HIT: Diary of Anne Frank (LONG)

[Kate Stirk <stirkk@JUNO.COM>]

I asked for ideas for a 7th grade Lang. Arts teacher who is going to use
Diary of Anne Frank. Thanks for the ideas/input...teacher was (of course)
impressed :))
-Kate
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I have a first-year 8th grade LA teacher coming in tomorrow so his class
can do some
research before beginning _Anne Frank_.  He had in his hand, though I
didn't look at it,
one of those teacher resource books you can buy and this one was just on
_Anne Frank_.

Anyway, tomorrow his students will be collecting information on the major
religions of
the world.  My lesson plans are at school but from what I recall they
will chart where
the religion began, by whom (if applicable), when, main beliefs, regions
of the world
still practiced, and emphasize if and when in history the followers were
persecuted.

I sort of recall a teacher last year having her class act as though they
were in hiding
during their 68 minute period.  (ahhhh---there's one way to get silence
:)  I believe
she kept the room dark and absolutely silent; kids wrote in journals;
other staff member
created noise outside as though someone was searching.  I'm not sure how
effective it
was given her class at the time but the general idea might be something
to think about.
--
Sally Lantz, Media Specialist
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Hi kate.  One of my most important teaching efforts was in teaching The
Diary
of a Youn Gir. to my tenth grade English students.  Although it has been
some
years ago, I wrote to the Anne Frank Foundation  (they have offices in
both
New York and Amsterdam) and asked what support materials they had. The
one
that i selected was the Anne Frank Journal. I donot remember the cost,
but I
bought a class set. It included historical information, along with
photographs. I also ordered The World of Anne Frank from ( I think that
this
is correct) Milton Myers, a publisher in Maine. They publish many support
materials for language arts instruction.  One activity that my students
liked
was writing letters to Miep Gies.  I believe that she is still living.

In all my years of teaching, I believe that nothing in content area could
have
been more important than introducing my students to the life of this
young
girl and to the forces that shaped her life. I hope that your teacher
will
find this to be true.

Sonoya Boyd, Shaw High School, Columbus, GA
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Try-The Anne Frank House

http://www.annefrank.nl/htmleng/default2.html

Deborah connell, Loreto Nedlands Primary, Perth, Western Australia
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Kate: Last year, my 8th grade teachers used a documentary called "Anne
Frank Remembered." It own the Academy Award for Best Documentary in '95
(I
think), and contains home movies of Anne, interviews with surviving
firends
and family members. One teacher who used it said it really brought the
story to life for her students.
Beth Reardon, Library Media Specialist,The McCallie School
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Kate:  I don't know if this is what you had in mind, but the
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK totally changed for me.  I read
it then later I read ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED
by Miep Gies.  The DOAF was written by Anne from the upstairs
experience...AFR was written by Miep from the downstairs point of
view...SO INTERESTING!!!  Again, I don't know if this is what you
had in mind, but I just had to send this to you.

Another very good book is ANNE FRANK: BEYOND THE DIARY
by Rol.

Micki Johnston, Prescott (Arkansas) High School, Media Specialist
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You might want to compare Zlata's Diary.

Pat Bartoshesky            Saint Edmond's Academy (Gr.4-8, boys only)
Librarian
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If I am not mistaken, There is a play version out that is very good.
Also,
there is a movie version of this play starring Melissa Gilbert(little
house on the prarie) as Anne Frank.

Vicki M. Partridge,Student of Library and Information Studies, University
of Buffalo
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This is a big research unit for our eighth graders.  Some read
biographies of others who were persecuted (Koehn, Reiss etc.).  Some read
biographies of people of the time--Hitler, Miep Gies, Schindler etc.).
Some study concentration camps, some study the Holocaust in general
(SMOKE AND ASHES), some study an aspect of WWII.  I NEVER SAW ANOTHER
BUTTERFLY is the poetry the children wrote who were killed at Terenzin.
There is another newer book about the boys there.  There are many
accounts from  survivors NEVER TO FORGET and rescuers.  A fiction book I
found haunting was Yolen's BRIAR ROSE.   MAUS I and II are graphic
novels.  Our students are moved and horrified by the inhumanity
displayed.  Todd Strasser, under the pseudonym Rhue, wrote about the
social studies teacher in California who was trying to bring this unit
home to his students and got somewhat carried away.  It is also available
as a video, THE WAVE.  It is an excellent supplement.  Hope this helps.

Lynn McCree, Librarian, Martin Junior High
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Kate Stirk, Media Specialist
Annunciation Catholic Academy, Altamonte Springs, Florida/USA
home: stirkk@juno.com
school: stirkk@annunciationacademy.org

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