Miep Gies WebQuest
Introduction
Hiding Jews during the Holocaust was a very stressful and difficult task, not to mention a task that could be deadly. The risks were high, but the rewards, to those who helped, were that they saved lives, and often felt as though they could have done more. You will research Miep Gies, the woman who helped hide the Franks, and create a podcast about Miep.
Task
Your task is to research Miep Gies using the resources below and create a podcast that provides vital information about Miep Gies, her life, her role in hiding the Franks, and her life after their capture, the war, and her death. Then you will find a person of character who
Process
1. Use the following resources to research about Miep Giess.
2. Take notes and keep useful information at hand that you find.
3. Write up a short ONE-TWO minute write up about Miep.
4. Look in recent newspapers, magazines, web articles, and other sources for examples of people who are helpers.
5. Make a compare/contrast chart to show the similarities and differences of the helpers you found in the paper and the helpers for Anne Frank, her family and friends.
3. Create a pod cast that informs audiences about Miep, and about your current day helper as well, and explains what they have done to be heroes in our world.
How to Create a PodCast
2. Take notes and keep useful information at hand that you find.
3. Write up a short ONE-TWO minute write up about Miep.
4. Look in recent newspapers, magazines, web articles, and other sources for examples of people who are helpers.
5. Make a compare/contrast chart to show the similarities and differences of the helpers you found in the paper and the helpers for Anne Frank, her family and friends.
3. Create a pod cast that informs audiences about Miep, and about your current day helper as well, and explains what they have done to be heroes in our world.
How to Create a PodCast
Resources
Interview with Miep
Read through this interview with Miep Gies and understand the trials and tribulations of hiding the Franks from her first hand account.
Meet the Woman who Hid the Franks
Miep Background
Miep Gies Obit / Biography
Conclusion
Now you have a better idea of the type of person it takes to hide a person who is being persecuted. While we may not have the same types of situations surrounding us like Miep did, we do have events that call us to be peoples of character...like Miep, and hopefully we can answer that call and be heroes...like Miep.