Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager who was forced to go into hiding during World War II. She and her family, along with four others Jewish men and women, spent over two years in an annex of rooms above her father’s office in Amsterdam.
Nowadays it is very difficult to imagine how hard life was for those who lived: imprisoned in absolute silence -justify by the unceasing fear to be discovered-. Try to imagine yourself living and hiding with seven Jewish in Amsterdam during the time of Shoá.
Imagine you have to hide in a secret annex for two years. What would be the most difficult thing to endure for you? By the end of this web quest, you will walk through Anne’s Annex as your discover who she was, and what things you might have in common.
Task 1: Learning About the People Who Lived There.
“When I write, I can shake off all my cares.”
Anne Frank.
A-Open this link in a new tab:
http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Timeline/#!/en/Subsites/Timeline/
B- Individually go to the Anne Frank Timeline. On this page, you can find chronologically organized the information you need to complete this task.
C- Click Themes- upper center – then go to the blue section World War II: The Hiding Place and the Arrest 1941-1942, in pairs look up for the relevant information that will help you answer the following questions:
1- How many men and women live inside the Secret Annex?
2- What did they do every day? How did they spend their time?
3- With in their small indoors community,what were the roles of the Franks’, the Van Pels , and Mr. Pfeffer?
Tips:
-Use the direction keys on your keyboards to navigate through the time line.
-Assign roles to each person in your team. One member could transcribe the information. The other two, can take turns to find answers quickly.
Task 1.1: Discovering How Was Life inside the Secret Annex.
A- Open this link in a new tab:
http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Home/Enter-the-3D-house/#/house/start/help/
B- Follow the instructions on the process screen to explore the virtual tour of the Anne Frank House.
General Instructions:
C- Use the "click and drag" method to navigate each page.
D- The first thing you should do when you enter each new area is look around!
E- Be sure to go STEP by STEP--don't skip ahead!
F- When you finish write down in your worksheet the answers to the following questions:
1- How many rooms did you explore? What did you learn in your favorite room?
2- To whom did that space belong? What was the purpose of that room?
As your final proyect, you will use the knowledge you gained from these activities to create a power point presentation. You will teach us about, what you believe is Anne Frank’s Diary legacy. Regarding these areas: world history, culture or literature.
A-To assess your learning effectively we will use the following rubric:
B- Keep this rubrics with you and read them before the presentation.
This project will be part of your Class Work Evaluation (45%). Remember that your presentation will be 25% of your grade. When you have completed the web quest, and your oral presentation your will receive a (20%) pop quiz.
Along the process we will evaluate your Class Behavior and Working Habits (25%).
DO NOT FORGET TO DO YOUR BEST!
Congratulations, you have completed this webquest! If you fished early, feel free to explore the other additional areas of the Anne’s house. Most of the information the world has about Anne Frank’s life comes from her diaries.
Thousand people enjoy and continue to use as it as a window to that period. You can follow Anne’s footsteps and begin writing a diary or a blog. Maybe one day your words will inspire young writers through generations.
Send me an e-mail to dirodriguez@academiahebrea.com sharing your thoughts or suggestions, so we can improve this web quest and design better web quests for you.
Anne Frank’s Timeline
http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Timeline/#!/en/Subsites/Timeline/
Anne Frank’s Quote
http://izquotes.com/author/anne-frank
Create Web Quest
https://www.createwebquest.com/misshayes/anne-frank-virtual-tour
USA Holocaust Memorial Museum
Virtual Tour
http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Home/Enter-the-3D-house/#/house/start/help/
Visit the Secret Annex
Frances Goorich and Albert Hackett's play. Addapted by Holt Mc Dougal Literature (2012) Found: Interactive Readers Grade 8. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
This Web Quest was originally designed as an assignment for my Teaching and Technologies Course. To be add soon to my Master in TESOL Professional Portfolio.
My main objective is for them to fell empathy and engage on a self-knowledge awareness voyage. As they gain a general understanding about how good writers transcend time and space to influence new generations.