9/11 Memory and Responsibility

📋 Plan du Cours

1. Les faits du 11 septembre
2. La mémoire du 11 septembre
3. Notre génération face au 9/11
4. Pourquoi faut-il se souvenir
5. Les connecteurs argumentatifs
6. Le past simple du récit
7. Construire un speech sur le 9/11

📖 1. Les faits du 11 septembre

📝 Points essentiels

• On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four planes; two crashed into the World Trade Center, another crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth crashed in Pennsylvania.

• The Twin Towers were severely damaged and collapsed, and almost 3,000 people died.

• The attacks shocked the whole world.

💡 Astuce mémo

Hijacking → crashes → collapse → deaths → global shock

📖 2. La mémoire du 11 septembre

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Ground Zero : the place where the World Trade Center stood
• 9/11 Memorial & Museum : tells the story of the attacks and preserves memories, objects and testimonies

📝 Points essentiels

• The Reflecting Pools are two large pools built where the Twin Towers once stood, with the victims' names written around them.

• These places and testimonies transform trauma into memory.

💡 Astuce mémo

Trauma → places, testimonies and teaching → collective memory