The Diary of Anne Frank: Literature & Film Guide

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Recommended Resources for Teachers & Students

The following resources can be used when preparing to teach a unit on Anne Frank, World War II, and/or the Holocaust. They are also useful sources for student research.

Websites

• The Anne Frank Center USA
• Anne Frank Channel on YouTube
• Anne Frank Foundation
• Anne Frank Guide
• Anne Frank House
• Anne Frank Tree
• Anne Frank the Writer: An Unfinished Story
• Miep Gies, An Unsung Heroine
• Teaching Tolerance
• Facing History and Ourselves

Books

• Frank, Anne. The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition, edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler and translated by Susan Masotty (Anchor Books, 1996).
• David, Kati. A Child's War: World War II Through the Eyes of Children (Avon Books, 1989). Journalist Kati David examines various experiences of children during World War II.
• Freedom Writers, with Erin Gruwell. The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them (Broadway Books, 1999).
• Gies, Miep. Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family (Simon and Schuster, 1988).
• Holliday, Laurel. Children in the Holocaust and World War II: Their Secret Diaries (Washington Square Press, 1995).
• Kopf, Hedda Rosner. Understanding Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents (Greenwood Press, 1997).
• Prose, Francine. Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife (HarperCollins, 2009).

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