Towers Falling Reflection Post #2

 Towers Falling Reflection Post #2

Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Towers Falling. New York, Little, Brown and Company, 2016.

Instructions: After reading the first half of the narrative, create a blog post reflecting on the content you have read. All answers must be written in complete sentences, told through a third person perspective. You can either number your answers or write in paragraph form. Use the following guiding questions for your first blog post:

Guiding Questions: 

1. Referring to page 127, answer the following questions posed by the author: 

    a. "What does it mean to be an American?"

    b. "Why does history matter?"

    c. "Why is history relevant? Why is history alive? Why is history personal?"

2. Analyze this quote on page 131, "Twin Towers, architectural marvels that would forever symbolically represent the strength of America and its principles of democracy and capitalism." Explain how two builds can have such a strong symbolism for a country. Explain the terms democracy and capitalism. Explain how these terms characterize the United States as a unique country. 

3. Explain the emotions you felt when reading pages 145-146. What makes this part of the story so impactful?

4. Referring to pages 148 and 149, explain why cultural awareness is important in modern society. 

5. As you finish page 188, describe Deja's experience with the field trip into New York City. 

6. As you finish the book, describe what you have learned about September 11th. What has been your biggest take-away? 

7. Now that you have finished the book, explain the importance of September 11th in American history. Explain how this event united America. To what degree is America still united?


MLA Reference Citation:

Amazon.Com, 2020, https://www.amazon.com/Towers-Falling-Jewell-Parker-Rhodes/dp/0316262226. Accessed 30 Sept 2020. 

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