the West, June 2004
Michael Radu, Co-Chair, FPRI Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Marc Sageman, Senior Fellow, FPRI (forensic psychiatrist)
Mary Habeck, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
Stephen Gale, Co-Chairman, FPRI Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Technology and Terrorism
Lawrence Husick, Senior Fellow, FPRI
Harvey Sicherman, President, FPRI
Edward Turzanski, Senior Fellow, FPRI
Paul Dickler, Neshaminy High School; Senior Fellow, FPRI's Wachman Fund
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
We acknowledge with appreciation the support of The Annenberg Foundation and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation for FPRI’s History Institute for Teachers.