WRITE THE FULL CITATION OF YOUR TWO RESEARCH SOURCES BELOW:
Example: Douglas, Kate. Contesting Childhood: Autobiography, Trauma, and Memory. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 2010.
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PLANNING YOUR INTRODUCTION
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Background Information:
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Ideas, Concerns that will be
discussed)
Thesis Statement
Argument:
Significance:
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Topic Sentence:
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Commentary on Topic:
Evidence to support commentary:
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Why is this evidence important?:
(How does it support your thesis?
What does it teach the reader?)
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Why is this evidence important?:
(How does it support your thesis?
What does it teach the reader?)
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Why is this evidence important?:
(How does it support your thesis?
What does it teach the reader?)
PLANNING YOUR CONCLUSION
Paraphrase your thesis:
Summarize your observations and arguments in your body paragraphs:
Explain what the audience can learn from your essay and remind them of why your argument is important and meaningful:
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Significance of Autobiography
Source 1: Alba, Avril. “Lessons from History? The Future of Holocaust Education.” A Companion to the Holocaust (2020): 599-617.
Source 2: Wolf, Diane L. “Family and Trauma: The Autobiography of Scholarship.” Genealogy 4.4 (2020): 107.
INTRODUCTION
Background Information:
The Diary of a young girl is the most enduring documents about the most remarkable girl by Anne Frank. The document is a private or a personal autobiography that reviews the girl’s life, which is very important in recording crucial details in a person’s life. Additionally, the autobiography Helps in providing the patterns in the life of a girl, beginning with her thirteenth birthday to after her fifteenth birthday. However, the Diary of a young girl is a personal historical context, especially her thoughts and feelings of world war 11. On the other hand, the autobiographic tale about Anne’s complicated and traumatic childhoods characterized by brutal life circumstances and issues growing up in Holocaust (Alba, Avril, page 599-617)
Thesis Statement
Argument:
The paper discusses the contrast between personal and public history, based on Annes Frank’s Diary, which provides a deeper understanding.
Significance:
The research will provide the importance of a personal experience in understanding pubic history, for instance, the history of world war 11.
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Topic Sentence:
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Over the last twenty-five years, defining public history has been a debate. Even the National Council of Public History has had difficulties in defining the term. However, according to most scholars, public history is considered an approach, a movement, or a method that involves the practice of history through collaborative study, which makes the document available and easily accessible to the public (Alba, Avril, page 599-617). On the other hand, personal history is a personal documentation of the chronology of events, which links an individual personal life with the world’s happenings.
Commentary on Topic:
Anne’s frank autobiography of personal history is published in the form of a book. Personal history is developed and explained from a personal experience of the most historical phase in human life, the second world war.
Evidence to support commentary:
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Anne’s frank autobiography as a personal experience is critical in understanding public history. The personal Diary is a historical piece that provides:
The political condition of the Netherlands.
• Issues of resistance of collaboration.
• The Jewish community’s war difficulties in reconstructing itself.
Anne’s Frank’s autobiography is a book or a document that provides a historical context that Helps in understanding past and present history; for instance, the history of the Holocaust is taught in most public schools and some private schools in the united states (Alba, Avril, page 599-617).
Why is this evidence substantial?:
The personal experience has been of great importance, especially in relating the modern tragedies with the holocaust case, which provides knowledge that Help the united states in learning from the story. Mostly, the holocaust story is related to some of the modern tragedies, such as the bombing of Hiroshima, slavery in America, the mass murder in Cambodia, and the destruction of Jews communities in Europe (Alba, Avril, page 599-617). The impact of the personal experience on public history is significant in discussing my thesis, which is based on Anne’s frank personal autobiography. Personal history teaches readers about past public histories that are relatable to most current and modern tragedies. Also, readers can learn about the impact of the second world war, and what may lead to failure of learning from the Holocaust.
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Topic Sentence:
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Annes Frank’s personal experience during the Holocaust is one of the most critical stories in explaining the history of the Jews. However, the life of Jews was filled with terror, and the story is used as a symbol of humanity (Wolf, Diane, page 107). The story provides moral and cultural values and offers education concerning formally and informally concerning the Holocaust. However, the story of Anne provides vivid information concerning how people got independence during the second world war 12, especially religious and political freedom in the united states. On the other hand, the story portrays the isolation, economic improvements, and discrimination of the Jewish community, which made the Annes family go into hiding. The decision made by Anne’s family to go into hiding is a major issue, where the family pretended to be non-Jewish, loving in crowded places, with tolerance, adaptability, and patience (Alba, Avril, page 599-617).
