Lydia Sheldon Anne Frank Curriculum Unit Overview Core text: The Diary of Anne Frank, Frances Goodrich

and Albert Hackett 5 weeks Enduring Understandings Articulating themes of adolescent development. Anne believes that the questions she and Peter ask as adolescents are unique to them. Is that true? Are the questions she asks unique because of her unique position located in a specific time and place? How are her questions/struggles similar to students own experiences? How are they dissimilar? How do the literary elements of setting and dramatic irony influence the plot of the play? What is the relevance of Anne Franks account to students today? How can students make address issues that are important in their own lives? Objectives Students will work in literature circles, participating in a variety of roles. Students will research a topic of their choice that connects to Anne Frank. Students will write a research paper, incorporating sources. Students will incorporate new background knowledge of particular historical moment into study of a literary text. Students will begin to understand a texts themes both as universally true and located within a particular context. Students will explore articulating themselves through their own journals. Stuents will annotate images and text through note-taking. Students will define and locate dramatic irony and setting. Students will engage with a dramatic text through Readers Theatre. Students will read pictures as narrative, through photographs, paintings, and illustrations. Students will analyze film and news articles about teenagers who effect change in todays world. Supplemental texts Rose Blanche, Christophe Gallaz, Roberto Innocenti The Cats of Krasinski Square, Karen Hesse Star of Fear, Star of Hope, Jo Hoestlandt Hiding from the Nazis, David A. Adler The Key Game, Ida Fink Refugee Blues, W.H. Auden Refugee, 1939 Felix Nussbaum

Photo of Jews in front of a travel agency, Berlin, 1939 Would You Like a Star, Too? Ida Vos

NYT article: Dominique Browning, Burning the Diaries, September 30, 2011 Emma Thompson speech, annefrank.org Paper Clips, Eliot Berlin and Joe Fab (2004) NYT Learning Network Blog: Teens in the Times Follow-Up Texts for Independent Study Number the Stars, Lois Lowry Odettes Secrets, Maryann MacDonald The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak Assessment Literature circle analyses of Refugee Blues Reading check quizzes Research papers Journals Letters from Anne Frank Yellow Star project Participation in text rendering Dramatic irony T-Charts Would-Have Leaf project Literature circle tracking notes Teens in the Times social media profile project Class discussion