Ms. Hockley’s 6th grade class

Virtual Fieldtrip:

The Secret Annex

New York State Learning Standards… Social Studies Standard 2 – World History

Objectives:

1. Students will be able to identify the location of the Annex on a world map.

2. Students will be able to describe the living conditions in the Annex.

3. Students will be able to interpret the significance of the Chestnut Tree as a symbol of freedom.

Learning outcomes of previous lesson related to this topic:Students have completed reading, Anne Frank: Diary of a Young

Girl.

Background Information… Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager who was forced to go

into hiding during the Holocaust. She and her family, along with four others, spent 25 months during World War II in an annex of rooms above her father’s office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

After being betrayed to the Nazis, Anne, her family, and the others living with them were arrested and deported to Nazi concentration camps. In March of 1945, nine months after she was arrested, Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen. She was fifteen years old.

Her diary, saved during the war by one of the family’s helpers, Miep Gies, was first published in 1947. Today, her diary has been translated into 67 languages and is one of the most widely read books in the world.

Where is the Secret Annex ?

The Annex is located at 263 Prinsengracht in Amsterdam.

Where is Amsterdam in relation to our classroom?

What does it look like today?

(Search and see it in Google Earth)

What was it like to live there? Guided Tour

through the Annex: The Hiding Plac

e

Tour on your own: Explore at your

pace

What did Anne hear?

July 11 , 1942

Anne Frank wrote in her diary:

"Daddy, Mummy and Margot can't get used to the sound of the Westertoren clock yet, which telles us the time every quarter of an hour. I can. I loved it from the start, and especially in the night it's like a faithful friend."

Sounds of the Church

What did Anne see ?February 12, 1944

Anne Frank wrote in her diary:

“The sun is shining, the sky deep blue, there’s amagnificent breeze, and I’m longing – really longing for everything: conversation, freedom,friends, being alone.”

An Interactive Monument

Anne Frank often looked from the attic window at the chestnut tree behind the secret annex. She wrote about it in her diary. Now, the more than 150 year old tree is diseased, but online it will live on. Leave your leaf in the virtual chestnut tree, forward it and keep Anne Frank’s ideals alive.

Anne’s Tree

What does your leaf represent?

Anne Frank was in hiding in the secret annex for over two years. During the day she had to be very quiet and she could never go outside. She yearned for freedom.

Anne wanted to be useful to others after the war. Not only to the people around her, but also to people she did not know. Anne did not survive the Holocaust but her diary has inspired millions of people all over the world to do their best for a better world. Anne’s wish came true after all.

With your leaf you can show that you too have been inspired by the diary of Anne Frank.

Reflection

Do you have any questions or reflections about our study of Anne Frank?

Follow-up Activities Anne Frank online scavenger hunt Anne Frank time line voicethread Anne Frank wordsearch

Resources annefrank.org annefranktree.com annefrankguide.net Google Images Google Earth youtube.com annefrank.com http://www.melazerte.com/library/trhunt.htm