Students use the provided online resources to learn about the life of
Anne Frank and the diary in which she chronicled her family's years in
hiding before being sent to Nazi concentration camps.
Objectives
Students learn new information about the life of Anne Frank. Students read, discuss, and write about Anne's diary.
Keywords
Anne Frank, diary, Holocaust, Nazi, concentration camp, World War II
Materials Needed
The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
Lesson Plan
This lesson provides links to online resources that will help students read and think critically about The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank. Teachers will find many good ideas for teaching about the book and the Holocaust in general.
Anne Frank in the World, 1929-1945 This unit from the Utah Education
Network contains a host of reading, history, and writing activities
focusing on Anne Frank and the international events of her time.
The Truth About Anne Frank This 12-lesson unit, created for high
school teachers, is from the Web site Education...A Legacy Forum for
Teachers
Two other fine resources for teaching about Anne Frank can be found at the following Web sites:
Anne Frank: The
Biography
Older students can read this excerpt from Anne Frank: The Biography, by Melissa Müeller. The excerpt highlights the arrest of Anne and her family. Have students discuss and/or write their reactions to the arrest. Ask students to imagine Anne's last days in the concentration camp.
Assessment
The two units in the Lesson section above include tools for assessment, evaluation,
and/or reflection. For the others, the teacher evaluates students' discussions
and written activities.
The
World of Anne Frank