An estimated 6 million Jews were mercifully killed during World War Two after being persecuted for many years. One 14-year-old girl wrote a diary showing what life was really like for Jews‚ which showed shocking and bloodcurdling insights and details. Her name was Anne Frank. Annelise Marie Frank was a Jew born in Frankfurt‚ Germany on the 12th of June 1929. She lived at a time when Jews and other ‘non perfect’ races were slowly losing their rights and they were being treated more and more like
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The Diary of Anne Frank By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hacket Literature Circle Packet Common Core Objectives: RL 2 Determine a theme of a text and analyze its development‚ including its relationship to the characters‚ setting‚ and plot. RL 10 Read and comprehend dramas. L 4 Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases Directions for this packet: Most of this packet is designed for you‚ the reader‚ to read and acknowledge the concepts listed
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Freedom Writers is a 2007 American drama film starring Academy Award winner Hilary Swank‚ Scott Glenn‚ Imelda Staunton and Patrick Dempsey. It is based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary by teacher Erin Gruwell who wrote the story based on Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach‚ California. The title is a play on the term "Freedom Riders"‚ referring to the multiracial civil rights activists who tested the U.S. Supreme Court decision ordering the desegregation of interstate buses in
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Hermann van Pels begins working with Otto Frank in 1938. Miep Gies remembers him as “tall‚ large man” and “quite an agreeable sort‚ had no trouble fitting into the routine” in the company. Hermann acquired his knowledge of the butcher’s trade by working in the business of his father‚ Aron van Pels (who was originally Dutch). After his marriage to Lina Vorsänger‚ Aron settled down in Gehrde‚ Germany. He worked there for his German father in law‚ a wholesaler in butchers’ equipment. Aron and Lina had
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America is supposed to be the nation of the free. We are allowed to protest‚ to speak‚ to believe‚ but what happens when all this is taken away? How can one survive in this country when there are wars that occur every day? These wars are unknown to most. They occur on the streets were rape‚ drugs‚ murder and kidnap could be found. There is one way to survive in this country where hate is found that is to find freedom within thyself and within others who accept you. This was accomplished through 150
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Huy Ngo Professor Dumars English 103 18 December 2012 Forever Again The Holocaust was a very significant atrocity against the Jewish people. Under the command of Hitler‚ many millions of Jewish people did not live through his reign of terror. Yet‚ there are those who did survive through this and grew from this genocide. To this day‚ many Jewish people still participate in a day dedicated solely to the memory of the man‚ women‚ and children who died during the Holocaust. The day is
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Research Paper- Film Analysis Inner-city schools are suffered by multilayered structural and institutional problems. Although urban problems mainly stem from socio-political power relations rather than individuals‚ classroom teachers must shoulder the responsibility for making education caring for urban youth. Freedom Writers (2007)‚ a film released in 2007‚ addresses the complex challenges that inner-city teachers face by acting the special pedagogy of one teacher‚ Erin Gruwell. Throughout the
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they would attempt to change each. (This title - "Toast for Change"‚ reoccurs for the themes of their fundraisers). In class‚ when reading The Diary of Anne Frank‚ they invite Miep Gies (Pat Carroll)‚ the woman who sheltered Anne Frank from the German soldiers to talk to them. After they raise the money to bring her over‚ Miep shares her experiences hiding Anne Frank. When Marcus tells her that she is his hero‚ she denies it‚ claiming she was merely doing the right thing. Her denial leads Eva to rethink
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Miep Gies gives Otto Anne’s diary and Otto reads the and discovers a whole new Anne and he is touched by that (Stitching). One of the things I learned from this project is that i’m more touched by the Holocaust now because when you hear about someone who went
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Goodrich and Albert Hackett in the play they decribe the life of a young Jewish girl‚ named Anne Frank. Anne and her family were forced into hiding because Hitler’s discrimination against the Jews. The hiding place is small attic of a office owned by Miep Gies and Mr. Kraler in Amsterdam. The people hiding in the attic commonly known as the secret Annexe. The secret Annexe consists of Mr. and Mrs. Frank‚ Anne Frank‚ Margot Frank‚ Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan‚ and Peter Van Daan‚ however the most troublesome character
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