Diary of Anne Frank

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 7th grader is learning about The Diary of Anne Frank but apparently, they don't read the actual book, even though this is ENGLISH class. They just watched a movie about it and then did a "research" essay.

MCPS ELA instruction is trash.

That being said, my 7th grader's prompts and assignments from their teacher about The Diary of Anne Frank do talk about the Holocaust and World War II. So not sure why your kids omitted that context.

In 7th Grade, a core text is Tales from the Secret Annex. It’s not the diary.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/mobilebasic

Wow!!!

Replacing the Diary with the Tales strips away Anne Frank's identity as a victim of genocide, sanitizing the historical record and minimizing the Holocaust.

What do you mean "replacing"? I don't think CKLA ever had the Diary of Anee Frank in it. Did Study Sync?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid's class devoted a whole class period to discussing the historical context around the Diary, including geopolitical events, WWII, and the Holocaust. I think they're also getting to watch a play or movie on Anne Frank next week.

Cynthia Ozick argued that adaptations like the 1955 stage play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett downplayed her Jewish identity and the realities of antisemitism to make the story more palatable and universally appealing.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/10/06/who-owns-anne-frank

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 7th grader is learning about The Diary of Anne Frank but apparently, they don't read the actual book, even though this is ENGLISH class. They just watched a movie about it and then did a "research" essay.

MCPS ELA instruction is trash.

That being said, my 7th grader's prompts and assignments from their teacher about The Diary of Anne Frank do talk about the Holocaust and World War II. So not sure why your kids omitted that context.

In 7th Grade, a core text is Tales from the Secret Annex. It’s not the diary.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/mobilebasic

Wow!!!

Replacing the Diary with the Tales strips away Anne Frank's identity as a victim of genocide, sanitizing the historical record and minimizing the Holocaust.

What do you mean "replacing"? I don't think CKLA ever had the Diary of Anee Frank in it. Did Study Sync?

I don't know the history of the curriculum, but ask this: why in the first plane is the Tales book a curriculum selection? Why is it interesting and relevant to 7th grade? What does it mean without the Diary and the context?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 7th grader is learning about The Diary of Anne Frank but apparently, they don't read the actual book, even though this is ENGLISH class. They just watched a movie about it and then did a "research" essay.

MCPS ELA instruction is trash.

That being said, my 7th grader's prompts and assignments from their teacher about The Diary of Anne Frank do talk about the Holocaust and World War II. So not sure why your kids omitted that context.

In 7th Grade, a core text is Tales from the Secret Annex. It’s not the diary.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/mobilebasic

I’m poster who mentioned their kid’s Anne Frank assignment in 7th grade. What you shared here makes sense since I recall “annex” being mentioned no the assignment.

Sadly, they didn’t even read this text in full either. Just quotes and excerpts from it.

The main thing was the movie….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 7th grader is learning about The Diary of Anne Frank but apparently, they don't read the actual book, even though this is ENGLISH class. They just watched a movie about it and then did a "research" essay.

MCPS ELA instruction is trash.

That being said, my 7th grader's prompts and assignments from their teacher about The Diary of Anne Frank do talk about the Holocaust and World War II. So not sure why your kids omitted that context.

In 7th Grade, a core text is Tales from the Secret Annex. It’s not the diary.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/mobilebasic

Wow!!!

Replacing the Diary with the Tales strips away Anne Frank's identity as a victim of genocide, sanitizing the historical record and minimizing the Holocaust.

MCPS didn’t replace anything; that is why is in the curriculjm they use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 7th grader is learning about The Diary of Anne Frank but apparently, they don't read the actual book, even though this is ENGLISH class. They just watched a movie about it and then did a "research" essay.

MCPS ELA instruction is trash.

That being said, my 7th grader's prompts and assignments from their teacher about The Diary of Anne Frank do talk about the Holocaust and World War II. So not sure why your kids omitted that context.

In 7th Grade, a core text is Tales from the Secret Annex. It’s not the diary.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/mobilebasic

Teachers were allowed to use the real book if the school already had it. My school chose the original for obvious reasons.

The new curriculum has a lot of adaptations replacing original texts. Like seventh graders also read an adapted version of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I think good schools are going to replace the adaptations with the real texts more and more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid's class devoted a whole class period to discussing the historical context around the Diary, including geopolitical events, WWII, and the Holocaust. I think they're also getting to watch a play or movie on Anne Frank next week.

A whole 45-50 min to cover the geopolitical events, WWII, and the Holocaust???? I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid's class devoted a whole class period to discussing the historical context around the Diary, including geopolitical events, WWII, and the Holocaust. I think they're also getting to watch a play or movie on Anne Frank next week.

