Alabama Social Studies SS24.HOS.7

SS24.HOS.7 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.HOS.7a

  Explain the motivations behind the boycott of Jewish businesses and Nazi book burnings.

• SS24.HOS.7b

  Evaluate the effects of the Nuremberg Laws on Jewish life in Germany.*

• SS24.HOS.7c

  Assess the main purposes of the Nazi antisemitic laws and policies and explain how they evolved over time.*

• SS24.HOS.7d

  Assess how German Jews reacted to increasing exclusion and isolation in German society between 1933 and 1939 and describe the strategies they employed both to l...

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What Students Need to Do

Students trace how boycotts, book burnings, laws, and violence narrowed Jewish life in Germany and annexed Austria from 1933 to 1938. They explain Nazi goals and describe how Jewish families sought help, adapted, or tried to leave.

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What Mastery Looks Like

A student can put the 1933 boycott, 1935 Nuremberg Laws, and 1938 November pogrom in order and explain a concrete effect of each. They can describe an attempt to secure a visa or seek help from a non-Jewish acquaintance.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may see the Nuremberg Laws as the start of exclusion, missing earlier job losses and boycotts. They may assume Jewish families could leave whenever they chose, or that book burnings targeted only Jewish authors.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Put the 1933 boycott, 1935 Nuremberg Laws, and 1938 November pogrom in order, then name one effect of each on Jewish life. Add why Nazis burned books and one obstacle to leaving Germany.

1. 01

   Pairs sort four cards, 1933 boycott, 1933 book burnings, 1935 Nuremberg Laws, 1938 November pogrom, then label each effect.

2. 02

   Ask: Why did Nazis boycott Jewish shops and burn books, and how did each action pressure Jewish and non-Jewish neighbors?

3. 03

   Give students three dated policy cards and three first-person accounts; have them match each account to a policy and explain their evidence.

4. 04

   Read a 1938 U.S. visa application with students; circle requested documents and discuss what a Jewish family fleeing Germany might struggle to obtain.

• SS24.WH.11b

  Trace how the Nazis’ plan for the European Jews evolved from 1933 to the Final Solution.

• SS24.HOS.8a

  Assess how the destruction of Jewish cultural and religious institutions affected German Jews.