September 11 worksheets for Years 3-5 (Grades 2-4): a gentle booklet on Welles Crowther, the young man in the red bandana, to teach courage and kindness.

The booklet talks about 9/11 in calm, age-appropriate words and focuses on one person who helped others to safety, so children can discuss bravery without frightening details.

What is included (11 pages)

• Booklet cover (This Book Belongs To)
• Who Was Welles Crowther? short biography with recall questions and a drawing box
• What Happened on September 11, 2001: short text, true or false questions and a drawing task
• What Makes Someone a Hero? (hero qualities checklist and writing)
• Words That Describe a Hero: matching vocabulary (courage, sacrifice, leader, brave, helpful) and a hero sentence
• Design Your Own Red Bandana of Courage (2 pages)
• What Makes a Good Leader? checklist and writing
• My Promise to Be Brave and Kind
• Certificate of Courage and Kindness
• Colour class poster: Welles Crowther, A Hero to Remember

Ways to use

• Remembrance lesson or assembly around 11 September
• PSHE / character education on courage, kindness and leadership
• Reading comprehension and vocabulary in a short history topic
• Class display with the bandana designs and the poster

Mostly black and white. PDF, US Letter (choose “Fit to page” to print on A4). English.