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September 11 Terrorist Attacks


363.34 HAL
Halberstam, David. Firehouse. 1st ed. New York: Hyperion, 2002.

363.34 IN
In the Line of Duty : A Tribute to New York's Finest and Bravest. 1st ed. NewYork: ReganBooks, 2001.

363.34 PIC
Picciotto, Richard and Paisner, Daniel. Last Man Down : A Firefighter's Story of Survival and Escape from the World Trade Center. New York: Berkley Books,  2002.  

363.37 BRO
Hendra, Tony. Brotherhood. New York, N.Y: American Express Pub., 2001.

725 GIL
Gillespie, Angus K. Twin Towers : The Life of New York City's World Trade Center. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, 1999.

973.931 ONE
One Nation : America Remembers September 11, 2001. 1st ed. Boston: Little, Brown, 2001.

974.7 POR
Portraits 9/11/01 : The Collected "Portraits of Grief" from The New York Times. 1st ed. New York: Times Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2002.  

Terrorism

303.6 BER
Bergen, Peter L. Holy War, Inc : Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden. New York: Free Press, 2001.  

303.6 CAR
Carr, Caleb. The Lessons of Terror : A History of Warfare Against Civilians : Why it Has Always Failed and Why it Will Fail Again. 1st ed. New York:  Random House, 2002.  

303.6 EME
Emerson, Steven. American Jihad : The Terrorists Living Among Us. New York: Free Press, 2002.  

322.4 ESP
Esposito, John L. Unholy War : Terror in the Name of Islam. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.  

327.1273 BAE
Baer, Robert. See No Evil : The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism. 1st ed. New York: Crown Publishers, 2002.  

364.1 REE
Reeve, Simon. The New Jackals : Ramzi Yousef, Osama Bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1999. 

956 WRI
Wright, Robin B. Sacred Rage : The Wrath of Militant Islam : Updated with an Epilogue. Rev. Touchstone ed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986.  

958.104 JAC
Jacquard, Roland. In the Name of Osama bin Laden : Global Terrorism and the bin Laden Brotherhood. Durham: Duke University Press, 2002.  

  Afghanistan

305.42 BEN
Benard, Cheryl and Schlaffer, Edit. Veiled Courage : Inside the Afghan Women's Resistance. 1st ed. New York: Broadway Books, 2002.  

958.1 EWA
Ewans, Martin. Afghanistan : A Short History of its People and Politics. 1st ed. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2002.  

958.104 GRI
Griffin, Michael. Reaping the Whirlwind : The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan. London: Pluto Press, 2001.  

958.104 RAS
Rashid, Ahmed. Taliban : Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.  

958.104 TAM
Tamarov, Vladislav. Afghanistan : Soviet Vietnam. San Francisco: Mercury House, 1992.  

Islam

297 ARM
Armstrong, Karen. Islam : A Short History. Modern Library ed. New York: Modern Library, 2000.  

297 BRA
Braswell, George W. Islam : Its Prophet, Peoples, Politics, and Power. Nashville, Tenn: Broadman & Holman, 1996.  

297 KOR
The Qur'an. (Koran. English & Arabic). Shakir, M. E., translator. 6th U. S. edition. Elmhurst, N.Y: Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, Inc, 1990.

297 MOR
Mortimer, Edward. Faith and Power : The Politics of Islam. 1st ed. New York:  Random House, 1982.  

297 SPE
Speight, R. Marston. God is One :  The Way of Islam : The Way of Islam = Allah Wahid. New York: Friendship Press, 1989.  

297 ZEP
Zepp, Ira G. A Muslim Primer : A Beginner's Guide to Islam. 2nd ed. Fayettville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press, 2000.

305.48 BRO
Brooks, Geraldine. Nine Parts of Desire : The Hidden World of Islamic Women. 1st ed. New York: Anchor Hardcover, 1995.                                    

305.48 FER
Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock. In Search of Islamic Feminism : One Woman's Global   Journey. 1st ed. New York: Doubleday, 1998.

VHS 297 ISL
Moyers, Bill D. Islam. [S.l.]: Newbridge Communications, 1996.

Arab-Israeli Conflict

956 UND
Gerner, Deborah J. Understanding the Contemporary Middle East. Boulder, CO:  Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000.

956.94 BRE
Bregman, Ahron and El-Tahri, Jihan. The Fifty Years' War : Israel and the Arabs.  New York: TV Books Inc, 1999.  

VHS 956.94 FIF
Lyman, Will. The 50 Years War : Israel and the Arabs. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 1999.  

Children's Materials

E ROT
Roth, Susan L. It's Still a Dog's New York : A Book of Healing. Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 2001.  

  J297 GOR
Gordon, Matthew. Islam. New York: Facts on File, 1991.

  J973.931 AME
Roleff, Tamara L. America Under Attack : Primary Sources. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2002.  

