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Teachers make plans for lesson on Sept. 11 (Dana Hull, Jul. 16, 2002, San Jose Mercury News)

In less than two months, the United States will observe the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks -- and teachers are already thinking about how to mark the day in their classrooms. [...]

The National Council for the Social Studies recently created a lesson plan about ``Osama,'' a young boy from Iraq who immigrates to the United States and is teased at school because of his name.

Suppose, for just a moment, that, to commemorate Martin Luther King Day, The National Council for the Social Studies created a lesson plan about a boy named James Earl, who has just moved to a black neighborhood and is teased about his name.
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 17, 2002 3:26 PM