Alabama Social Studies SS24.HOS.9a
The Standard
- SS24.HOS.9
- Describe how Jewish immigration was perceived and restricted by various nations from 1933 to 1939.*
Describe the difficulties European Jewish refugees faced when attempting to emigrate to the United States, Canada, and Latin America during the 1930s and 1940s.*
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Nazi Antisemitic and Racial Policies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain why Jewish refugees could not simply buy a ticket and leave Europe. They compare U.S. visa rules, Canadian restrictions, and changing entry rules in Latin American countries. They also explain how war made travel harder.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can point to a visa rule, missing document, or entry restriction in a source and explain how it delayed a refugee. They can explain why a ship ticket did not guarantee admission.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume the United States and Canada admitted anyone fleeing Nazi persecution, or that every U.S. quota was full. They may treat Latin America as if every country had the same rules, or mistake a ship ticket for permission to enter.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A Jewish family in 1939 has a ship ticket but no proof of financial support for a U.S. visa or valid Cuban landing permit. Name two barriers that could still leave them stranded.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs three short policy cards on U.S. visa rules, Canadian entry limits, and Cuban landing permits; place barrier labels on a map.
Ask: How could a family have a ship ticket but no safe destination in 1939? Use the policy cards to explain.
Run a claim-check game with two cards, 'U.S. quotas guaranteed visas' and 'Canada admitted all applicants'; students correct both using the policy cards.
Compare a current U.S. State Department immigrant visa checklist with the 1939 visa rules in class; list two differences.
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Describe how Jewish immigration was perceived and restricted by various nations from 1933 to 1939.*
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