Alabama Social Studies SS24.HOS.7a

Social StudiesGrades 9–12Nazi Antisemitic and Racial Policies

The Standard

SS24.HOS.7: Describe how Jewish life deteriorated under the Third Reich in Germany and its annexed territories from 1933 to 1938.*

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

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Nazi Antisemitic and Racial Policies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students explain why Nazis targeted Jewish-owned shops and burned books they opposed. They distinguish the Nazis' public excuses from their goals of isolating Jews, intimidating people, and controlling ideas.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can explain how guards outside shops pressured customers and marked Jewish neighbors as outsiders. They can explain how public book burnings silenced critics and spread Nazi ideas. They support each explanation with a detail from a source.
Common Misconceptions: Some students accept Nazi claims that Jewish people caused the boycott. Others mistake it for a voluntary shopping choice and miss the intimidation outside shops. Some think Nazis burned only books by Jewish authors, not works by political critics.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Give students two cards, one describing SA guards outside Jewish-owned shops and one describing Nazi students burning books by Jewish authors and political critics. Ask, "What did organizers want to change with each action?"

Lesson moves

Give pairs a 1933 boycott notice and a book-burning photo; have them mark the targets and write each action's intended effect.
Ask: Why would Nazi organizers target both shoppers and readers? Have students write two sentences, naming a different goal for each action.
Play a card match: students pair boycott signs, SA guards, banned-author lists, and burning photos with intimidation, isolation, or silencing.
Show a current shop-local ad beside a photo of guards at Jewish-owned shops; ask how encouragement differs from intimidation.

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