Alabama Social Studies SS24.HOS.13c

Social StudiesGrades 9–12The War in Europe

The Standard

Locate major ghettos and explain the significance of these sites.

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · The War in Europe

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students locate Warsaw, Łódź, Kraków, and Vilnius on a map of Nazi-occupied Europe. They explain how the Nazis confined Jewish people in ghettos, where many faced hunger, forced labor, and deportation. They identify resistance at sites such as Warsaw.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student labels the four cities on a wartime map. They use the Warsaw ghetto to explain confinement, deportation, and the 1943 uprising without calling it a killing center.
Common Misconceptions: Some students think ghettos were killing centers outside cities. Others think Jewish residents chose to move there or that every ghetto had an uprising.
How to Assess It: Give students a blank map of occupied Europe. Ask them to label Warsaw, Łódź, Kraków, and Vilnius, then write one sentence about why the Warsaw ghetto is remembered.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a wartime map and four city labels; have them place Warsaw, Łódź, Kraków, and Vilnius.
Read a short account of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, then ask: What actions did residents take to resist?
Match cards for Warsaw's uprising, Łódź's forced labor, Kraków's deportations, and Vilnius's resistance to city pins on a map.
Find POLIN Museum on a current Warsaw map and compare its location with a map of the former ghetto.

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