August 20, 2002

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List of titles for the September 11

Poetry

After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes              Emily Dickinson

The Dream Keeper                                                         Langston Hughes

Any Human to Another                                                Countee Cullen

A Psalm of Life                                                               Henry W. Longfellow

Holy Sonnet 10: Death Be Not Proud                         John Donne

A Refusal to Mourn…                                                    Dylan Thomas

Concord Hymn                                                                Ralph W. Emerson

The People Will Live On                                              Carl Sandburg

Speeches

Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech 1950                William Faulkner

Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech 1962                John Steinbeck

The Gettysburg Address 1863                          Abraham Lincoln

Non-fiction

A Vision Beyond Time and Place                                                N. Scott Momaday

Reaching Farther Out, an excerpt from  Blue Highways         W.Least Heat Moon

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Preparation for 9/11
K-8 Resources
Prepared by Diana Doiron

Nonfiction:

The New York Times: A Nation Challenged, A Visual History of September 11 and Its Aftermath, Young Readers Edition.  New York: New York Times Company and Callaway  Editions, Inc., 2002.

ISBN: 0-439-48803-6

www.callaway.com

www.scholastic.com

www.nytimes.com

Poetry:  

Heard, Georgia. This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort. MA: Candlewick Press.

ISBN: 0-7636-1924-8

Tall Tale:

Osborne, Mary. New York’s Bravest.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.

ISBN: 0-375-92196-6

Character Building:

Mannix, Darlene. Character Building Activities for Kids, Ready-to-Use Character Education Lessons and Activities for the Elementary Grades.  New Jersey: The Center for Applied Research in Education, 2002.

ISBN: 0-13-042585-0

www.phdirect.com/education

Topic Search: Heroes

Andrews, Andy. Letters from American Heroes with Sticker. (Beginning Reader PB)

ISBN: 1577597761

Altman, Susan.  Followers of the North Star:Rhymes about African Americans.

ISBN: 051645150

Bauermeister, Erica ,and Holly Smith. Let’s Hear It For The Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14.  www.penguinputnam.com

Bel Monte, Kathryn L.  African-American Heroes and Heroines.

ISBN: 0811908690

Bodie, Idella.  Spunky Revolutionary War Heroine.

ISBN: 0878441549

Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes.

Chipman, Dawn, et al. Coolwomen, the thinking girls’ guide to the hippest women in history. www.girlpress.com. 2001.

ISBN: 1-931497-02-8.

Coles, Robert. The Story of Ruby Bridges.

Cook, Shirley. 20TH –Century American Heroes: A Thematic Approach (Beginning Reader PB)

ISBN: 0865302596

Cox, Clinton.  Forgetten Heroes:The Story of the Buffalo Soldiers.

ISBN: 0590451227

Denenberg,Dennis.. 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet.

ISBN: 0761316124

Hudson, Wade.  Afro-Bets Book of Black Heroes from A to Z: An Introduction.

ISBN: 0940975025

Hudson, Wade. Great Black Heroes: Five Notable Inventors (Hello Reader)

ISBN: 0590480332

Katcher, Ruth.  My Heroes, My People: African Americans and Native Americans.

 ISBN: 0374307709

King, David C. American Heroes.

ISBN: 1567111653

Miller, Vickie Gai. Doris Miller: A Silent Medal of Honor Winner.

ISBN: 1571681795

Munson, Sammye.  Our Tejano Heroes: Outstanding Mexican-Americans

ISBN: 0890156913

Paul,  Ann. All By Herself: 14 Girls Who Made a Difference:Poems.

ISBN: 0152014772

Sanford, William Rey. Sacagawea: Native American Hero.

ISBN: 0894906755

Schraff, Anne E. American Heroes of Exploration and Flight.

ISBN: 0894906194

Schlissel, Lillian. Black Frontiers: A History of African American Heroes.

ISBN: 0689833156

Stanley, Phyllis M.  American Environmental Heroes.

ISBN: 0894906305

Westridge, Young. Kids Explore Kids Who Make a Difference.

ISBN: 1562613545

Resources for Book Titles:

The Children’s Literature Web Guide

www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown

Choice Awards

www.reading.org/choices

Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site
www.carolhurst.com/index

Book Links

www.ala.org/Booklinks

School Library Journal’s “ Best Books of the Year”

www.slj.com/articles/articles/articlesindex.asp

International Reading Association

www.reading.org

www.readingonline.org

Miss Rumphius Awards

Web.syr.edu/~djleu/RTEACHER/rumphius.html

StudyWeb

www.studyweb.com

Search Engine

www.metacrawler.com

NPR Transcripts

www.npr.org/inside/transcripts

www.teachnet.com

www.technology4u.com/ton

www.bookfinder.com

www.bibliofind.com

www.alibris.com

www.abebooks.com

www.booksearch.com

www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/publishers/bookstores.html

www.amazon.com 

www.bn.com

www.bookwire.com/index/booksellers.html