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Anne Frank in Historical Perspective: A Teaching Guide for Secondary Schools.

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Title: Anne Frank in Historical Perspective: A Teaching Guide for Secondary Schools.
Language: English
Authors: Grobman, Alex, Fishman, Joel, Martyrs Memorial and Museum of the Holocaust of the Jewish Federation, Los Angeles, CA.
Availability: Martyrs Memorial and Museum of the Holocaust, 6505 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048-4906.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 89
Publication Date: 1995
Intended Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Document Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Anti Semitism, Attitudes, Bias, Ethnic Bias, Ethnic Discrimination, History Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Jews, Judaism, Nazism, Reading Materials, Secondary Education, Social Bias, Social Studies, Values, World History, World War II
Abstract: This guide helps secondary students to understand "The Diary of Anne Frank" through a series of short essays, maps, and photographs. In view of new scholarship, the historical context in which Anne Frank wrote may be studied to improve the student's perspective of recent history and of the present. A drawing shows the hiding place in the home where the Frank family lived. The essays include: (1) "The Need for Broader Perspective in Understanding Anne Frank's Diary" (Joel S. Fishman); (2) "The Uniqueness of the Holocaust" (Alex Grobman); (3) "Anne Frank's World" (Elma Verhey); (4) "Anne Frank and the Dutch Myth" (Elma Verhey); (5) "A New Perspective on Helpers of Jews During the Holocaust: The Case of Miep and Jan Gies" (Dienke Hondius); (6) "Teaching the Holocaust through the Diary of Anne Frank" (Judith Tydor Baumel); (7) "Examining Optimism: Anne Frank's Place in Postwar Culture" (Alex Sagan); (8) "Dutch Jewry: An Historical Overview"; and (9) "Chronology of the Frank Family and the Families in the Secret Annex." A selected bibliography accompanies the text. (EH)
Entry Date: 1995
Accession Number: ED391710
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This guide helps secondary students to understand "The Diary of Anne Frank" through a series of short essays, maps, and photographs. In view of new scholarship, the historical context in which Anne Frank wrote may be studied to improve the student's perspective of recent history and of the present. A drawing shows the hiding place in the home where the Frank family lived. The essays include: (1) "The Need for Broader Perspective in Understanding Anne Frank's Diary" (Joel S. Fishman); (2) "The Uniqueness of the Holocaust" (Alex Grobman); (3) "Anne Frank's World" (Elma Verhey); (4) "Anne Frank and the Dutch Myth" (Elma Verhey); (5) "A New Perspective on Helpers of Jews During the Holocaust: The Case of Miep and Jan Gies" (Dienke Hondius); (6) "Teaching the Holocaust through the Diary of Anne Frank" (Judith Tydor Baumel); (7) "Examining Optimism: Anne Frank's Place in Postwar Culture" (Alex Sagan); (8) "Dutch Jewry: An Historical Overview"; and (9) "Chronology of the Frank Family and the Families in the Secret Annex." A selected bibliography accompanies the text. (EH)