In this session Students will learn about terrorism, addressing questions such as: What is terrorism? Who is classified as a terrorist and why? Why do young people become extremists? How do countries deal with terrorism? How do we respond to terrorism as individuals? What happened on September 11th, 2001? What were the consequences of the terrorist attacks which took place on September 11th, 2001?
Students will be presented with a range of information sources, created to look like current digital/social media sources, and evaluate which sources are the most trustworthy and which are the least trustworthy. Students will also consider if any sources of information are trying to influence their opinions. The sources will all refer to a real terrorist attack, which took place on September 11th 2001. At the end of the session, students will learn key facts about 9/11 and the consequences around the world.
The underlying themes of the session are extremism and vulnerability to radicalisation, with the learning objectives as follows:
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