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Students examine how they are affected by world affairs. After reading an article, they examine Otto Frank's attempts to immigrate to America. Using the New York Times, they identify examples of news, advertisements and photographs that connect to Anne Frank. They write lists of quotations that they could use in their own autobiographies.

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6th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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