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1 Diary, June-August,1942

A year before Anne started her diary...
Her father began trying to get visas for his family to leave Europe.

http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1590697,00.html
"We too might move on"
As the Nazi threat grew in Amsterdam, Mr. Frank hoped to move his family once again.

http://www.annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/Emigrating-to-the-Netherlands/
Inhabitants of The Secret Annex & Their Helpers

http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Home/Inhabitants/
Tour the Secret Annex

http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Home/
The Westertoren

http://www.westertorenamsterdam.nl/

Anne's Birthday

Camera Obscura

http://brightbytes.com/cosite/what.html
Rin-Tin-Tin

http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/rin-tin-tin/
Peonies

http://www.almanac.com/image/pink-peony
The Diary

http://www.annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/Otto-returns-alone/Otto-reads-Annes-diary/

2 Diary, September-November,1942

Rationing

http://www.annefrankguide.net/en-gb/bronnenbank.asp?oid=4483
Shorthand

http://www.alysion.org/handy/althandwriting.htm
Gestapo

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Gestapo.html
Westerbork

http://www.kampwesterbork.nl/nl/geschiedenis/durchgangslager/transporten/index.html
Anne, the writer

http://www.annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/A-diary-as-a-best-friend/Anne-throws-herself-into-writing/
Fritz Pfeffer
Dussel

http://www.bbc.co.uk/annefrank/biogs/albertdussel.shtml

3 Diary, December-February, 1943

Hanukkah

http://www.history.com/topics/hanukkah
St. Nicholas Day

http://www.history.com/topics/santa-claus
Amsterdam's Canals

http://www.aviewoncities.com/amsterdam/canals.htm
Gandhi

http://www.biography.com/people/mahatma-gandhi-9305898
USA Begins Air Raids on Germany, 1.27.43

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-bomb-germans-for-first-time

4 Diary, March-May, 1943

5 Diary, June-August, 1943

Ulcers

http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/understanding-ulcers-basic-information
Miep Gies

http://www.miepgies.nl/en
Mussolini Resigns

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/25/newsid_3600000/3600649.stm

6 Diary, September-November, 1943

Italy Surrenders

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italian-surrender-is-announced
Fountain Pens

http://www.jetpens.com/blog/guide-to-choosing-a-fountain-pen/pt/368
Anne's Friends

http://life.time.com/history/anne-frank-and-her-friends-photos-by-paul-schutzer/#1

7 Diary, December- February, 1944

Flu Symptoms

http://www.flu.gov/symptoms-treatment/symptoms/
Miep Gies, 1997 Scholastic Interview

http://teacher.scholastic.com/frank/tscripts/miep.htm
Frank Family Tree

http://afdr.eu.pn/fam_tree.htm

8 Diary March-May, 1944

Introverts & Extroverts

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2013/09/11/7-persistent-myths-about-introverts-extroverts/
Anne begins revising her diary for publication.
3.29.44

http://www.annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/A-diary-as-a-best-friend/Rewriting-for-publication/

9 Diary, June-August, 1944

Essay Contests

2014 Holocaust Writing Competition
United Jewish Community Center of the Virginia Peninsula

http://ujcvp.org/education/holocaust-education/

Nerdfighters!

John Green's Crash Course on WWII
If you like John Green, this is for you.

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/4251643
Hazel & Gus visit the Anne Frank House

http://johngreenbooks.com/the-fault-in-our-stars/
The Fault in Our Stars (Movie)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582846/?ref_=nv_sr_1

More about Anne...

Anne Frank Tree
An interactive memorial. . . leave a leaf for Anne.

http://www.annefranktree.com/
The Diary of Anne Frank, 2009

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1127205/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
Page MS Library

http://destiny.gc.k12.va.us/
A friend donated Anne's marbles, tea set and book to be displayed!

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/04/world/europe/anne-frank-toys/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
7.22.1941 Film Footage of Anne
The girl next door is getting married. Anne is leaning out of the window of her house in Amsterdam to get a good look at the bri

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/4251683

REAL teens learning about Anne Frank

The Freedom Writers Diary
Long Beach, CA

http://www.amazon.com/The-Freedom-Writers-Diary-Themselves/dp/038549422X
Paper Clips
Whitwell, TN

http://www.whitwellmiddleschool.org/?PageName=bc&n=69258
Paper Clips, the Documentary

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380615/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Freedom Writers Film
The diary entries were turned into a film. This is NOT a documentary; it's MTV.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463998/?ref_=nv_sr_1

After the Capture

The Arrest
To this day, no one knows who betrayed the families in hiding.

http://www.annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/Discovery-and-arrest/
Typhus

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/611812/typhus
Bergen-Belsen, Germany

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005224
Auschwitz, Poland

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005224
Miep Gies lives to 100!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/world/europe/12gies.html?pagewanted=all

Survivor Stories

I Have Lived A Thousand Years
A teen girl survives Auschwitz

http://www.amazon.com/Have-Lived-Thousand-Years-Holocaust/dp/0689823959
Night
A teen boy survives Auschwitz

http://amzn.com/0374500010
Maus
An artist turns his family's story into a graphic novel.

http://amzn.com/0394747232
Hiding in the Spotlight
A gifted musician's story of survival.

http://amzn.com/1605981281
Erika's Story
A baby is thrown from a cattle car...towards life.

http://amzn.com/0898128919
The Shoah Foundation
"audio-visual interviews with survivors and witnesses "

http://college.usc.edu/vhi/about/survivingauschwitz/index.php
Curious George Escapes the Nazis
"Margret and H. A. Rey, George's creators and both German-born Jews, fled from Paris by bicycle in June 1940, carrying a manuscr

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/books/13geor.html?_r=0
Alice Herz Sommer, the world's oldest pianist and Holocaust survivor has died at 110.
The Lady in Number 6 is a documentary about her survival story.

http://nickreedent.com/about/
Anne's Friends
Life photographs of Anne's friends all grown up.

http://life.time.com/history/anne-frank-and-her-friends-photos-by-paul-schutzer/#1

Novels with a Holocaust Connection, Accelerated Reader

Hitler's Canary

http://amzn.com/1596432470
The Wave

http://amzn.com/0440993717
Miss Perigrine's Home for Peculiar Children

http://amzn.com/1594746036
Hollow City

http://amzn.com/1594746125
The Book Thief

http://amzn.com/0375842209
Gentlehands

http://amzn.com/0064470679
If I Should Die Before I Wake

http://amzn.com/0152046798
The Boy Who Dared
Historical Fiction, based on real teens

http://amzn.com/0439680131
Milkweed

http://amzn.com/0375861475
Magneto: Testament
Marvel Comics, X-Men

http://www.amazon.com/X-Men-Magneto-Testament-Greg-Pak/dp/0785138234/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392742869&sr=8-1&keywords=magneto+testament

Class Assignments

Short Films

Der Fuehrer's Face
Walt Disney/ Donald Duck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os9SrKSj7Lc
Japanese Internment Camps
U.S. Govt. film/ Office of War Operations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_rk3RP5KQs
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston Interview
Farewell to Manzanar is Houston's memoir of living in the internment camp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeJrTHPIxYA