A LIVE PBS WEBINAR

Teachers: This is your official invitation for the "A Fresh Look at The Diary of Anne Frank" webinar on Wednesday, April 7 at 5 p.m. Arizona time, which includes a sneak peek of the new MASTERPIECE adaptation of the classic and a review of the extensive educator materials available to educators.

This new adaption of "The Diary of Anne Frank," the story of a Jewish teenager hiding from the Nazis and pouring out her heart to the only true friend she has left, her diary, airs on Holocaust Remembrance Day, Sunday, April 11 at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD Channel 6.

Teachers can sign up for this educator webinar http://www.pbs.org/teachers/webinar The extensive educator materials include a free online teacher’s guide for middle and high school students, developed in consultation with the Holocaust educational organization. "Facing History and Ourselves," is available to download at pbs.org/masterpiece

Otto, Anne and Edith Frank

Join us for this educator preview of the film and discover:

• Why the film offers a deliberately fresh portrayal of Anne

• Strategies that support classroom viewing and discussion of The Diary of Anne Frank—both as a literary classic and an illuminating first-person account of life in hiding during WWII

• How to use The Diary of Anne Frank as a springboard to explore universal themes of intolerance and racism

• New ways to encourage students’ own self-expression.

This webinar is being made possible with funding from the Jewish Federation of N.A.