Introduction to Anne Frank: Holocaust WebQuest

Learn about Anne Frank and the Holocaust with this interactive webquest. Essential WWII history for students.

Holocaust Facts - Use the graphic to answer the questions that follow. How many shoes were found after the concentration camps were freed? The holocaust wiped out _% of the Jewish population. Out of the thousands of Jewish people who went into hiding, _ of them survived. _ was the number of laws that affected the lives of Jewish people. Children of the Holocaust Video Watch the WHOLE video and answer the questions below. You may need to PAUSE the video at times. Pause the video above at 0:29 to ensure you get the correct answers to the following questions. In May of 1945, 6 million European Jews were dead, targeted victims of genocide. About 1.5 million of them were children. Pause the video at 2:09 to ensure you get the correct answers to the following questions. Anne Frank was one of the hidden children. Her entire family and several other Jewish people hid in the attic for 2 years before they were eventually found. Anne, her sister and their mother died in concentration camps. Her father was the only person in the attic who survived. Pause the video at 3:10 to ensure you get the correct answers to the following questions. Other children were hidden in many other different ways. Jay Ipson survived with his family by hiding underground for 6 months. Before going into hiding, he and his mother were the only two people to survive in a group of 5,000 that were deported for execution. Who was Anne Frank? Watch the WHOLE video and answer the questions that follow. How old was Anne when she received her diary? 9 years old 13 years old 16 years old 11 years old What name did she give her diary? What was the name of the secret hiding place that Anne and her family hid in? The Secret Attic The Secret Basement The Secret Annex What were TWO of the rules in the Annex? Who did Anne become friends with?