Educational Resources
The Anne Frank Center offers a range of teaching resources for use in classrooms before a visit to an Anne Frank exhibit, as part of a visit, or after to extend and deepen learning. Lessons do not require a visit to an exhibition and can be used as a stand alone instructional resource.
Lesson plans include instructional resources to be used with The Ice Cream Man film and the Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Outcomes package created in partnership with Big Picture Classroom.
Resources for the Griffin Museum of Science+Industry Educator Guide:
Strategy 1: Jigsaw Activity
6-8 Grade Band 9-12 Grade Band
Strategy 2: Four Corners Activity
6-8 Grade Band 9-12 Grade Band
Strategy 3: Gallery Walk Activity
6-8 Grade Band 9-12 Grade Band
Download the guide here: Anne Frank Educator Guide
Our Lesson Plans
Each lesson plan title includes downloadable resources, including a Teacher’s Guide, a PDF Slide Deck for student-facing instruction, and other Instructional Resources (which may include primary documents with links, consumable documents/deliverables), plus an introductory video.
Each lesson plan was designed for a target grade-level and content area but may be adapted by teachers to meet local needs.
Lesson Plan 1: How & When DO YOu Help
This modifiable, cross-curricular lesson plan can be taught over multiple class periods. It uses primary documents to look at examples of people who were able/chose to help during the Holocaust, both connected to the experience of Anne Frank and outside in the larger story of the Holocaust in the Netherlands.
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This guide is written for teachers to help plan and deliver the lesson plan.
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This PDF was designed to be shared with students as a projected presentation or digital resource.
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These PDF resources are provided for download to be provided to students as instructional and/or consumable resources.
Lesson Plan 2: From One Day to the next - preparing to Visit the Exhibit
This multidisciplinary lesson plan was designed for use in one class period to prepare students for a visit to an Anne Frank exhibit. It introduces (or reintroduces) students to Anne Frank by asking them to focus on the daily details of life in the hidden annex and compare/contrast with the daily details of their own lives.
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This guide is written for teachers to help plan and deliver the lesson plan.
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This PDF was designed to be shared with students as a projected presentation or digital resource.
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These PDF resources are provided for download to be provided to students as instructional and/or consumable resources.
Lesson Plan 3: Otto frank & the longest hatred
This lesson plan was built with history/social studies or humanities classes in mind. It looks at and helps students understand historic antisemitism by looking at the real, lived-experiences of Otto Frank and the results of Nazi propaganda. (It includes material used before, during, and after the years of the Holocaust to dehumanize Jewish people and justify genocide. It requires careful supervision and instruction by teachers and mature usage by students.)
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This guide is written for teachers to help plan and deliver the lesson plan.
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This PDF was designed to be shared with students as a projected presentation or digital resource.
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These PDF resources are provided for download to be provided to students as instructional and/or consumable resources.
Lesson Plan 4: and nothing but the truth - COMING in Mid-May!
This multidisciplinary lesson plan can be taught as a companion to Lesson Plan 3 (Otto Frank & The Longest Hatred), or it can stand on its own. It looks at and helps students understand contemporary antisemitism and the dangers of conspiracy theory and Holocaust distortion and denial.
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This guide is written for teachers to help plan and deliver the lesson plan.
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This PDF was designed to be shared with students as a projected presentation or digital resource.
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These PDF resources are provided for download to be provided to students as instructional and/or consumable resources.
Lesson Plan 5: history in dialogue: confronting hatred - COMING in June!
This lesson plan was built with history/social studies or humanities in mind but can be adapted. It looks at and helps students bring the stories of Emmett Till and Anne Frank and their parents Mamie Till and Otto Frank who forced the world to confront the hateful ideologies that led to the violent deaths of their beloved children. (It includes material and content that requires careful supervision and instruction by teachers and mature usage by students.)
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This guide is written for teachers to help plan and deliver the lesson plan.
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This PDF was designed to be shared with students as a projected presentation or digital resource.
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These PDF resources are provided for download to be provided to students as instructional and/or consumable resources.
Lesson Plan 6: science, innovation, destruction - COMING in august!
This lesson plan was built with science or humanities classes in mind but can be adapted. It looks at and helps students explore the abuses of science, technology, and industry used to perpetrate the Holocaust and provides opportunities for students to think critically about issues related to the uses and misuses of innovation.
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This guide is written for teachers to help plan and deliver the lesson plan.
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This PDF was designed to be shared with students as a projected presentation or digital resource.
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These PDF resources are provided for download to be provided to students as instructional and/or consumable resources.
lesson plans for the educational package:
Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary outcomes
This lesson plan was written for any class that can include a lesson on media literacy, such as film and media, English/Language Arts, or humanities. It includes a study/analysis of the film The Ice Cream Man and considerations of composition, historical storytelling, and artistic representation of true events.
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This lesson plan was written for any class that can include a lesson on media literacy ad/or social psychology, such as film and media, English/Language Arts, or humanities. It includes a close analysis of The Ice Cream Man, including a scene that can help students consider and understand theories in social psychology that explain both why societies slide into violence and atrocity, and also, perhaps, what can be done to recognize and stop it.
lesson plan 2: escalation to violence - coming in may!
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Part of a Comprehensive Package for Schools with the Power of Cinema
Lesson plans in this series are designed for those schools participating in the Extraordinary Lives, Extraordinary Outcomes package. They are written for multiple curriculum areas and grade levels and connect to both the story of Anne Frank and the story of Ernst Cahn as told in the award-winning film The Ice Cream Man.