Unit 1 - Lesson 4

Unit 1 - Lesson 4
How does it make you feel?

This picture portrays Agim Shala, a two-year-old boy, who is passed through a fence made with barbed wire to his family. Thousands of Kosovo refugees were reunited and camped in Kukes, Albania.

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​Kosovo Refugees (2000)

The Berlín Wall was torn down 35 years ago. The seismic event sent shock waves across Europe, and sparked hopes for millions of East Germans.

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​Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)

On December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks, a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, sat in the 'colored' section of a bus. As the bus filled up, the driver, James F. Blake, stopped and moved the sign marking the 'colored' section to make room for white passengers, who had to stand.

​"When the white driver came back to us and told us to get up, I felt very strong, like a warm blanket was covering me on a cold night."

​Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat (1955)

American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists led by Mohamed Atta and was deliberately crashed into the North Tower (on the right) of the World Trade Center at 8:46am local time.

Another five al Qaeda hijackers then flew United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower – with its impact creating the fireball seen on the left – at 9:30am.

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​World trade center attacks (9/11)