1. Webquest 2
Welcome: Anne Frank Webquest
Description: During this Webquest, students will explore the history of the Holocaust through the
reading of Anne Frank diary and writing a mock diary.
Grade Level: 6-8
Curriculum: Social Studies, English/ Language Arts
Keyword: Holocaust, Anne Frank, Diary
Author: Ray Mannon
Introduction: Anne Frank was a teenager in hiding during the Holocaust. She, with her family and four
others, hid upstairs of her father’s office in Amsterdam. After some time, they were betrayed and were
arrested by the Nazi’s where they were sent to concentration camps. Unfortunately after nine months
after her capture, Anne died in March 1945, in the Bergen-Belson concentration camp. Her father
published her diary after her death where it became the biggest read book about the Holocaust in the
world. After the class reads The Diary of Anne Frank, this webquest will provide most education of the
Holocaust, concentration camps, and the life of Anne Frank.
Task: Each student will have to make five entries in a mock diary. They will have to what location they
intend to be writing from; in hiding, as a refugee, or in a concentration camp.
Process: Once the student has decided which of the three locations they wish to be writing from, they
will then use the websites to gain more information about each location. Each diary entry must include
factual events and events that could have occurred to them in this location.
http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/data.show.php?di=record&da=survivors&ke=5
http://holocaustlearning.org/survivors
http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/people/survivor.htm
http://rememberme.ushmm.org/
How to write a diary:
http://www.slideshare.net/mssami/how-to-write-a-diary-entry
http://diary.writing.my/tips/DiaryWriting.html
Note: Each of the five entries must be at least a half a page in length and include factual events and
events that could have occurred. If the entries are not completed in class then they should be
completed at home as homework.

2. Evaluation Rubric
4 3 2 1 Scor
e
Character used in
Diary Entry
Writing Activity
Point-of-view,
arguments,
and
descriptions
were
consistently
in character.
Point-of-
view,
arguments,
and
descriptions
were often in
character.
Point-of-view,
arguments,
and
descriptions
were
sometimes in
character.
Point-of-
view,
arguments,
and
descriptions
were rarely
in character.
25%
Spelling/Grammar There were
no spelling or
grammar
mistakes.
There were
two to four
spelling
and/or
grammatical
errors.
There were
five to seven
spelling
and/or
grammatical
errors.
There were
eight or more
spelling
and/or
grammatical
errors.
25%
Substance of diary
entry
Each diary
entry fully
addresses a
mock
situation and
gives facts
and details to
support story.
Each diary
entry partially
addresses a
mock
situation and
gives facts
and details to
support
story.
Each diary
entry does not
adequately
addresses a
mock
situation and
gives facts and
details to
support story.
Each diary
entry does
not
addresses a
mock
situation and
gives facts
and details to
support
story.
25%
Format The diary
format was as
assigned:
student chose
one of the
scenarios and
followed
guidelines for
writing diary
entry. Each
entry was at
The diary
format was
as assigned:
student
chose one of
the scenarios
and followed
most of the
guidelines for
writing diary
entry.
The diary
format was
not
completed as
assigned:
student chose
one of the
scenarios and
followed
guidelines for
writing diary
The diary
format was
not
completed as
assigned:
student did
not follow
guidelines for
writing diary
entry.
25%

3. least 1/2
page in
length.
entry. Diary
entries did not
meet the
required
length.
Total Score: 100 %
Conclusion: After completing this webquest, the students will have gain knowledge about
Anne Frank, the Holocaust, and the life of those in hiding, as refugees, and in concentration
camps.