The Anne Frank - A History for Today Exhibit

495 Buckwalter Parkway,Bluffton SC 29910

27 September, 2021

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The Anne Frank - A History for Today exhibit, will be on view at Cross Schools, Bluffton from September 13-30, 2021. The Anne Frank Partners The Anne Frank - A History for Today exhibit, will be on view at Cross Schools, Bluffton from September 13-30, 2021. The Anne Frank Partnership is sponsored by The Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, and local partner, University of South Carolina’s College of Education Anne Frank Project. The Anne Frank Partnership has been working since 2015 to create globally- and socially-aware students in South Carolina classrooms. The Anne Frank exhibition is primarily aimed at young people from 11 to 18 years old. Prior to the opening of this exhibit, Cross Schools’ high schoolers and middle schoolers were trained to act as guides to the exhibition. Fifteen students, members of the Cross Schools Archivists Club, spent two days with trainers, Morgan Bailey and Criss Byers, learning about the background to the exhibition; how they can communicate its content to people of their own age and how they can introduce more general themes such as tolerance and discrimination. The international exhibit has traveled all over the world and is presented more than 300 times per year. It tells the story of Anne Frank against the background of the Holocaust and the Second World War. Various versions of the exhibition are available and the current exhibit at Cross Schools features 31 story panels, detailing her life. Says Heather Brougham-Cook, teacher mentor for the Archivists Club: “We are excited to host The Anne Frank - A History for Today exhibit. By building on strong foundational knowledge about history and events that shaped our present, our club members are well-equipped to participate in this event. Experiences like this act as windows to the world for students, helping them develop empathetic responses to current events in their lives.” For more information: https://www.annefrank.org/en/education/product/61/anne-frank-a-history-for-today/