I know when I was in school, I should have studied Anne Frank but if I did I don’t remember what I learned. When I sae her on the front of this magazine I knew I needed to set up Lesson/ Plans Unit Studies for Charlie because he should study Anne Frank in History this year.
Annelies Marie Frank (German pronunciation: [ˈanəˌliːs maˈʁiː ˈʔanə ˈfʁaŋk] (listen), Dutch: [ˈɑnəˌlis maːˈri ˈʔɑnə ˈfrɑŋk]; 12 June 1929 – c. February 1945)[1] was a German–Dutch diarist of Jewish heritage. One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the 1947 publication of The Diary of a Young Girl (originally Het Achterhuis in Dutch; English: The Secret Annex), in which she documents her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944, during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. It is one of the world’s best-known books and has been the basis for several plays and films.
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, she lived most of her life in or near Amsterdam, Netherlands, having moved there in 1934 with her family at the age of four and a half when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party gained control over Germany. Born a German national, she lost her citizenship in 1941 and thus became stateless. By May 1940, the Franks were trapped in Amsterdam by the German occupation of the Netherlands. As persecutions of the Jewish population increased in July 1942, they went into hiding in some concealed rooms behind a bookcase in the building where Anne’s father, Otto Frank, worked. From then until the family’s arrest by the Gestapo in August 1944, Anne kept a diary she had received as a birthday present, and wrote in it regularly. Following their arrest, the Franks were transported to concentration camps. On 1 November 1944,[2] Anne and her sister, Margot, were transferred from Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they died (probably of typhus) a few months later. They were originally estimated by the Red Cross to have died in March, with Dutch authorities setting 31 March as their official date of death. In 1986, the historians David Barnouw and Gerrald van der Stroom wrote in The Diary of Anne Frank: The Critical Edition that they probably died at the end of February or beginning of March 1945, basing this estimate on the written statement of eyewitness Lien Brilleslijper in November 1945.[3] Research by the Anne Frank House in 2015 suggests that they died in February.[1]
Otto, the only survivor of the Frank family, returned to Amsterdam after the war to find that Anne’s diary had been saved by his secretary, Miep Gies. He decided to fulfill Anne’s greatest wish to become a writer and publish her diary in 1947.[4] It was translated from its original Dutch version and first published in English in 1952 as The Diary of a Young Girl, and has since been translated into over 70 languages.[5]
Wikipedia
Reading Class:
Have your child read the book they picked out on Anne Frank’s life Charlie choose Who Was Anne Frank? each day after your done reading the book write down two facts you learned inside your Reading Journal.
Lesson Plans:
To begin our studies Charlie will read the stories inside this magazine which will allow Charlie to get to know Anne Frank’s hopes & fears. Then we will look online for a book on Anne Frank for our Homeschool Reading Class.
Spelling Class:
As your child is reading out loud make notes of the words they don’t know or that they stumble on to create there Spelling List for the week.
Monday: Write the Spelling words 5 times and make sure you put them in ABC order Tuesday: Write the Spelling words in your Spelling Journal and include a definition for each one. Wednesday: Use the Spelling Words inside a story you create. Thursday: Take a Pare-Test and write the Spelling Words you didn’t know 5 times each Friday: Take your Spelling Test and write the words you didn’t know 5 times each. Re-take the Spelling Test on Monday on the words you missed
Math Class:
Create a timeline of Anne Frank’s life and create 5 Math problems using the numbers you come up with.
Art Class:
Create a piece of Art based on what you’ve learned about Anner Frank using different mediums of Art.
Drama Class;
Act out what you learned about Anne Frank and describe what you’re acting out. Once you finish write the explanation inside your Drama Journal.
Music Class:
Create a song about Anne Frank that would get children interested in learning about Anne Frank. Play and sing the song for your parents. Write the song inside your Music Journal.
In her amazing diary, Anne Frank revealed the challenges and dreams common for any young girl. But Hitler brought her childhood to an end and forced her and her family into hiding. Who Was Anne Frank? looks closely at Anne’s life before the secret annex, what life was like in hiding, and the legacy of her diary. Black-and-white illustrations including maps and diagrams provide historical and visual reference in an easy-to-read biography written in a way that is appropriate and accessible for younger readers.
Learning about the Life of Anne Frank
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
