The Holocaust: Anne Frank's Diary

This lesson aims to help students to build their skill at analysing the language choices in texts, whilst also providing students with valuable SMSC messages about the horror of the Holocaust. Students also hone their skills of writing to analyse, in response to extracts from 'Anne Frank's Diary.'

Informative and engaging, this lesson follows a clear and logical learning journey. Students learn to:
- Define key terms related to the historical context of The Holocaust;
- Remember and understand key information about Anne Frank's experiences, that they learn from an engaging PowerPoint presentation;
- Read extracts from Anne Frank's diary;
- Answer a range of questions to demonstrate their understanding of Anne's diary;
- Analyse the language features used by Anne Frank to create dramatic images in the mind of the reader;
- Peer-assess each others' learning attempts.

Included in this resource pack: A comprehensive, whole-lesson, visually engaging PowerPoint presentation, which guides the teacher and learners through the lesson, a writing to analyse help-sheet, an engaging and helpful worksheet, extracts from 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' and teacher guidance notes.

All images are cited at the end of the PowerPoint presentation, and are licensed for commercial use.