July 29, 2009: Meet Anne Frank
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Activities:
1. Draw a picture of your bedroom. Paste newspaper words and pictures of items you would want in your bedroom if you had to stay there for a long time. Do not choose anything that uses electricity.
2. Select five people in the newspaper whom you would choose to stay with you in your house if you could not leave for a long time. Write the names on a piece of paper. Next to each name, write a sentence telling why you would choose that person.
3. Make a plan for a long stay in your house. Divide a piece of paper into two columns. In the first column, list items from the newspaper that would last for a long stay. In the second column, list items that someone would have to bring to you because you would use them up or they would spoil.
4. What information in today's Mini Page shows you that Otto Frank was (a) liked and respected, (b) a good planner, (c) generous, and (d) determined?
5. Create a diary that would tell people in the future what life is like today. Write your thoughts and activities in your diary for at least five days. Include information about the daily activities of your friends and family members.
This week's standard:
Activities:
1. Draw a picture of your bedroom. Paste newspaper words and pictures of items you would want in your bedroom if you had to stay there for a long time. Do not choose anything that uses electricity.
2. Select five people in the newspaper whom you would choose to stay with you in your house if you could not leave for a long time. Write the names on a piece of paper. Next to each name, write a sentence telling why you would choose that person.
3. Make a plan for a long stay in your house. Divide a piece of paper into two columns. In the first column, list items from the newspaper that would last for a long stay. In the second column, list items that someone would have to bring to you because you would use them up or they would spoil.
4. What information in today's Mini Page shows you that Otto Frank was (a) liked and respected, (b) a good planner, (c) generous, and (d) determined?
5. Create a diary that would tell people in the future what life is like today. Write your thoughts and activities in your diary for at least five days. Include information about the daily activities of your friends and family members.
This week's standard:
- Students use biographies and stories to understand the individuals who are honored by the nation. (Social Studies: History)
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
