This episode is part of the former Art Class Curator podcast and is targeted specifically for art teachers. 

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The 20th anniversary of 9/11 is right around the corner. So many people, including your students, weren’t alive when it happened. That’s shocking when you think about it because of how it changed our world practically overnight and still influences current events. So in this episode, I want to use the 9/11 Memorial artwork as a case study for bringing past (and present) events into the classroom and using art to process, reflect, practice empathy, and better understand complex issues.

4:57​ - How the 9/11 monument lesson inspired one particularly creative junior high student

8:59 - How art serves as a way for students to experience history, past and present

13:12 - A description of the memorial, who created it, and what it feels like to view it in person

20:10 - One of the lesson activities provided for the monument and other activity ideas

23:01 - Various ways you can apply this lesson (and others available in the Library) to your classroom

26:01 - How incorporating lessons like this can help you in other ways

Transcript at https://artclasscurator.com/77