e Challenges of Writing ‘First Dra© History’: e Evolution of the 9/11 Attacks and their A©ermath in School Textbooks in the United States

We are fast approaching the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, DC that occurred on September 11, 2001. While the long-term e­ects of those attacks are still unclear, there can be no doubt that they continue to inuence the political ethos, decisions, and controversies in the United States and other nations. e wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have not ended, the Patriot Act is still in e­ect, and security at airports remains heightened. ere are a plethora of 9/11-related court cases still being argued, and in Congress and the executive branch, there is sharp debate about what post-9/11 policies should be maintained and which should be changed.