THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK:  Short Personal Writing Assignment

Would you please bring a hard copy, (typed, double-spaced) of the assignment below to our next class to share with classmates? The assignment has two components, listed below:

1. Select one important entry from the 1943 or 1944 diary entries made by Anne Frank. In 2-3 sentences, paraphrase the entry (i.e., put the entry into your own words).
2. Then, write one paragraph in which you explain how and why the diary entry you have selected illustrates an important theme that you see present in the diary as a whole.

Related URLS:

http://www.hstours.com/index.html   Historic Sites Tour 2002

http://krypton.mankato.msus.edu/~susanna/historic_sites_tour.htm   links to Historic Sites Tour 2002

http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/frank01.html 
Time Magazine Profile: the Diary of Anne Frank

http://www.garretwilson.com/books/annefrankcritical.html 
The Diary of Anne Frank: The Critical Edition

http://www.fsu.edu/~CandI/ENGLISH/fsuwebquest3/annef.htm 
Anne Frank: A Timeline Adventure

http://www.annefrank.ch/e/   Anne Frank Fonds, Basel, Switzerland

http://www.channels.nl/amsterdam/annefran.html      Anne Frank House in Amsterdam

http://www.cnn.com/2000/books/news/10/26/film.dish.anne.frank.reut/     Diary of Anne Frank to be the subject of a new film

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/10/arts/10ANNE.html?ei=1&en=15ed714e25db9d9f&ex=987913328&pagewanted=print 
New York Times 4/20/2001 story: "TV Film Rekindles Dispute Over Anne Frank's Legacy" by  BERNARD WEINRAUB 

http://www-th.phys.rug.nl/~ma/annefrank.html       The Anne Frank Internet Guide

http://www.exploris.org/learn/exhibits/frank/ovexhibit.html           One Voice: From the Pen of Anne Frank

http://www.ushmm.org/      United States Holocaust Memorial Museum home page

Excerpt from Melissa Muller's new biography of Anne Frank:
http://www.remember.org/anne/ 

Chronology of the Frank family's lives:
http://www.spe.sony.com/classics/annefrank/misc/chronology.html 

The Documentary, "Anne Frank Remembered:
http://www.spe.sony.com/classics/annefrank/index.html 

http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/ 
Holocaust Survivors (NEH) site

http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/people/survivor.htm 
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: Holocaust Survivors

http://www.superstation.com/survivors/ 
TBS Survivors of the Holocaust Special 

http://www.holocaustforgotten.com/ 
Forgotten Non-Jewish Victims and Survivors of the Holocaust

http://www1.us.nizkor.org/    The Nizkor Project on the Holocaust

http://www.yadvashem.org.il/   Yad Vashem Memorial in Israel