Primary Source 5Ws: The Diary of Anne Frank
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Primary and Secondary Sources
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Primary and secondary sources allow students and historians to take a look into the past or explore how past historical events and figures have been perceived. In order to make authentic and meaningful connections to the past, students must use primary sources to get a first-hand account of the people, events, conflicts, ideas, and themes that have occurred in the past.
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5 Ws of a Primary Source example - The Diary of Anne Frank
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- Who Created The Document?
- What Was The Document About?
- When Was The Document Created?
- The author of "The Secret Annex", otherwise known as "The Diary of A Young Girl" or "The Diary of Anne Frank", was written in secret by the Jewish teenager Anne Frank during her two-year period of hiding during World War II.
- Anne Frank (1929- 1945)
- The Diary of Anne Frank is written by Anne in her diary that received for her 13th birthday. Her writings in the diary that she nicknamed "Kitty" range from her emotions hiding during the war, her friendships, to connections to her family. This journal gave the world a very authentic and human perspective during such a horrific time in World History.
- Anne Frank began writing in her diary on June 12th, 1942. Anne Frank would write quite consistently throughout the war with her final entry on August 1st, 1944 before her arrest.
- Where Was The Document Created?
- 5 Ws of a Primary Source: The Diary of Anne Frank
- Why Is This A Significant Historical Document?
- How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
- Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.
- The majority of Anne Frank's diary was written while in hiding at her father Otto Frank's business, located at Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam. Amsterdam was under Nazi occupation for the majority of the time Anne wrote in her diary.
- The diary of Anne Frank has become an incredibly significant document in World History. This document has allowed millions to read about World War II from an authentic and very emotional perspective. This document allows the reader to remember how horrific the war was while taking countless and innocent lives like Anne Frank and so many others. This diary helps us all remember the outcomes of war and the terror it can bring.
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