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Article: Whose terrorism? A classroom activity enlists students in defining terrorism and then applying their definitions to world events.
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- Radical Teacher
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- March 22, 2005
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This article first appeared in "War, Terrorism, and Our Classrooms, "a special issue of Rethinking Schools magazine, Winter 2001-2002. We are grateful to Rethinking Schools for permission to reprint this article. To subscribe to Rethinking Schools go to www.rethinkingschools.org. To access the full special issue, War, Terrorism and Our Classroom, visit Rethinking Schools online at: http://www.rethinkingschools.org/special_reports/sept11/index.shtml1
Shortly after the horrific September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush announced these as acts of war, and proclaimed a "war on terrorism." But what exactly was to be the target of ...