WWII Unit Study Overview

Each week we will be reading The Diary of Anne Frank as family read aloud at home and when we meet, we'll have discussion questions, vocabulary etc.

Each student will then choose an independent reader, and a topic to research and report on for the next week.

You will have the choice of topic to research and the way you want to present your topic.

Here are some ideas:

• write a diary or journal as if you were there
  
• make a mock newspaper
  
• write and then video some mock newscasts or interviews
  
• write a story or letter from the perspective as if you were there
  
• write basic reports
  
• write character sketches
  
• write a poetic narration
  
• make a lapbook
  
• make notebook pages
  
• write a one act play or skit from one of the stories (you could enlist the others to help you video it!)
  
• write an obituary of the person
  
• make a poster or collage
• make a board game

We also have a stack of approved reading for independent reading for you to choose from each week.

Each week we should have some time to work on reports or projects together. This will give us time to brainstorm together, make videos or just general group work.

So each week will look like this:

Week 1 Friday April 17th

Meet together - brainstorm a little about "Who, What, When, Where, Why, How"

Introductory discussion about The Diary of Anne Frank.

Choose your reader to take home.

Choose your first topic to research and possibly take books for studying.

Choose the way you would like to report.

Group study time.

Work on assignments at home during the week.

Week 2 Thursday April 23rd

Meet together - Review first week of Anne Frank reading (bring something to write with and a spiral or notebook)

Present your report.

Choose your next reader or continue the one you chose last week.

Choose your next topic and report style.

Group study time.

Work on assignments at home during the week.

Week 3 Thursday April 30th

Meet together - Review Anne Frank reading (bring something to write with and a spiral or notebook)

Present your report.

Choose your next reader or continue the one you chose last week.

Choose your next topic and report style.

Group study time.

Work on assignments at home during the week.

Week 4 Thursday May 7th (6-Flags Homeschool Day, possible reschedule anybody going?)

Meet together - Review Anne Frank reading (bring something to write with and a spiral or notebook)

Present your report.

Choose your next reader or continue the one you chose last week.

Choose your next topic and report style.

Work on these at home during the week.

Week 5 Thursday May 14th

Meet together - Review Anne Frank reading (bring something to write with and a spiral or notebook)

Present your report.

Choose your next reader or continue the one you chose last week.

Choose your next topic and report style.

Group study time.

Work on assignments at home during the week.

Week 6 Thursday May 21st (This date is flexible, my son will be in from Indiana but he could go with us!)

Meet together - Review first week of Anne Frank reading (bring something to write with and a spiral or notebook)

Present your last report.

Field trip to the Holocaust Museum.