PERSONAL REFLECTIONS

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

AND THE HOLOCAUST

PROJECT RUBRIC

YOU ARE GOING TO CREATE A BOOKLET OF YOUR PERSONAL REFLECTIONS REGARDINGTHE DIARY OF ANNE FRANKAND THE HOLOCAUST. AS A DIARY WOULD VARY PENS, CURSIVE/PRINT, DOODLES, SIZE, ETC., YOUR DIARY SHOULD VARY FONT, SIZE, AND STYLE, AS WELL AS INCLUDE CLIP ART. MAKE THE DIARY YOURS!

___/10ALL ENTRIES ARE DATED

___/20COVER INCLUDES TITLE, YOUR NAME, AND A GRAPHIC

___/60CONTENT (EXPERIENCES, EVENTS, EMOTIONS) 1 PAGE EACH

___/10PROJECT IS BOUND NEATLY USING BRASS FASTENERS, YARN, CLOTH, ETC.

+ ___BONUS POINTS MAY BE EARNED FOR EXTRA ENTRIES(Write BONUS ENTRIES on top of these pages.

___/100 = YOUR GRADE

  • Journal Entry 1: Pretend you had one hour to prepare to go into hiding. You can NEVER return to your home. You can not carry a suitcase; it would be obvious you were going into hiding. It is winter, therefore VERY cold outside and there is limited food where you are going. What items would you take with you? How would you disguise these items and how would you carry them? (One page. Can be longer)
  • Journal entry 2: A diary is… How do you feel about diaries/journals?(One page. Can be longer)
  • Journal entry 3: After seeing pictures of concentration camps and learning a little about the Holocaust and Anne Frank, I feel…(One page. Can be longer)
  • Journal entry 4:
  • If you had to live in hiding and could not make a sound from 9am-6pm everyday, except Sunday, and had no electronic toys to entertain yourself, what would you do? Make up a daily schedule for one of your days, by listing an activity for every hour from 9-6. (One page. Can be longer)
  • Anne’s father tells her to remember, “There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind.” Respond to this quote…Do you agree? Disagree?(One page. Can be longer)
  • Journal entry 5:Compare and contrast the characters of Anne and Peter.(One page. Can be longer)
  • Journal entry 6: In Scene 4 Anne describes the first thing each of the people in the secret annex would like to do after getting out of the hidden quarters. If you were free after many months of hiding, what would be the first thing you would like to do? WHY?(One page. Can be longer)
  • Journal entry 7 : Prepare a holiday gift list for your family as Anne did. Include only items that cost no money. Write an explanation of why each gift is just right for the person receiving it.(One page. Can be longer)
  • Journal entry 8:
  • What feelings did you experience at the end of the play? ( One paragraph)
  • Anne’s diary was published in more than 50 countries. The play, based on her diary, won a Pulitzer Prize and was made into a movie. Why do you think Anne’s diary and her story have attracted so much attention? (One paragraph)
  • At the end of the play Mr. Frank says Anne was happy at the concentration camp. Why does he think this? ( one paragraph)
  • The last quote that Mr. Frank reads from the diary is, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” What does this tell us about Anne’s character? What do you think about this quote? (Two Paragraphs)
  • Final journal entry 9: What I learned fromThe Diary of Anne Frank… (Three paragraphs)