Alabama Social Studies SS24.HOS.5

SS24.HOS.5 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.HOS.5a

  Describe how the Nazis utilized various forms of propaganda, including education and youth programs, to indoctrinate the German population and exploit antisemit...

• SS24.HOS.5b

  Evaluate the Nazis’ propaganda efforts regarding the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and describe how the performance of Jesse Owens contradicted the Nazis’ position.

• SS24.HOS.5c

  Analyze how the Schutzstaffel (SS) and the Gestapo broke resistance and instilled fear within Germany and in Nazi-occupied territories.*

• SS24.HOS.5d

  Explain why many Germans were actively drawn to Nazi ideology.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain why Nazi promises appealed to many Germans and how Hitler kept power through propaganda and terror. They examine school lessons, youth programs, antisemitism, and the roles of the SS and Gestapo. They explain how the Nazis used the 1936 Olympics and how Jesse Owens's four gold medals challenged Nazi racial claims.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student connects economic hardship, nationalism, and existing antisemitism to Nazi support without claiming all Germans agreed. They explain how Gestapo surveillance and arrests and SS violence and camps spread fear in Germany and occupied lands. They use evidence from the Berlin Olympics and Owens's wins to compare the Nazi message with what happened.

03

Common Misconceptions

Some students think Hitler gained total power in one election or that every German supported the Nazis. Others think propaganda meant only posters, missing schools, youth programs, and staged Olympic coverage. They may think Owens's wins ended Nazi racism or confuse Gestapo surveillance with the SS's wider violence and camp system.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Give one reason some Germans supported the Nazis, one school or youth propaganda tactic, and one SS or Gestapo method of control. Then explain what the Nazis hoped the 1936 Olympics would show and how Owens's four gold medals challenged that message.

1. 01

   Give pairs printed source cards, a Nazi school excerpt, a youth program notice, and an Olympics headline; sort them by audience and message.

2. 02

   Read a 1932 campaign poster and a historian's summary; write which promises drew supporters and who suffered under Nazi rule.

3. 03

   Match four cards, a Gestapo arrest, an SS camp, an Olympics poster, and Owens's four gold medals, to Nazi goals and outcomes.

4. 04

   Print a 1936 Berlin Olympics poster and a recent Olympics host-city ad; students circle target audiences and write what each image leaves out.

• SS24.HOS.4a

  Analyze the Treaty of Versailles as a causal factor for the rise of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi Party), and explain how the Nazis appropr...

• SS24.HOS.4b

  Describe the Weimar Republic and the fragility of its democracy, and explain why Adolf Hitler was able to come to power.*

• SS24.WH.9b

  Trace Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, describing Nazi ideology and the use of propaganda to advance his political and racial goals.