Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl Unit Plan – Digital Lessons & Activities

This all-in-one digital unit plan provides everything you need to teach Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl in your classroom. With over 425 slides of content, this ready-to-use resource ensures no prep time is required! The unit includes a variety of digital materials to enhance your students' understanding and appreciation of Anne's powerful story. You’ll find Google Slides presentations, digital assignments, historical context, thought-provoking reading questions, vocabulary activities, self-grading quizzes, video journals, and digital class activities. This comprehensive digital Anne Frank unit plan is designed to create a rich learning experience while making lesson planning simple and stress-free for teachers.

This is a Google-compatible activity, and students complete all the work on the computer. This works well with distance learning, 1:1 classrooms, remote teaching, Google Classroom, or for online education.

Included in the Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl Digital Unit Plan

➡️ Anne Frank Introductory Presentation: Introduce the diary with this interactive Google Slides presentation. It includes pre-reading discussion questions, an interactive class activity, a biography of Anne Frank, historical context, and background information on the diary. The presentation sets the stage for the entire unit.

➡️ Anne Frank Digital Summary Cards: These 27 digital summary cards provide an excellent classroom reference for both teachers and students. The cards highlight key plot moments from the diary, and they can be used as a tool for struggling readers, quick plot reference, or for finding text evidence during essay writing.

➡️ Anne Frank Self-Grading Quizzes: These short Google Forms quizzes are perfect for checking comprehension. Six quizzes, each with six multiple-choice questions and two quotes that require students to explain context are included. Detailed answer keys are included and the multiple-choice are self-grading!

➡️ Anne Frank Vocabulary Digital Booklet and Slides: Help students learn new vocabulary from the diary with this ready-to-use resource. The vocabulary digital booklet is organized by diary sections, with students reading new words in context and inferring their meanings. They then check definitions to see if they were correct. Google slides for easy class review are included.

➡️ Anne Frank - Video Clip Journal Prompts: Encourage students to make connections to the diary with these video journals. Students watch a short video clip that relates to themes, topics, or ideas from the diary. Each video is accompanied by a journal prompt, allowing students to reflect on the video and its connection to the text.

➡️ Anne Frank Historical Context: This 67-slide Google Slides presentation provides historical context for key references in the diary. The presentation covers events such as the Jewish Lyceum, anti-Jewish laws, concentration camps, the Allies, Westerbrook, Winston Churchhill, and more. It helps students understand how Anne's personal story connects to the larger events of WWII and is organized by reading section based on where the references were made in the text.

➡️ Anne Frank Questions and Answers: This resource includes reading questions organized by diary sections. These questions cover both comprehension and analysis. Student response slides and a slide with all the questions are included. A Google Slides presentation with detailed answers, supported by text evidence, will guide students through each section.

➡️ Anne Frank Analysis Notes: This 58-slide Google Slides presentation covers the most important literary elements in the diary, such as setting, characterization, theme, conflict, symbolism, mood, and more. The notes can be used for class discussions or as a guide for students to copy. These detailed notes will enhance students' understanding of Anne's writing.

This Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl Digital Unit Plan also includes creative assignments and activities for each reading section. You can learn more about what's included below:

Section 1: June 12, 1942 – October 14, 1942

➡️ Diary Writing Assignment: Just like Anne Frank, students will keep their own digital diary during this unit. The diary will be a space for students to write honestly about their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. This provides an opportunity for self-expression and reflection. At the end of the unit, students will reflect on how keeping a diary helped them gain new insights or perspectives. Whether or not the teacher reads the diary will be left up to the student.

➡️ Anne Frank Characterization Activity: This digital activity encourages students to track the key people in Anne's life. As they read, they will fill out a chart with descriptions and key characteristics of the people Anne mentions, helping them understand the dynamics in the annex.

➡️ The Secret Annex Layout: Students will learn about the physical space where Anne Frank and her family hid. They will label a digital diagram of the annex, identifying its rooms and their uses by different members of the annex, which helps students visualize Anne's daily environment.

