We Remember the Holocaust
Katie O'Malley

Video (Anne Frank)

Teacher of the Lesson: Katie O'Malley
Lesson Topic: Video (Anne Frank)
Grade Level: Fifth
Approximate Time: 2 days (70 minutes)

Objectives:

1. Students will watch the documentary, Anne Frank Remembered .
2. Students will read and discuss the parts of Prinsengracht 263.

Materials:

• video Anne Frank Remembered (available at Blockbuster, libraries, and most movie rental stores)
• handouts (introduction and time line, The Anne Frank Foundation, and Diagram of Prinsengracht 263)

Procedures:
Introduction --
Day One:

1. Start by telling the students that during the Holocaust there were many individuals who were able to hide from the Nazis. Some remained hidden for all of the war, however, most were found and deported to concentration camps with the others.
2. It is important to think about all of the people who were courageous enough to hide and even more so those who had the courage to hide someone else.
3. Draw a parallel to our total lit. series: Number the Stars. Ask the students: who in the novel helped the Jews to escape to Sweden? And what were these forces called who helped the Jews and tried to break down the Nazis? The Resistance.
4. Explain to the class that we are going to be watching a video, or more specifically a documentary, on the life of Anne Frank. It is lengthy and therefore we will split it into two class sessions. Ask the class: Does anyone remember who or what she was from the filmstrip that we watched yesterday?

Sequence of Instruction --

1. Once the class is quiet and settled in, start the video.
2. There will be some vocabulary and language that the students will have questions about. Encourage them to raise their hand if they do not understand something and then we will stop the video and talk about it.
3. Stop the video after approximately one hour the first day. Tell the students that we will resume watching it on the following day.

Day Two:

1. Start the video once again once the students are settled. Prior to this, quickly review what the video was about, some key event we have discovered about Anne's life, and any questions that they might have thus far.
2. After the video is done, ask the class in general, what they have learned from this video about the Holocaust that they haven't learned from anything else. In other words, what new things have come up.
3. Once the discussion winds down, pass out the supplemental resources and information on where Anne hid.
4. Read aloud as a class "The Introduction" and "The Annex". Call on students randomly to read for the class. Have the students read the remaining sections on their own for homework. These two sections are a review from the video and would therefore be repetitive.

Closure --

1. Inform the students that, after we have studied and learned about so many people who died in the war, our next approach will be listening to one who survived. Next week we will learn about a man named Robert Leroy who was fortunate enough to survive the Holocaust. We will hear from him next week.
   

Evidence of Students Achieving Objectives:

Students will focus their attention on the video for 60 minutes. It will be obvious from who is participating in discussion, who was remaining attentive throughout. Also, students will score with 70% accuracy on the unit exams, the questions dealing with the video and handouts on Anne Frank.

Adaptations or Reteaching Ideas:

For the slower learner, prepare them ahead of time for the video. So that remembering previous watched parts comes easier, discuss the video after each segment instead of only at the end. In addition to this, create a list of questions for the students to answer while watching the film.

Reflection:

This video really touches base with some of the more difficult and higher level of thinking issues dealing with the Holocaust. As it has been throughout the unit, my goal is to be able to stimulate or spark a discussion that will allow the students to openly discuss their feelings, but not reiterate the same questions over and over again. By this time in the unit, the events they come across in their novels and within the videos can sometimes be "too much" and overbearing. I think that there will come a time when discussion is not necessary, but personal reflection will be enough. It will be my job to decide that.