Assessment Color photograph of quilt with six squares. Squares each have hand-drawn pictures of a school, the Twin Towers, a star, American flags, and handwriting.
These panels are from a quilt titled "United We Stand" from Cardinal Forest Elementary School in Springfield, Virginia. It was displayed along with over 100 other quilts at an exhibit titled "The Pentagon Quilts" at Arlington National Cemetery outside of Washington in 2003. In the months following the attacks, many quilts were sent to the Pentagon in honor of the lives that were lost and in appreciation for the heroic efforts of rescue workers.
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After the September 11 attacks, some quilters began making quilts to commemorate the event and to honor those who died. Students were asked to make their own "Squares of Hope" for these quilts to help them cope with the tragedy.

Step One

Design your own "Square of Hope" quilt square to memorialize the victims of a terrorist attack. You may choose 9/11 or another international attack. You may draw the quilt square by hand, or use digital images. The quilt square should contain at least one image related to the attack.

Step Two

Write a paragraph describing what the symbols and image(s) you chose for your square mean to you.

The paragraph should contain the following elements:

at least five sentences describing the quilt square
a description or explanation for each image or symbol used
an explanation of the significance of each image or symbol
Step Three

Focusing on the last half of the 20th century and the first part of the 21st century, write a paragraph using what you have learned in the lesson to explain the following:

How is terrorism different from other forms of warfare? Be sure to provide examples of economic, physical, political, or psychological impacts of terrorism in the world.
How have the United States and the rest of the world responded to terrorism?
You may use the Web 2.0 tools to complete the assignment.

Assessment 08.07 Invisible Warfare