➡️ Anne Frank Idioms: Anne uses many idioms in her writing. In this digital game, students will match idioms she uses to their definitions, gaining a deeper understanding of her language and the time period.

Section 2: October 20, 1942 – July 19, 1943

➡️ Anne Frank Conflict: In this digital assignment, students will explore both the internal and external conflicts Anne faces during this time. Using presentation slides and an assignment, students will analyze specific moments in the diary and examine how these conflicts impact Anne's personal journey.

➡️ Radio Lesson: The radio plays a pivotal role in Anne’s story. After learning about the historical importance of radio during WWII, students will listen to Winston Churchill’s "The End of the Beginning" speech (mentioned in the diary). They will analyze it with reading questions and follow up by writing their own radio broadcast about the Battle of Stalingrad (also mentioned in the diary) using a nonfiction text, even performing or recording it for extra engagement.

Section 3: July 23, 1943 – January 12, 1944

➡️ Anne Frank Figurative Language: This digital activity focuses on identifying and analyzing figurative language in Anne’s writing. Students will label metaphors, idioms, personification, and more using quotes from this section. An answer key is provided to help guide students’ analysis.

➡️ Maya Angelou Caged Bird Poetry Lesson and Connection: Anne compares herself to a caged bird in this section. After reading Maya Angelou’s poem "Caged Bird," students will explore connections between the poem and Anne’s diary. They will analyze the shared themes of confinement and longing, then write a journal response after listening to Angelou read the poem.

Section 4: January 15, 1944 – March 19, 1944

➡️ Anne's Advice: Anne offers wisdom throughout this section. Students will read quotes from her advice and choose one to reflect upon in a digital one-page assignment. This activity helps students analyze Anne's evolving perspectives on life and humanity.

➡️ The WWII Helpers Nonfiction Jigsaw Activity: In this lesson, students will learn about the people who helped Anne and others during the Holocaust, including Miep, Bep, Jan, Johan, Victor, and Johannes. They will then learn about new WWII helpers like Sir Nicholas Winton and Corrie ten Boom in this creative jigsaw activity. Each group will learn about one person (Sir Nicholas Winton, Carl Lutz, Corrie ten Boom, Henriette Henriquez Pimentel, Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer). Then, students will complete a jigsaw activity, moving to a group with a person from each expert group, teaching their peers about these real-life heroes.

Section 5: March 20, 1944 – May 3, 1944

➡️ Dear Anne Writing Activity: Students will imagine writing a letter from Anne to herself, reflecting on her growth and offering advice. This digital assignment allows students to explore Anne’s evolving perspective, offering insights into her character development and how she might have viewed her younger self as she faced the challenges of living in hiding.

➡️ Peter’s Diary: Since we only hear Anne’s perspective in the text, this activity asks students to imagine Peter also keeping a diary. They will create a digital entry from his point of view, helping students better understand his character and relationship with Anne.

Section 6: May 5, 1944 – August 1, 1944

➡️ Anne Frank Historical Timeline Activity: In this digital assignment, students will create a timeline of Anne Frank's life in hiding, highlighting key moments from the diary alongside provided significant historical events of WWII. This will allow students to visualize how Anne’s experiences were shaped by the larger context of the war.

➡️ Anne Frank Legacy WebQuest: Students will explore Anne Frank’s lasting legacy through a digital WebQuest. They will follow links to articles, videos, and images related to her diary's compilation, Otto Frank’s perspective, the impact of Anne’s story, the aftermath of WWII, and reflections on her time in the concentration camps. This activity will help students understand how Anne’s story became a symbol of hope, resilience, and the power of remembrance.

➡️ Essay Topics: Students will choose one of the pre-selected essay topics to write an analytical essay. This assignment encourages students to delve deeper into the themes, characters, or historical context of The Diary of a Young Girl, developing their critical thinking and writing skills.

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