NEW YORK (PIX11) – Because one of every four people in the U.S. wasn't yet born on September 11, 2001, teaching about the terror attacks and their effects is an evolving challenge as that fateful day moves further into the past.

A history teacher who writes curriculum and a professor who trains social studies instructors both say that connecting the situation from 24 years ago to the lives of young people now is the key to helping students understand the relevance of what happened. Students are also talking about what resonates with them in relation to the tragedy.

According to U.S. Census figures, just over 25 percent of the population -- or virtually everyone through college age and a few years beyond -- was born after the terror attacks.

Teacher Sari Beth Rosenberg shared with PIX11

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