World Trade Center Movie Viewing Guide & Worksheets

This movie can be used as an introduction or review for your War on Terrorism unit and the viewing guide is designed to help insure that students are paying attention and thinking about the information presented in the film.

The Pre-Screening Guide should be completed before viewing the film and includes basic questions relating to the September 11 Terrorist Attacks.

The Viewing Guide is two pages and splits the movie into four parts. (The parts are labeled for you on the Viewing Guide.) Once your students have completed the Movie Viewing Guide, they can move on to the Research Worksheet.

On the post-screening worksheet, your students will analyze the content of the movie in regards to life during the time and the movie’s representation of the topic. These worksheets are also included in Google Form format to be submitted digitally.

How the Lesson Works:
★ The Pre-Screening Worksheet is designed to serve as an introduction or review of the topic.
★ The Viewing Guide is split into four sections with short answer, true/false, and multiple choice questions from the movie.
★ The Post-Screening Worksheet is designed to be completed after students have viewed the movie in its entirety.

Movie Synopsis:
On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the wreckage while the rescue teams fight to save them.

Required Materials:
★ World Trade Center (2006) DVD or Streaming Capabilities