Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank lived during a time of intense discrimination.  In this unit you will explore what life was like during World War II for some people, and how the lessons learned still apply today.

Choose one of the following to get from your teacher:
Novel - Paper Copy
Novel - Digital Copy (PDF, ePub)
Audiobook - MP3
Start To Finish Book - CD

Daily Plan

As we learn about Anne Frank, each day you will:
  • Read or listen to Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
  • Maintain a daily reading log and write in your journal using a medium of your choice:  
    Paper
    Computer (Word, Pages, KidBlog...)
    Tablet (Pages, iReadWrite, NoteShelf, KidBlog...)
  • Complete a timeline of events using a graphic organizer
    Paper
    TimeLine 3D
  • Discuss any questions or comments you may have (small group and whole class)
You are responsible to:
  • Record any questions or observations you have in your writing journal
    • Hand-in or email select entries to your teacher
  • Discuss your project ideas with your teacher before beginning
  • Compile a portfolio of all your work
  • Present your final project to the class
  • Evaluate projects using self and peer evalation rubrics

CONGRATULATIONS!




You have been hired by the Anne Frank Society to create a message about discrimination.



Your message can be presented in any form: booklet, poster, podcast, multimedia presentation, cartoon, video, commercial, song, webpage or other idea of your choice!

Complete a KWL graphic organizer before beginning this project and include it in your portfolio.   
Paper
Tools4Students

You must reference three-five different sources. 

It must address the following:
  • What is discrimination?
  • What were some forms of discrimination in the past?
  • How does discrimination affect people today?
  • What can you do?

Discover...

Key words to search:  Anne Frank, discrimination


A starting source...



Videos



Portfolio

Compile your thoughts/creations as you work through this unit. 
This will include:
  • reading log
  • journal
  • final project

This may include:
  • lists of websites visited
  • pictures
  • questions
  • graphs, charts or other visual representations

Group Discussion & Journal Activity


Our freedom was severely restricted by a series of anti-Jewish decrees, we were:
  • required to wear a yellow star
  • required to turn in our bicycles
  • forbidden to use public transportation
  • forbidden to ride in cars, even our own
  • required to do our shopping between 3 and 5 pm
  • required to frequent only Jewish-owned barbershops and beauty parlors
  • forbidden to be on the streets between 8 pm and 6 am
  • forbidden to go to theaters, movies or any other forms of entertainment
  • forbidden to use swimming pools
(Anne Frank, 1942)

Discrimination means treating people differently, negatively or adversely because of their race, age, religion, sex, etc... (Canadian Human Rights Commission)

Consider:

What are some past or present acts of discrimination?
 


Think about the feelings of the victims. Choose one of the following to complete:
  • Draw in your journal how these feelings might look,
    include a few words beside your drawing to identify these feelings
    (paper, SketchClub, NoteShelf)
  • Create a web describing the feelings of the victims (paper, Inspiration, Kidspiration)
  • Create a list describing the feelings of the victims
    (paper, Pages, NoteShelf)

A Personal Experience

Philip Riteman is one of the last-living Holocaust survivors living in Bedford, Nova Scotia. 

He was born in 1929 in Poland, and spent most of World War II in brutal Nazi concentration camps.  Riteman emigrated to Newfoundland in 1946 where he lived for 35 years, building a business and raising a family; he then relocated to Bedford, Nova Scotia. He told almost no one he survived the Holocaust.
 
For the past two decades, Riteman has been speaking to groups all over Atlantic Canada about his Holocaust experience. He hopes that by talking about that horrible time, he can help prevent another atrocity from happening.

You will hear first hand what life was like for Mr. Reitman during the war and how his experiences have impacted his life.
- Personal visitation
- Skype
- Recorded TEDx (Philip Reitman - A Life Beyond Hatred)
 

Reflections

In her diary Anne Frank wrote: 

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.



What does this quote mean to you?


Where do we go from here?
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