The Families and Work Institute's new project, "9/11 As History," provides free, Web-based, downloadable curriculum tools to aid teachers in talking with their students about September 11. Lesson plans and resources are age-sensitive and include various topics, such as heroes, values, social and civic values.

For school-aged children and families who want to understand more about how one community reflected the historic changes in the national racial climate between 1940 and the 1990s, the Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County has created a multi-media portrait of a place in the grip of history.