Laguzza+-+Anne+Frank


 * Anne Frank: The Interview...and Beyond **

**INTRODUCTION**
Your three-person team has just been recruited and signed to a contract by CNN to fill three open positions of Network Interview Specialist. Your new positions require that you interview Anne Frank, one of the most intriguing personalities of the twentieth century. You will board a time machine located in Mr. Laguzza’s classroom and then enter a time warp reserved for your private use. The terminal control for that time machine is the keyboard and screen you are now operating.

The major question you need to answer for your CNN viewers is:

Was Anne Frank’s experience before, during, and after the Secret Annex typical of what others experienced during the Holocaust?

It will be helpful to do some background research on the Holocaust, World War II, and Anne Frank using resources in addition to the Internet links that are already provided including encyclopedias, almanacs, magazines, videos and books to which you have access, including portions of __The Diary of Anne Frank__.

** TASK **
Your team will write an introduction and the script of the interview with your questions and what you believe would be Anne’s answers based on your research. Each Network Interview Specialist will also include:

1. Two original pieces of artwork or poetry 2. Appropriate pictures acquired from your time machine 3. A chart showing the similarities and differences between your interview answers of Anne and her father’s recollections.

You can make use of your time machine control terminal, Microsoft Word, color printer, scanner, and digital camera. You can use the links under the Resources section to find art & poetry

** Task 1.

** The group will define and describe the period in history referred to as the “Holocaust” by researching in the resources and then reporting to each other on the assigned day. A group recorder will keep notes during the reporting. The group will then write an introduction to the interview based on the definition and description of the Holocaust that they have collectively determined. You will answer the question:

What is the Holocaust and what does it have to do with Anne Frank?

You can use the links under the Resources section to answer this question.


 * Task 2.**

Each group member should research a different survivor’s account from those that are provided or others that are discovered and report on the findings to the group on the assigned day. You will answer the question:

Did other people have similar experiences during the Holocaust that Anne Frank had?

You can use the links under the Resources section to answer this question.


 * Task 3.**

Each group member will interview Anne Frank after researching her life. Determine which Network Interview Specialist will write at least fifteen questions and answers for one of the following areas:

A. Before the Secret Annex period B. During the Secret Annex period C. After the Secret Annex period

You will answer the question ...

What were the experiences of Anne Frank during the Holocaust?

You can use the links under the Resources section to answer this question.


 * Task 4.**

Group members will watch the video __Anne Frank Remembered__ and explain the differences and similarities between Otto Frank’s recollections and Anne Frank’s interview answers based on your research in a chart. You will answer the question:

How are the Holocaust experiences of Anne Frank and her father the same and how are they different?


 * Credits and References**

On a separate sheet at the end of the report, group members should list all of the resources that were used and where they can be found again including books, pictures, websites, etc. On the bottom of your list of resources sheet, please thank those people that made your report possible.

Please list these resources the way Ms. Medalion taught you in Library Skills class.

** RESOURCES **


 * Task 1:**

[| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum] Introduction to the Holocaust

[| The Anne Frank Center USA] Frequently Asked Question

[| Florida Center for Instructional Technology] Holocaust Timeline

[| Encyclopedia Britannica] Search for information on the Holocaust and Anne Frank


 * Task 2:**

[| Holocaust Survivors] Survivor Stories

[| Florida Center for Instructional Technology] Survivors of the Holocaust

[| United States Holocaust Memorial] Holocaust Personal Histories

[| Florida Center for Instructional Technology] Children of the Holocaust


 * Task 3:**

[| Anne Frank Museum] Anne's Life

[| United States Holocaust Museum] Anne Frank The Writer

[| Anne Frank Guide] Anne Frank & The Second World War

[| Scholastic] Anne Frank's Childhood


 * Artwork**

[| Learning about the Holocaust through Art]

[| Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies]

** EVALUATION **

Please refer to the Webquest Evaluation Checklist handed out to you. This chart will help you understand how your individual grade will be determined. 100 points are possible. You will evaluate your part in the project. Each group member will evaluate your part in the project. Then Mr. Laguzza will evaluate your part in the project. Excellent work, accurate work, and neat work will be highly rewarded.

** CONCLUSION **

When your project is completed, you will have a better understanding of the Holocaust and how it affected individuals as they lived through it. You will have conducted an interview with a famous victim who experienced the Holocaust and compared her recollections with her father’s and someone else who survived the horror.

//This webquest is based upon a webquest created by Bill Gokee//