The Department of Homeland Security—established about a year after the September 11 attacks—changed national security. Using video clips, individuals explore the political rationale behind the new department. A carefully curated collection highlights speeches, a signing ceremony, and a call to Air Force One to inform the president about the new department.

Concepts

national security, terrorism, george w. bush, september 11th

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Show video clips to prompt discussion of the legacies of the September 11 attacks

Classroom Considerations

• Resource requires a free C-SPAN Classroom account or the use of the following login credentials: Username: students, Password: C-SPANCLASSROOM
• Link takes viewer to the Department of Homeland Security website

Pros

• The real-time nature of the videos is intriguing
  
• Clips are short and easy to integrate into instruction

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.4 RH.6-8.6 RH.6-8.10 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.4 RH.9-10.6 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.4 RH.11-12.6 RH.11-12.10