Welcome to The CELL’s new online classroom for teachers. The Center for Empowered Living and Learning (The CELL) is pleased to now offer comprehensive educational curriculum for high school social studies, ethics and humanities teachers on one of the most important issues of our time, terrorism. The CELL’s educational curriculum is designed to prepare students for the future by helping them evaluate news about terrorism, understand the root causes of terrorism, and ultimately, take action to help prevent it.
The following lesson plans are written to assist teachers in preparation for class visits to The CELL and include both general and specific lessons for pre-visit, at the exhibit, and post-visit. All curriculum is designed for students who are juniors and seniors in high school, or older.
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General Lesson Plans
Pre-Visit Materials
These plans are designed to get your students thinking about the key concepts and terms that they will encounter during their visit to The CELL.
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Exhibit Materials for Your Visit
This lesson will help students gain some expertise in one of the eight exhibit sections and then lead in some information-sharing and discussion among class members.
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Post-Visit Materials
These general post-visit lesson plans enable students to debrief and reflect on their experience at the exhibit, incorporating all of their senses.
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Section-Specific Lesson Plans
Terrorism in our Times
This lesson introduces students to different terrorist groups and their methods, past and present.
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Terror Attacks Worldwide
This lesson helps students assess their knowledge of terrorist attacks around the world by completing a world map assignment.
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Tools of Terror
Students will learn about terrorists’ motivations and how their goals determined which of the various “Tools of Terror” they used to commit their acts.
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Hitting Home Experience
This guide helps teachers understand the Hitting Home section of The CELL and determine whether or not it is appropriate for students.
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A Delicate Balance
This lesson explores the critical balance between security and civil liberties, intelligence gathering and privacy rights, and the relationship between democratic societies and the governments they elect.
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Myths & Facts
Many people often have preconceived notions about what terrorism is. This lesson helps students use research to determine what is and what is not accurate.
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Future of Terrorism
This lesson focuses on various terrorist groups around the world and explores several factors characteristic of each group, various counterterrorism measures and possible scenarios for the future.
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Terrorists in the Media
In this lesson, students will examine bias and the media.
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Action Center
The purpose of this activity is to get students thinking about what they can do to combat terrorism.
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