Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2018
Capstone Advisor
Kendall Phillips
Honors Reader
Amos Kiewe
Capstone Major
Communication and Rhetorical Studies
Capstone College
Visual and Performing Arts
Audio/Visual Component
no
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Social Sciences
Subject Categories
Arts and Humanities | Communication | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
The American education system is plagued by a growing number of problems, one of them being the lack of attention given to teaching civics, history and government. The United States has transformed in less than a quarter of the new millennium, due in great part to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Despite this, the subject is not adequately covered by the public school system. This is evident when analyzing the curricula and state standards taken as a sample from five regions of the U.S., as well as textbooks published by the three companies that make up the majority of the education material market. While policy may direct teachers to mention 9/11 in some way, it is by no means sufficient enough for students to truly understand the vast repercussions of the events of that day. The analyzed curricula and textbooks are biased, brief, confusing, and overall inadequate for a generation defining event of that magnitude.
Recommended Citation
Prendergast, Susanne, "9/11 Education Policy: Is the Twenty-First Century’s “Day of Infamy” Adequately Taught in Modern Classrooms?" (2018). Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All. 1205.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/1205
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