A whole 45-50 min to cover the geopolitical events, WWII, and the Holocaust???? I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this.

It's 7th grade. A class period seems like a good introduction. They'll cover these topics again in high school US History and World History.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 7th grader is learning about The Diary of Anne Frank but apparently, they don't read the actual book, even though this is ENGLISH class. They just watched a movie about it and then did a "research" essay.

MCPS ELA instruction is trash.

That being said, my 7th grader's prompts and assignments from their teacher about The Diary of Anne Frank do talk about the Holocaust and World War II. So not sure why your kids omitted that context.

In 7th Grade, a core text is Tales from the Secret Annex. It’s not the diary.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/mobilebasic

Teachers were allowed to use the real book if the school already had it. My school chose the original for obvious reasons.

The new curriculum has a lot of adaptations replacing original texts. Like seventh graders also read an adapted version of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I think good schools are going to replace the adaptations with the real texts more and more.

Tales from the Secret Annex is not an adaptation of the Diary of Anne Frank; it is a book of its own.

https://a.co/d/02uuoAIF

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 7th grader is learning about The Diary of Anne Frank but apparently, they don't read the actual book, even though this is ENGLISH class. They just watched a movie about it and then did a "research" essay.

MCPS ELA instruction is trash.

That being said, my 7th grader's prompts and assignments from their teacher about The Diary of Anne Frank do talk about the Holocaust and World War II. So not sure why your kids omitted that context.

In 7th Grade, a core text is Tales from the Secret Annex. It’s not the diary.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/mobilebasic

I’m poster who mentioned their kid’s Anne Frank assignment in 7th grade. What you shared here makes sense since I recall “annex” being mentioned no the assignment.

Sadly, they didn’t even read this text in full either. Just quotes and excerpts from it.

The main thing was the movie….

That’s an implementation issue with your school or teacher. Kids did actually read the book.

[Anonymous]

My 7th grader read it and is doing project interviewing relative on memories / experiences related to ww2 / war / holocaust. Which school is your kid in op?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:English class:

Kid read the beginning of the Diary of Anne Frank and wrote some essays about friendship and parents.

No reading or discussion about WWII or the Holocaust.

What is going on?

Pyle did a whole unit where the kids read the full book and learned about the holocaust. They even had a holocaust survivor come and speak. Sounds like it’s a problem with your school.

That is the problem with MCPS - some schools, like Pyle, are good - the majority of everyone else's schools are not so good - they have movies instead of books, or brief excerpts from books, without context.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 7th grader is learning about The Diary of Anne Frank but apparently, they don't read the actual book, even though this is ENGLISH class. They just watched a movie about it and then did a "research" essay.

MCPS ELA instruction is trash.

That being said, my 7th grader's prompts and assignments from their teacher about The Diary of Anne Frank do talk about the Holocaust and World War II. So not sure why your kids omitted that context.

In 7th Grade, a core text is Tales from the Secret Annex. It’s not the diary.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/2/d/1GbCzfM3glwSUsf1DSYrYvCDhz4JgECgsStTaHLk8J3I/mobilebasic

Wow!!!

Replacing the Diary with the Tales strips away Anne Frank's identity as a victim of genocide, sanitizing the historical record and minimizing the Holocaust.

What do you mean "replacing"? I don't think CKLA ever had the Diary of Anee Frank in it. Did Study Sync?

Study Sync had excerpts of the Diary of Anne Frank in the MS curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:English class:

Kid read the beginning of the Diary of Anne Frank and wrote some essays about friendship and parents.

No reading or discussion about WWII or the Holocaust.

What is going on?

Pyle did a whole unit where the kids read the full book and learned about the holocaust. They even had a holocaust survivor come and speak. Sounds like it’s a problem with your school.

That is the problem with MCPS - some schools, like Pyle, are good - the majority of everyone else's schools are not so good - they have movies instead of books, or brief excerpts from books, without context.

Our school, considered middling in DCUM, also read the whole book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid's class devoted a whole class period to discussing the historical context around the Diary, including geopolitical events, WWII, and the Holocaust. I think they're also getting to watch a play or movie on Anne Frank next week.

A whole 45-50 min to cover the geopolitical events, WWII, and the Holocaust???? I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this.

It's 7th grade. A class period seems like a good introduction. They'll cover these topics again in high school US History and World History.

Wow, different poster but I think it's time to cry. 45 minutes to cover all the geopolitical events, WWII and the Holocaust then watching a movie which probably will be condensed into 1 class period but let's say it is two. So 3 classes of 45 minutes and nothing said about actually reading anything or any assignments. So much is wrong with all of this.