Programmes for Teachers and Schools

In 2017, the AJR committed to supporting the work of the Anne Frank Trust UK to upgrade its popular travelling exhibition Anne Frank: A History for Today. The Trust delivers its exhibition with an accompanying peer education programme and educational workshops in more than 75 schools each year, reaching over 40,000 young people– many in areas of high socio-economic deprivation and community tensions. After 10 years of the programme’s steady growth, the Trust developed a three-year plan to make the exhibition better suited for the needs of teachers and schools by creating a new digital format for students to engage with the story of Anne Frank. This new, more interactive exhibition will enable the Trust to adapt its content to different age ranges, ability levels and local areas. Crucially, it will also enable the Trust to evaluate the impact of the programme, yielding data to help continuously improve. Robert Posner, the Trust’s Chief Executive, comments that collaborating with the AJR ͞has played a significant role in keeping our exhibitions up-to-date and relevant for young people and responsive to global issues around refugees.͟The AJR was pleased to support this project financially and also by making available its Refugee Voices audio-visual archive of survivor testimonies for inclusion in the exhibition. We recognise the increasingly important role that digital technology plays in the education sector and are eager to invest in projects which offer innovative ways in engaging young people in lessons about the Holocaust.