1. English IV 9/11 Tribute Movie Assignment

2. Assignment: You will research a person involved in the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Your goal is to memorialize one who has fallen or offer a tribute to one who survived.

3. Procedure: You will choose either a person who died in the events on 9/11 or who was involved in the rescue efforts or who survived. Possible choices include first responders, people on the four airplanes, people in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and officials working to protect and save the citizens. This person should be lesser known than the ones who instantly come to mind. (i.e. Betty Ong, Todd Beamer, President Bush, the guy in the red bandana, etc.) Consult the list of excluded persons before choosing. Go to: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/lists/by- name/page90.html http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/lists/by- name/page90.html http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/lists/by- name/page90.html Look through names and choose someone.

4. Sign up for your hero: Once you have chosen your person, click on the linked name and print the first page and put your name and period on it. Turn this in to me as the choices are first come, first saved. Sign the list and make sure that no one in your class period has chosen the same person.

5. Research--Make Contact If you would like to email or “Facebook” contacts for this person and have your parents' permission to do so, please include the following information in your email: – your name, school's name, teacher's name and email address, a brief description of the project, and what you are asking for (pictures, memories, etc.). - Please be sensitive in your wording, since you are asking a stranger for assistance in recreating something that was very painful.

6. Send letter via email or Facebook Bring a copy of your letter to me for approval before you send it. You may not use email or facebook contact as a source without first having your letter approved. When you send the correspondence, send the copy to my email. Forward all emails/facebook communication to my email address as well.

7. Be creative and resourceful Find out everything you can about your person. Pursue information regarding his/her life--background, hometown, occupation, family, friends, and perhaps future.

8. Tribute You will create a movie about your person to show to the class, telling about his/her life, work and anything that will help “bring him/her to life.” Give this person a voice. Make him/her real. Offer as many details as you can.

9. Think “outside the box” with your research and feel free to use your abundant creativity.

10. Flashdrive and Index Cards You will need a flashdrive. You will need 4x6 (or larger) index cards (50 total by Tuesday, September 11).

11. Citing sources Include an annotated bibliography. (information to come)