Anne Frank Project Site

The Anne Frank Trust UK has put together an interactive website which chronicles the life of Anne Frank as well as curriculum resources and information about World War II.

The goal of the Anne Frank Trust is to "educate and motivate people--particularly young people--to reject prejudice and injustice, and to build a society based on mutual respect, human rights, and courage."

The educational website, Anne Frank Guide, contains a myriad of digital resources for students including, 3D virtual tours, pictures, and audio clips. The website provides several interactive elements which encourage students to take a more active role in their own learning.

Here are just a few features:

• Students can create an account, browse the different subjects and then choose a topic based on their own interests. Students can also review timelines of major World War II events, and refer to the online dictionary for terms or words they don't understand.

• The Anne Frank Guide provides students with several types of resources (video, pictures, historical content) tied to their chosen topic. Students can then review the resources, keep the ones they want, and then proceed to the list of questions related to their topic.

• As they delve deeper into the topic, they can also add their own questions to the list. Once they have compiled their resources, students can save their project and print out a copy. They can go back to their web-based Anne Frank eportfolio as needed.

• There is also a social networking feature, The Meeting Point, which provides avenues for students to share their work with other students, ask questions from "experts", and share their opinions about human rights, war, and Anne Frank.

• Once students complete their projects, they are invited to submit and display their final projects to the Anne Frank House in the Netherlands.

The Anne Frank Trust UK notes that they are redesigning their website, so it may be a bit spotty at times, or not all the features will be available. In any event, this is a great resource for project based learning activities and one that will be of interest to students and teachers alike.

Links

• Anne Frank Trust UK
• Anne Frank Center USA
• Anne Frank

Anne Frank Project Sites

• United Kingdom
• Germany
• Austria
• The Netherlands
• Italy
• France
• Czech Republic

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