1. World Affairs 9/7/11 Legacy of 9-11

2. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

3. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced..

4. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth

5. My question to you…. Was the Gettysburg Address fitting and appropriate for the 5 th anniversary ceremony at ground zero?

6. Are the ideas, ideals and values expressed by President Lincoln alive and well in the post 9-11 world?

7. Changes are occurring that many citizens are not unaware of.

8. New technology, new laws, a new “normal”.

9. What is a “suspicious activity report”?

10. Consider the following scenario: You are driving home from school and you stop at an intersection. Off to your left, you see three men pull into the parking lot of a convenience store. All three are wearing dark jackets, though it is a warm day. One of them is carrying an empty garbage bag. You see them pause outside the storefront, look around them quickly, and then enter the store hurriedly. The light in front of you changes and the cars begin to move.

11. Discuss: What do you think the men were doing? What additional information would confirm or refute your initial assumptions? What details in this scenario could reasonably be considered suspicious? Which ones could not? Explain. How do contextual details (time, place, behavior, etc.) help you to define what is suspicious?

12. Law enforcement has always relied on citizen tips about suspicious behavior to detect and prevent criminal acts, but since the 9/11 attacks, the federal government has set up a more formal system for reporting and communicating about suspicious behavior.

13. Consider the concept of "suspicious behavior." Describe what behavior you would consider to be suspicious enough to warrant the investigation of an individual in the following settings: an airport; a shopping mall; a public school; a military base.

14. Does the proliferation of fusion centers across the United States represent increased safety and security for Americans or an intrusion on civil liberties? Explain.fusion centers

15. Consider the term "global war on terror." How does this conflict differ from prior wars in American history? How is it similar?