The 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War In this post we use several different Times pieces to help students understand this anniversary. Each question links to the piece in which an answer can be found. WHERE is the Iraq war "still too painful ... to be taught to schoolchildren"? WHEN, according to this timeline, did the United States formally begin and end operations in Iraq? WHEN is the anniversary that is more important to Iraqis, according to newspaper editor Sabah Sellawi? WHY, according to this 2003 article about the start of the war, did the United States go to war with Iraq originally? WHAT photographs in this slide show of images from the war seem most compelling, painful or meaningful to you? WHAT, according to some experts, is the "central legacy of the war" for the country of Iraq? WHAT have you learned in school about the Iraq war? HOW did the 21-year-old soldier in this blog post learn, on March 20, 2003, that he was at war, and HOW did he and his fellow soldiers react to a first incoming scud missile? WHO were killed in an attack in Baghdad this week, on the eve of the 10th anniversary? Related: Our 2010 collection of lessons and essential questions, "The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq." Students might also be interested in Buzzfeed's "The Iraq War Timeline As Told Through Front Pages>"