Partner’s Names:
Period:
Date:
Before reading the excerpt from The World Must Know by the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum, Anne Frank (The excerpt is on the next three pages), look at the 3 pictures
and their captions; there is a picture on each page and they are marked Picture #1, #2, and #3.
Make an observation for each picture and make an inference from each observation. Finally,
make a prediction about what the excerpt Anne Frank will be about.
Observation
Picture #1
Inference
Picture #2
Picture #3
Predict what the excerpt Anne Frank will be about:
Next:
Read the article with your partner. As you read, underline at least 6 facts that you find
(observe). Facts are important details stated directly in the text.
Now that you have read the article: Answer the following questions. Remember:
An inference and a prediction are not stated directly in the text. They are a guess you can make
because you can support the guess with text based evidence (FACTS/DETAILS/QUOTES) from
the text.
1. Based on the information in the Anne Frank excerpt, predict what would have most likely
happened to Anne’s diary if Miep Gies had not found and saved it after Anne was arrested.
Write a detail from the selection to support your answer.
2. Based on the information in the Anne Frank excerpt, why was Anne most likely found in her
hiding place? Use two details to support your answer
3. Each of the words/phrases could be used to describe Anne Frank. Pick the word/phrase you
think best describes Anne.
idealist
realist
Write two details from the Anne Frank excerpt to support your choice.
typical teen
Next, watch the video The Short Life of Anne Frank. Take Cornell Notes on important
facts/details that you did not find in the Anne Frank excerpt.
You and your partner should discuss and answer the following questions after viewing The Short
Life of Anne Frank. Review your notes to help you with the answers.
_____1. Based on the information in The Short Life of Anne Frank, what inference can you
make about why Anne and her family do not want to live in Germany anymore after the Nazi’s
take power?
A. They don’t like living in a poor country like Germany.
B. The Nazi’s have enacted laws against Jews and Anne’s family is Jewish.
C. Anne’s family is tired of living in Germany.
D. Anne’s family doesn’t want to live in a country with Jews.
_____2. Based on the information in The Short Life of Anne Frank, why does Anne’s family
decide to move to the Netherlands?
A. The Nazis are not in power there.
B. They were originally Dutch and wanted to go home.
C. It is the farthest away from the Nazis that they can move.
D. It is a good place to have a business making jam.
_____3. Based on the information in The Short Life of Anne Frank, what most likely would
have happened if Anne’s Family did not move to the Netherlands?
A. They would have moved to Austria instead.
B. They would have started a business selling jam in Germany.
C. They would have become Nazis.
D. They probably would have all been arrested and sent to concentration camps.
_____4. Based on the information in The Short Life of Anne Frank, what most likely would
have happened if the Nazis could have controlled the radio?
A. The Jews under the control of the Nazis would not have known what was going on in the rest
of the world.
B. The Jews would have to rely on telephones to find out what was going on in the rest of the
world.
C. The Nazis would have controlled television as well.
D. The Nazis were not afraid of people listening to the radio.
_____5. Based on the information in The Short Life of Anne Frank, predict what would have
happened if Anne had not died from hunger but instead lived for another couple of weeks.
A. She would have been sent to Auschwitz.
B. She would have gone back into hiding.
C. She would have been gassed or put into a furnace.
D. She would have been rescued by the English when they liberated the camp she was in.
6. Based on the information in The Short Life of Anne Frank, predict what would have happened
to Anne and Peter’s relationship after the war had ended if they hadn’t died. Use two
details/facts from the film to support your opinion
7. What experiences most likely influenced Anne in writing her diary the way that she did? Use
two details/facts from the film to support your opinion.
8. Explain how ideals and values were important to Anne. Use two details from the film to
support your answer.
The theme for our unit of study so far this year is: We all have struggles to overcome. Use the
Venn diagram below to explore the things you know about the characters in Freedom Writers,
Anne Frank, and yourself in regards to overcoming struggles. Include 3 examples from Freedom
Writers characters, Three about Anne in The Short Life of Anne Frank and 3 from your own life.
Are there any experiences that overlap? Where will you put the experiences in the Venn
diagram?
Freedom
Writers
Characters
The Short Life of
Anne Frank
Yourself