Students today have heard much about the tragedy of 9/11, but most likely have little knowledge about terrorism of the twentieth century or worldwide terrorism.  This lesson was inspired by a lesson in the Virginia Department of Education’s Enhanced Scope and Sequence for World History II which included the questions and charts which are used in this lesson (found on pages 193-195).  The chart is attached below and questions have been added to a Google Form. This lesson introduces students to terrorist activities around the world and culminates in a cooperative learning experience in which students will research different terrorist events and create a timeline of those events.

The goal of this exercise is to consider the impact of the War on Terror in the global arena. We will also learn more about terrorism, generally. Crosstabulations and frequency tables will be used.