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Anne Frank, hopes and fears

This page contains a unit of work for teaching about Anne Frank as part of a programme of study for religious education. It is aimed at pupils in the last year of primary education in the UK, but may be suitable for older or younger pupils in other education systems. This unit has been produced to support the locally agreed syllabus for Religious Education in the East Riding of Yorkshire and should also support the expectations of other agreed syllabuses, including national models.

About this scheme

The scheme focuses on personal hopes and fears and how religious beliefs may help people to cope with these. It has the diary of Anne Frank as its central resource. The scheme has numerous religious links within it, but is primarily concerned with personal, social and moral development alongside ideas relating to citizenship. The religious context of belief and persecution is however, integral to the objectives.

Where the scheme fits

The issues around the persecution of the Jews and particularly the Holocaust are likely to be covered in greater detail in later key stages. This unit introduces some of the key concepts that will be considered in more detail at a later date.

Key vocabulary

• hope
• dream
• aspiration
• inspiration
• persecution

Suggested resources

• Anne Frank: The diary of a young girl
• The Bible in a modern translation

Expectations (relating to core assessment objectives)

Pupil target

“I can compare what I think, feel or believe about a celebration, with the feelings of those who take part in that celebration.”

Points to note/further suggestions

• This is an adapted unit, which refocuses on Anne Frank, but looks at personal, social and moral development alongside ideas relating to citizenship

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