Good morning, welcome to our Homeschool Resources: Phonics. Take a look at the websites below and let me know if you have used either of these websites with your students?
Dyslexia Gold goes beyond phonics to address underlying problems. Address vision problems like convergence insufficiency and poor tracking as well as auditory problems, like the phonological deficit to build all the skills needed to read.
AnneFrank.org: The Secret Annex Online
Grades 6-12, with parental supervision
A sub-site of the larger AnneFrank.org website, presented by the Anne Frank House Museum, interactively wander around the Secret Annex where the Frank family, the van Pels, and Fritz Pfeffer hid from the Nazis for more than two years.
When you arrive at the website, you can “Step Inside” right away, or you can scroll down to the 3D image of the house and annex. Toggle between Front Section and Secret Annex. The rooms you are able to visit and learn about include:
- Prinsengracht 263
- Warehouse front
- Warehouse back
- The chestnut tree
- Front office
- Back office
- Staircase
- Kitchen
- Toilet
- Private office
- Stockroom
- Attic
- Moveable bookcase
- Entrance
- Otto, Edith and Margot’s room
- Anne and Fritz’ room
- Bathroom
- Hermann and Auguste’s room
- Peter’s room
- Attic
Click on any of the rooms to view it and learn more about it. Be sure to have your sound turned on to hear explanations, narratives, and commentaries of the various rooms. Use your mouse to navigate through the rooms.
When you are finished exploring the hiding place, click on the box in the top right corner and click to learn more:
- Who Was Anne Frank
- Video Diary
- The Diary
- The Timeline
- The Main Characters
- Go In-Depth
- And more
This fascinating interactive presentation filled with interesting audios, videos, texts, and images gives visitors a real feel that they have stepped into the world of Anne Frank and her housemates.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
