Remembering 9/11

Kevin Zhang, sophomore

• "I saw this• huge plane it was...• it looked much bigger than the first one,• it just,• it looked like one of those jets, you know, in the movies,• you know, Air Force One or something, one of those big

jets.• It was one of those and it just hits--• it hit the building right there."

Max Willens, senior• "...So then we finally get home, and it was--• my house looked like a black and white photograph.• We'd left the windows open that day.• Everything was gray or black, or even just a, a dusted color.• Everything was just--I felt like I was, you know, walking into a portrait,• The house just...• it was just dirty.• When things are dirty there's--it's like a multi-sensory thing,• it was like,• I guess I'm saying it again,• it was walking into a photograph.• It was just dirty...It wasn't even my house anymore."

Juan Carlos Lopez, school safety agent• "And you know• what an odd thing this is• a peculiar little odd thing• just a little quirk, just• an odd thing but, ah, the day before• on Monday evening I had taken the time to shine my shoes.• 'cause it's kind of weird I took the time to shine my shoes• and I did a good job, right,• and then Tuesday morning• it was a beautiful sunny day• you know• and as I was dusting myself off• from the debris of the north tower• I--I, I shook my clothes off and then I looked down• at my shoes and my shoes were a whole 'nother color• they were completely covered• and then I thought to myself• I just shined them yesterday and it was then this odd thought• just popped into my head,• this very peculiar thing,• it's totally absurd...• I thought for just a moment• if I had never shined my shoes• maybe this whole thing may never have happened.• As absurd as that sounds it sort of made me• laugh and cry at the same time. I called it my morbid moment.• If it was something as simple as that• then I would have never have shined my shoes ever..."

Iconic

• Something that is widely recognized and well-established

What are some iconic brands?

Essential Questions

• What is an iconic moment?• What is an iconic image?• What makes an image iconic?

9/11/2001

• http://timeline.911memorial.org/#Timeline/2

“Raising Flag over Ground Zero” by Thomas E. Franklin

“Raising Flag on Iwo Jima” by Joe Rosenthal

“Kent State University Massacre” by John Filo

“Tiananmen Square” by Stuart Franklin Magnum

“V-J Day in Times Square” by Alfred Eisenstaedt

An Instant Iconic Image

• Use the internet to find an image that YOU think can be an instant iconic image

• Answer the following questions after you find an image.– What is being depicted in the image?– Who took the photograph?– Where was the photo taken?– Why do you think this is an iconic image?

Homework

• Read Chapter 4.1 and answer the guided reading questions.