Title:  Going into Hiding

Authors: Karen Longwell, Kathy Longwell, Carol Roberts
              Teachers from Long Drain School, Wetzel County, West Virginia

Grade Level(s):  7, 8

Subjects:      Language Arts
                    Social Studies
                    Math
                    Computer Technology

Unit Description:     This unit is developed around the experience portrayed in the diary that was written by Anne Frank during the period she and her family were in hiding as a result of the Nazi persecution of the Jews. The purpose of this unit is to involve students in the discovery of the importance of this period of history and the impact it had on individuals and particular groups of people. The students will examine persecution and its results.  Through the activities in the lessons, they will more fully understand the setting in which Anne and her family were hiding and the reasons they found it necessary to go into hiding. The students will use the Internet, multimedia software and traditional library references as research tools and computer technology to generate graphs and presentations.

Technology Tools: Computers with Internet access, a software program that includes an atlas, a computer based graphing program such as Microsoft Excel, a word processing program such as Microsoft Word, and a presentation program such as Microsoft PowerPoint.

Learner Outcomes:
   1.  The students will be able to use Internet web sites, multimedia resources, and traditional library resources to access information.
    2.  The students will develop graphs that present information related to their research.
    3.  The students will prepare slide presentations and present these to their classmates using a presentation device.
    4.  The students will realize the impact of persecution on particular groups of people.
    5.  The students will prepare written reports using word processing.
    6.  The students will acquire knowledge and understanding of the people and events of the historical period in which The Diary of Anne Frank was written.

Reading Standards
        6.  Reflects on what has been learned after reading and formulates ideas, opinions, and personal responses to texts

Geography Standards
The World in Spatial Terms
        1.  Understands the characteristics and uses of maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technologies
        2.  Knows the location of places, geographic features, and patterns of the environment

Mathematics Standards
        1.  Uses a variety of strategies in the problem solving process
        4.  Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of measurement.
        6.  Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis.

History Standards
       Era 8 - A half century of crisis and achievement-1900-1945
       4.  Understands the consequences and global consequences of World War II

Historical Understanding Standards
        1.  Understands and knows how to analyze chronological relationships and patterns
        2.  Understand the historical perspective
Technology Standards
        1.  Knows the characteristics and uses of computer hardware and operating systems
        2.  Know the characteristics and uses of computer software programs

Behavioral Studies Standards
        1.  Understands that group and cultural influences contribute to human development, identity, and behavior
        2.  Understands various meanings of social group, general implications of group membership, and different ways that groups function
        3.  Understands that interactions among learning, inheritance, and physical development affect human behavior
        4.  Understands conflict, cooperation, and interdependence among individuals, groups and institutions.

•  Anne Frank
•  persecution
•  The Annex
•  World War II
•  tolerance

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