Florida SS.5.HE.1.1

Social Studies5th GradeFoundations of Holocaust Education

The Standard

Define the Holocaust as the planned and systematic state-sponsored persecution and murder of European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945.

Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What This Standard Means

What Students Need to Do

Students explain that the Holocaust was an organized campaign led by Nazi Germany to persecute and murder Europe’s Jewish people from 1933 to 1945. They identify the role of government policy, Nazi collaborators, and deliberate planning.

What Mastery Looks Like

A student gives an accurate definition using the targeted group, time period, organizers, and planned nature of the crimes. The student also distinguishes the Holocaust from war deaths or isolated acts of prejudice.

Common Misconceptions

Students may think the Holocaust was a single event or occurred only in concentration camps. They may confuse all World War II deaths with the Holocaust or overlook that Nazis also persecuted other groups.

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: In two sentences, explain who organized the Holocaust, who was targeted, when it occurred, and what made it systematic.

Lesson moves

Ways to Teach It

  1. Give pairs four event cards to place on a 1933 to 1945 timeline, then label each as persecution, deportation, or mass murder.

  2. Ask students to write: How is government-organized persecution different from individual prejudice?

  3. Match cards showing laws, agencies, and collaborators with explanations of how each supported organized persecution.

  4. Examine a Florida Holocaust Museum webpage and identify three words or images that communicate remembrance and historical responsibility.

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