Jan 27 – Anne Frank: A history for today Teacher Preview
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On her 13th birthday, Anne Frank receives a diary as a gift. Just weeks later her family enters into hiding in Amsterdam. For more than two years, Anne carefully records her thoughts, feelings, and observations in her now-iconic diary, one of the most widely read books in the world today. Through photos, narratives, and artefacts, Anne Frank – A History for Today illuminates the effect of National Socialism on one Jewish family, and explores the legacy of this history for all Canadians. The exhibit also features artefacts of child survivors who settled in Canada after the war.
Students grade six and up will participate in an interactive school tour and complementary workshop exploring themes of discrimination, social responsibility and resistance, and diarizing through the lens of the exhibit.
Exhibit produced by The Anne Frank House. Supported by Consulate of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Isaac and Sophie Waldman Endowment Fund of the Vancouver Foundation, and Ralph Markin & Bob Markin, in honour of a dear friend, Leslie Spiro z”l.