Anne Frank Exploration

Objective: The student will be able to better understand the courage and heroic sprit of Anne Frank and other children of the Holocaust.

Go to the Following Site and Explore Anne Frank's Life

http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid=2&lid=2&flashid=2

 

While exploring think about the following questions, using the provided graphic organizer to share your impressions.

The bolded text are quotes from Anne Frank's Diary and from her father Otto Frank. The regular text gives more description of the time and the events that Anne has written about.

 

While reading about Anne Frank's childhood add to your organizer information about Anne's family.

Why did Anne's family leave Germany?

Where did they move after they left Germany?

Once in their new location what kind of restrictions were put on the family?

What solution does the family come up with once the government begins moving the Jewish Population?

Go back to the organizer. Using the information you have compiled and read, complete the right column with your thoughts, feeling, insights, and questions you may have.

 

While reading about the family's hiding place add to your organizer information from this section.

Where was the hiding place located?

Who helped the people in hiding, and how did they help?

Who were the people in hiding?

What did the people in hiding do all day, did they have any rules and restrictions they had to follow?

How long were they in hiding?

Go back to the organizer. Using the information you have compiled and read, complete the right column with your thoughts, feeling, insights, and questions you may have.

 

While reading about the betrayal of the people in hiding add to your organizer information from this section.

Where were the people in hiding sent when they were found?

What was it that they all feared the most?

Where were the residents of the secret annex sent next?

What were their fates?

Go back to the organizer. Using the information you have compiled and read, complete the right column with your thoughts, feeling, insights, and questions you may have.

 

While reading the section entitled Diary add to your organizer your thoughts about Anne and her diary.

Please review the section about Anne's Diary and write about how you would feel about your story being published for the world to read. How would you feel seeing your life being acted out on stage or on screen?

 

After you have gone through the above sections you may explore the stories at the bottom of the Overview Page. Think about how your life is similar or different than Anne's and her families.