ANNE FRANK HOUSE
Synopsis
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Experience the world-famous “Secret Annex” of the Anne Frank House in a never before seen way. Travel back to the years of the Second World War and wander through the rooms of the Secret Annex, where Anne Frank, her family and four other Jews hid from Nazi persecution during WW2.
Immerse yourself in Anne’s thoughts as you traverse each faithfully recreated room, fully restored thanks to the power of VR, and find out what happened to the Annex’ brave inhabitants.
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-Synopsis from website
CURRICULUM
Basics
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Experience: Narrative
VR Type: Room-scale based on teleporting.
Time: 22:00 minutes
Repeatability: None
Recommended Ages: 13+ See warnings below. Could be appropriate for younger ages depending upon parent discretion.
Save Function: Tour Mode allows one to revisit the Ann Frank house experience at your own pace and direction. Able to pause and return to main menu at any time.
Warnings:
There are brief verbal descriptions and/or two-dimensional pictures of Jews being persecuted, Anne kissing Peter, and the explanation of Anne’s family being discovered and sent to Auschwitz. Most 9 to 12-year-old students would easily handle this VR experience with parent discretion and based up on maturity.
Walkthrough
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Description
Guided tour
2-3 min - short verbal and two-dimensional images with background information
Narrative Tour
1. Opening the bookcase
2. Parent’s Bedroom
3. Anne and Margo’s room
4. Bathroom
5. Pel’s main room
6. Peter’s bedroom
7. Attic
8. Verbal and two-dimensional story explaining what happened to the Frank family after being discovered. Also describes how Anne’s diary was eventually published.
Considerations
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Description
There are a few two-dimensional images of Auschwitz at the end of the VR experience.
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Related to book. Many young people focus on the mild sexual content in the unabridged version of Anne’s book. In the VR experience you are guided to Anne’s room where she explains that they spent much time kissing and holding one-another.
Standards
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Technology: 1.1b, 1.3c, 1.3d, 1.6a-d, 1.7d
Social Studies: SSS2, SSS4, G1-G3​
SEL: 4a-b
VR Highlights
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It is nice that you can skip through the educational intro, but not fun to be forced to go through story mode before tour mode becomes accessible. There is a nice mix of audio quotes (indicated by a quote icon) with items that you can pick-up and examine as you listen to another quote. While you can teleport smoothly each quotation suggests you are locked into place, despite being able to still explore in room-scale.