Commentary on Topic:
Anne Frank’s story is considered a “triumph of the human spirit” and “the testimony to human goodness” The historical document provides the optimism of Anne frank in postwar culture, which has been explained through optimistic images. Anne’s story is not the situation. only a personal development piece, but a document that presents a dilemma in historical
Evidence to support commentary:
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The personal history shows how Anne and the family went through hardship and isolation but still felt optimistic. According to Anne’s document, the Jews were treated with indecency, where men, women, and children could sleep together (Wolf, Diane, page 107). On the other hand, the protectors would take advantage of the Jews physically and financially the moment they went into hiding places. Fear of discovery was the biggest fear of the jews.
Why is this evidence substantial?:
(How does it support your thesis?
What does it teach the reader?
The evidence concerning Jews’ persecution, isolation, and discrimination is essential in explaining the history of Jews in the Holocaust, and the pathway f how the community found religious and political freedom after suffering. The suffering teaches the reader about optimism and what the Jews went through to gain independence and freedom (Alba, Avril, page 599-617)
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Topic Sentence:
(Be specific. Connect to themes/text)
Apart from using personal thoughts and feelings in writing about their own experience, Ann Frank also described tr life in secret Annex. As explained, life in Annex was lonely and isolated, where the mother faced a lack of love and affection. The book has changed millions of lives and taught most people about the second world war and the Holocaust. The document is considered a historical treasure, especially in the united states and the united kingdom. Additionally, the personal Diary provides the most important memories in the united states and globally, which provides the ethnic and religious identity of the victims. The historical memory is related to today s issues, such as racial and ethnic issues (Alba, Avril, page 599-617). The issue, however, discusses how the German-made the life of Jews hard in the Netherlands in 1940, where more than one hundred thousand Jews were deported to Holland during the Holocaust.
Commentary on Topic:
The secret Annex story began three hundred and fifty years ago, which was Ann and the family’s hiding place. The secret Annex had a secret entrance which was behind a bookcase. However, the famous frank hose foundation was established, and the current Ann frank house is historical.
Evidence to support commentary:
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Today, the secret Annex remains a historical monument in the Netherlands, which has led to development and increase in population in Amsterdam.
Why is this evidence substantial?:
How does it support your thesis?
What does it teach the reader?)
The Annes open house opened in 1960for. The public is significant and acts as a symbol of the holocaust story on how the jews fought for their freedom through resilience. However, the building teaches the readers the significance of personal autobiography and how it can significantly impact public history, which represents the thesis of the research.
CONCLUSION
Paraphrase your thesis:
Personal autobiography does not only view one’s life. Still, it acts as a way of presenting public history, especially though relating personal experience to events in history, such as the holocaust story. Anne Frank’s Diary provides historical information concerning the second world war 11 and the Holocaust, which helps understand how the jews gained independence from Germans’ hands. Additionally, the story’s historical context provides a deep understanding of how the jews fought for their identity after being discriminated against based on ethnicity and religion. On the other hand, the information is very educating and relative to most of the issues and cases today, especially concerning discrimination and identity (Alba, Avril, page 599-617).
Summarize your observations and arguments in your body paragraphs:
My position in the story is honoring Ann Frank’s work and the impact the personal Diary has had in the united states and the Jewish community. Additionally, the story is concerned with the development of public histories, such as the Secret Annex, and the resilience and personality of Anne as a writer and optimistic despite the isolation, discrimination, and hardship. Being one of the most sold-out copies in sixty-seven languages, Ann Frank’s Diary of a young girl’s easy to read, hence used in the classroom across the world as educators use the story to teach about the Holocaust children’s traumatic experiences in childhood (Alba, Avril, page 599-617).
Explain what the audience can learn from your essay and remind them of why your argument is important and meaningful:
The audience can learn about children’s experiences, the importance of being optimistic, and how the jews gained independence. On the other hand, the readers learn about the impact of autobiographies in providing public histories, such as the history of the Holocaust, which is very impact in the united states. My argument is meaningful because, through the impacts of the Diary, readers are encouraged to write and document thrilling life experiences since personal journals have great experiences, especially in heroism (Wolf, Diane, page 107).
