The Diary of Anne Frank

Research Project

Before we begin reading The Diary of Anne Frank, there is important information for you to know. To better understand Anne Frank and her story, it is necessary to understand the world in which she lived. This research project will help our class understand a little more about Anne Frank and what was going on in the world during her life.

DIRECTIONS: You will be assigned a topic to research. You will be responsible for researching and learning about your assigned topic. You will then be responsible for teaching us, the class, about your topic. You will teach us about your topic by preparing and showing us a Google Slides presentation. Your presentation needs a minimum of 11 slides although you are welcome to use more if you’d like to.

RESEARCH: For your research project, you will need to use at least ONE PIONEER source and one other reliable internet source.

STEP ONE: With your group, research your assigned topic. On the attached sheet, plan out how you want your Google Slides presentation to look. Determine what information/pictures you want on each slide. Remember, you need a minimum of 11 slides Some presentations, however, will need more than 11 slides to cover all the information you want to cover. This is fine also.

STEP TWO: You will have only two class days in which to complete your assignment. Any additional work will be done as homework.

STEP THREE: Class presentation. You will be graded on your product as well as your group presentation of the material.

Google Slides Worksheet

Use this sheet to plan out your presentation. Remember, you can use more than 11 slides if you want to.

Slide #1

Title Slide

What was your research question?

Authors’ Names

Slide #2 (Applicable Image)

Slide #3 ( Applicable Image) Slide #4 (Applicable Image)

Slide #5 (Applicable Image) Slide #6 (Applicable Image)

Slide #7 (Applicable Image) Slide #8 (Applicable Image)

Slide #9 (Applicable Image) Slide #10 Quote and elaboration

Choose a quote that relates to your research question and elaborate.

Must be at least five sentences in MLA format.

Slide #11

Works Cited

(use www.easybib.com) for

this section)

Research Topics:

● Hitler’s defeat and death● Conditions in Europe leading up to W.W. II● Adolf Hitler life and death● The liberation of the concentration camps● D-Day● The Secret Annex (the place in which the Frank family hid)● Anne Frank and the people with whom she went into hiding● The invasion of Holland and the treatment of the Jews in the Netherlands● The Resistance movement during World War II (Holland, France, etc.)● Restrictions on Jewish-German life in the 1930’S● Kristallnacht● The S.S. and the Gestapo (the green police) and Nazi Party● Jewish religious holidays and the Star of David● The Nazi party in Germany● Concentration camps ● U.S. Leaders/ German leaders● German Leaders● World War I and what it cost Germany● Joseph Stalin● Battle of Stalingrad● Aircraft● Women’s role in World War II● African Americans’ role in the war● Stolen art during World War II● The French resistance● The atomic bomb● German propaganda and United States propaganda● United States propaganda● death marches● treatment of Jews in America● Royal family of Holland during World War II● Allied forces / Axis Powers● Axis Powers● Pearl Harbor● Rationing in Europe during World War II● Symbols: Star of David, Swastika, and Symbols in Jewish holidays● Antisemitism