Alabama Social Studies SS24.HOS.19

SS24.HOS.19 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.HOS.19a

  Evaluate the effect of Nazi policies on other groups targeted by the government of Nazi Germany, including the Roma, Sinti, and people with disabilities.*

• SS24.HOS.19b

  Outline the chronology of the Allied advance into Germany and the German surrender.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain why Nazi guards forced prisoners from camps as Allied armies approached and what happened on the marches. They compare policies targeting Roma, Sinti, and people with disabilities. They put the Allied advance, Berlin's fall, and Germany's surrender in order.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student explains that the marches kept prisoners from liberation and that many died or were killed along the way. They distinguish the genocide of Roma and Sinti from the forced sterilization and murder of people with disabilities. They place Auschwitz's liberation in January 1945, the Rhine crossing in March, Berlin's fall in May, and Germany's surrender taking effect May 8.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may mistake the marches for rescue efforts rather than forced movements that killed many prisoners. They may assume only Jewish people were targeted or that every targeted group faced the same policies. They may confuse the Soviet advance from the east with the Western Allied advance from the west.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Put Auschwitz's liberation, the Rhine crossing, Berlin's fall, and Germany's surrender in order. Then explain why prisoners were marched and name one policy targeting Roma, Sinti, or people with disabilities.

1. 01

   Give groups a printed 1945 map and dated event cards; have them mark Auschwitz's liberation, the Rhine crossing, and Berlin's fall in order.

2. 02

   Pair a survivor account of a death march with an Allied advance map; ask, 'Why did guards move prisoners as armies approached?'

3. 03

   Give pairs policy cards naming forced sterilization, T4 killings, and Roma and Sinti deportations; have them match affected groups and note overlaps.

4. 04

   Read Article 10 of the UN disability rights convention; ask students to contrast its right to life with Nazi disability policies.

• SS24.HOS.14a

  Explain the purpose and scope of the Wannsee Conference in 1942.

• SS24.HOS.13

  Explain why the Nazis established ghettos.*

• SS24.HOS.12

  Explain how killing squads, including the Einsatzgruppen, conducted mass shooting operations in Eastern Europe with the assistance of the Schutzstaffel (SS), po...

• SS24.HOS.10

  Summarize the German T4 (“euthanasia”) Program, including its origins and purposes, and explain how it contributed to the Final Solution.*