LibGuides: Anne Frank: Home

General Overview

Theme and Symbolism are our focus for this unit. Our time will be spent doing several activities both as a group and independently the next few weeks. During this time we will also read an exceptional true story in its play version, Anne Frank's Diary. This true story resonates with people and we are confident you will find it compelling as well.

Keep the following guiding questions in mind as you complete this unit.

Can setting affect character?

Washington County Free Library Account Number

22395002086385

You may have to enter this code when you are prompted to login into a Washington County Free Library database after clicking on one of the resource links.

Washington County Public Schools Database User/PW Info

Please use either your personal user and PW to login into the WCPS databases or use the info below.

User: wctys28

PW: hickm

Electronic Resources

Anne Frank
Database biography of Anne Frank.
Francine Prose Explores Anne Frank's Literary Genius
SCOTT SIMON, host: Over the past 60 years, Anne Frank of Amsterdam has become an icon--smart, sassy adolescent girl who because of the diary that she left to the world may have become the single best known victim of the Holocaust that murdered six million Jews. Her diary is read and quoted around the world by youngsters growing up today and statesmen and scholars who cite it as an inspiration. The book became a play and a movie, but over the years Anne's own picture has become more recognizable than any of the actresses who portrayed her--small schoolgirl's classroom portrait that's become an emblem of the innocence and brilliance that was destroyed in one of history's greatest crimes.
Diary of Anne Frank - World Book Database
Diary of Anne Frank is a diary written by Anne Frank, a German-Jewish girl. Frank wrote the diary from 1942 to 1944, while she was in hiding with her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, during World War II (1939-1945). The diary was first published in 1947 and has been translated into more than 60 languages. It became an international best seller and one of the most stirring documents to come out of the Holocaust, the systematic Nazi campaign to murder Jews.

Media Resources

Supporting Documents

Vocabulary List
Wordstorming Table
A-Z, think of words that come to mind that are related to Anne Frank and World War II.
Anne Frank - Reader's Guide
Use this sheet to make notes by Act and Scene.
Comp Questions - Act 1, Scene 2

Merriam-Webster Learner
The dictionary link will be helpful for 10 out of 13 words on your list. The 3 you will have to look elsewhere for are:
1. Adolf Hitler
2. Hanukkah
3. Ration Books

Look at the link(s) below for help with those terms.
Take a Closer Look at Ration Books
Use this link to learn more about the roles ration books played in World War II.
Adolph Hitler
Read part of this database article about Adolph Hitler. After reading the helpful information, summarize who Adolph Hitler was on your terms sheet.
Hanukkah
This article describes Hanukkah in simple detail. Read it and then summarize what Hanukkah means for your term list.

Anne Frank: Home

General Overview

Electronic Resources

Media Resources

Supporting Documents

Assignments