Alabama Social Studies SS24.HOS.9b
The Standard
- SS24.HOS.9
- Describe how Jewish immigration was perceived and restricted by various nations from 1933 to 1939.*
Evaluate the extent to which Americans were aware of Nazi antisemitic and racial policies and the Holocaust through the information and news available to them 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 use dated news reports to judge what Americans could learn about Nazi persecution in the 1930s and mass murder in the 1940s. They separate information that was available from what people read or believed.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can cite a report’s date and details to explain what a reader could have known at that time. They can also explain why one report cannot prove what all Americans knew.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think Americans knew about the mass killings from the start of Nazi rule. Others think no news reached Americans until camps were liberated in 1945. A published report does not mean everyone saw or believed it.
How to Assess It
- Give students a 1938 report on Kristallnacht and a 1942 report on mass killings. Ask: What could a reader learn from each, and what can you not conclude about all Americans?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs printed 1938 and 1942 news reports; have them circle dates, underline claims, and mark each story’s place on the page.
Ask: Could someone know about Nazi persecution in 1938 but not know about mass killings? Defend your answer with two dated reports.
Deal four dated headline cards, then have groups sort them by what readers could learn at each point and justify one uncertain claim.
Show two current newspaper pages with the same story placed differently; ask which readers might notice it and why.
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