The 5Ws are a powerful and simple way for students to get an overview of a topic and better enhance their understanding. By creating a spider map or narrative storyboard that showcases the 5Ws, students can demonstrate their knowledge using concise descriptions and visual scenes. Giving students a visual with each category helps students to better understand and remember the details and importance of the topic.
When learning about the Who, What, When, Where, and Why of 9/11, students may need teachers to provide a variety of age appropriate resources. After reading The Red Bandanna or Towers Falling and learning more about 9/11, students will create a spider map to explain the 5Ws about September 11, 2001. They will create scenes and a short description to answer the following questions: What was 9/11? When did 9/11 happen? Who was affected by it? Where did it occur? Why did it happen?
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Objective: Create a spider map that answers the following questions about 9/11: What was 9/11? When did 9/11 occur? Who was affected by it? Where did it occur? Why did it happen?
Introduce the concept of using the 5Ws to students and how they can use these questions to analyze to find more critical information about any topic. Discuss in detail how each question (Why, When, Who, Where, and What) is used in different situations and how students can mould these questions according to different topics.
Teachers can either make a list of topics that students can select to work on or students can choose an interesting topic on their own and get it approved by the teacher. After the topic has been selected, teachers can give a brief guideline to students on how they can use the 5Ws and what are the end objectives of this activity.
Divide the class into smaller groups, and have each group use the 5Ws to analyze a different subject. Encourage them to work together and present their research to the class. If students work in groups of 5 then each student can pick one question to focus on and in the end, the group can combine their analysis.
Ask the students to make a chart for the 5Ws that they will use to explain their topic to the rest of the class in an engaging way. Students can do this activity in groups or individually. This visual activity will keep them engaged and introduce them to new ways of learning.
Have a class discussion about the learnings from the 5Ws analysis to wrap up the assignment. Encourage your students to talk about anything that confused them or was particularly fascinating. Guide the students to always use this concept when they want to find out more information about a particular topic.
The 9/11 attacks had immediate negative effects on the economy, the loss of life, substantial property damage, and overall national security. It also had a grave impact on the culture, the society as a whole, and relationships with other countries especially in the Middle East region. A great sense of national togetherness as well as general shock and sadness were also brought on by the assaults.
The terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, which was headed by Osama bin Laden, was called responsible for the 9/11 attacks. They were motivated by an extremely radical ideology that opposed American foreign policy and the country's involvement in the Middle East.