The Diary of Anne Frank

Introduction

The Diary of Anne Frank is the story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis during World War II.

Objective

The student will research information about Anne Frank found on various websites and select one task to complete.

Tasks

From the tasks below, each person will complete the Diary component and the timeline, then choose one other task from the list.:

• Timeline
  Create a timeline of events during the writing of Anne's Diary. You should include graphics and clear markings of important events.
  

• Diary Entry (Select one of the following tasks:)
  1. Pretend you are Anne and write two entries in your diary about your experiences in hiding.
  2. Assume Anne takes her diary to the concentration camp. Write two entries about her experiences in the camp.
  3. Write two diary entries from the point of view of another child from that time.
  (for samples of student diary entries click here)
  
  
• Poem (Write a biographical poem about Anne)
  
  
• Floor Plan

Use the information you gained from the pictures above, your books, and the websites listed below to draw a floor plan of the Secret Annex. Include approximate room sizes and furnishings.

• Newspaper
  You are a newspaper reporter in the 1940s, and your assignment is to write an article about Jewish families in hiding. Someone you know can get you in to visit Anne Frank and her family secretively. Use the following websites to learn more about Anne and the other occupants of the hiding place:

• Miep Gies
  One of the central figures in The Diary of Anne Frank was Miep Gies. Based on the information gained from the following websites, write an acrostic poem that describes her character.

• Otto Frank
  Pretend you are Otto Frank writing a book about your experiences while in hiding. As a final chapter in your book, describe your experiences in the concentration camp and the events that occurred after the war ended.

Process

Each person in your group will be responsible for their own Diary Entries & Timeline. Then each person will select an additional task from the above list to complete. (Do not duplicate this task between group members.) Each group member will also complete a piece of artwork to represent events/ideas/emotions of the time. Following the completion of these tasks, the group will organize their work into a booklet. A copy should be constructed for each group member. The booklet should include everyone's work, an illustrated cover including the group member's names, and a table of contents. The group will then present their work to the class.

Resources

I Saw Anne Frank Die

Anne Frank: Life and Times

Dateline:Miep Gies

Resources - Holocaust Enrichment and the Internet

Below are web sites about Anne Frank, the Holocaust and World War II.

Web for Holocaust Every search engine you can imagine. The searching done. Just click and move on. (http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/search.htm)

Anne Frank Center USA website Anne Frank: Her Life and Times (http://www.annefrank.com/index1.html) This resource is wonderful and will provide you with study materials in plain text format, suitable for printing. You will also find timelines, biographies, glossary of terms, as well as the historical context of the diary and much more. This site tells about the story of Anne's diary, the publishing of the diary, and the authenticity of the diary.

Maps of the holocaust (http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/gallery/maps.htm)

United States Holocaust Museum education guide (http://www.ushmm.org/education/forstudents/)

Hitler (http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/index.htm) This site offers a wealth of information about Hitler and his rise to power.

Women Photographers of World War II 1 (http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0002.html) This site gives some background information about women journalists.
Women Photographers of World War II 2 (http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0007.html) This site features information about photographer Therese Booney. Examine some of her work.
Women Photographers of World War II 3 (http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0013.html) This site features information about photographer Dorothea Lange. Examine some of her work.

Simon Wiesenthal Center (http://www.wiesenthal.com/) This site highlights the Wiesenthal Center's various activities and projects, including the Museum of Tolerance, CyberWatch (a task force monitoring hate groups on the Internet), and recent news releases. The "Multimedia Learning Center" section houses many articles and photos that chronicle anti-Semitism and the "Final Solution," WWII, resistance and rescue, non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust, world response to the Holocaust, and life after WWII. There is also a glossary of Holocaust-related terms, a Holocaust timeline, and a list of answers to frequently asked questions about the Holocaust. Provides a list of children who were victims. (

The Holocaust History Project This site is an archive of documents, photographs, recordings, and essays regarding the Holocaust, as well as direct refutation of Holocaust-denial. Essay contributions include "The Chemistry of Auschwitz," "The Dachau Gas Chambers," and "An Introduction to the Einsatzgruppen." It also presents reproductions of book-length works, notably the International Military Tribunal's coverage of the Nuremberg Trials. A nicely organized collection of answers to questions on the Holocaust, its history, and its denial is also available.

The Holocaust from About.com About.com provides this section of their 20th Century History site with hundreds of historic photographs of camps, ghetto life, Nazi officials, and more. There are also numerous articles about the Holocaust, a timeline of the Holocaust, a glossary of terms related to Holocaust studies, and a map and chart of the Nazi concentration and death camps. http://holocaust.miningco.com/education/holocaust/

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Learning Center The Learning Center is a new feature from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The Web site offers many resources, including about 140 brief articles written in house. In addition, there are 41 artifact images, 103 documentary film footage clips, 162 oral history testimony segments, 202 maps, 28 thematic chronologies, and 917 historical photographs. The Learning Center is designed to appeal to educators, as well as members of the general public. (http://wlc.ushmm.org/)

Holocaust 1 (http://remember.org/courage/pictures.html) Pictures from Warsaw Ghetto (places all Jews were forced to live surrounded by barbed wire or walls) Click on pictures to bring the image up close.

Holocaust 2 (http://remember.org/jacobs/index.html) Auschwitz~Birkenau (concentration camp in Poland) images. Scroll down and click on first image. Read and follow direction arrows to the end.

Holocaust 3 (http://www.remember.org/image/images.html) Images of Concentration Camps in Europe. Click on links to view images. There are lots of links here and are in this order: A) Before the Storm (election of Hitler - 1932); B) It Starts (the beginnings of the Holocaust) C) Shoah (Hebrew word for catastrophe); D) Liberation (the end and what the world found)

Evaluation

Individuals will be evaluated by means of a rubric.

Conclusion

After researching information from the various websites and completing one of the tasks in this WebQuest, it is hoped that students will gain a better understanding of the Holocaust and Anne Frank's life in hiding.

Adapted by the Morris County ETTC from the WebQuest
http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/Diary%20of%20Anne%20Frank/Index.html#BioPoem