This resource was reviewed using the Curriki Review rubric and received an overall Curriki Review System rating of 3.00, as of 2008-06-25.
Component Ratings:
Technical Completeness: 3
Content Accuracy: 3
Appropriate Pedagogy: 3
Reviewer Comments:
This resource offers important background information and context to understanding The Diary of Anne Frank. The lesson plan is complete, easy to follow and the WebQuest is user friendly. The content of the lesson is rich, informative and thorough. It guides the user through a WebQuest with provocative, open-ended questions. Pedagogy is constructivist, reflects best practice, provides opportunities for scaffolding and higher order thinking, and uses multi-media.
Kathleen Duhl
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This collection contains a complete set of resources for teaching Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, including twenty-two daily lesson plans with discussion points; anticipatory activities; a pacing guide for students; suggested homework, classwork, and project extensions; connections to a social studies curriculum on World War II; suggestions for further reading, viewing and experiencing; and a sample essay test.
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Anne Frank "Diary of a Young Girl" Diary Holocaust Judaism Jewish Jews World War 2 WW2
This collection contains a complete set of resources for teaching Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, including twenty-two daily lesson plans with discussion points; anticipatory activities; a pacing guide for students; suggested homework, classwork, and project extensions; connections to a social studies curriculum on World War II; suggestions for further reading, viewing and experiencing; and a sample essay test.
These resources will help to connect the Diary to a unit on World War II in social studies, if this is applicable for you, or extend your students' understanding through other books, films, and field trips.
A 3D online environment for students to explore the actual Secret Annex from their own classroom or home. The Secret Annex Online has been created using photos of the actual furnished Secret Annex, as it was then. Much of this material was created in 1999, when the house at the front and the Secret Annex were temporarily furnished to illustrate in educational materials how the spaces were used at the time.