Oklahoma Social Studies TOT.C.11.1
The Standard
Describe how Holocaust denial has helped contribute to the creation of contemporary propaganda against the state of Israel and the Jewish people.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how Holocaust denial is used to spread the false claim that Jews invented or exaggerated the Holocaust to gain support for Israel. They show how that lie targets Jewish people and Israel, while keeping it separate from criticism of Israeli policies.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can use Nazi records and survivor testimony to show why denial is false. They can explain how a denial-based post portrays Jews as dishonest and uses that lie to attack Israel.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students treat Holocaust denial as an opinion, despite the extensive evidence against it. Others assume any criticism of Israel is antisemitic, or miss that a claim about a Jewish hoax targets Jews as a group.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A post falsely says, “Jews invented the Holocaust to justify Israel.” Name one piece of evidence against the claim, then explain how it targets Jewish people and Israel.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs copies of a Nazi deportation record and survivor testimony; have them highlight details that independently confirm the deportations.
Ask students to write three sentences explaining why a false claim about a Jewish Holocaust hoax is not criticism of an Israeli policy.
Sort cards reading “The Holocaust never happened,” “Jews invented it to justify Israel,” and “I oppose settlement expansion” into denial, denial-based propaganda, and policy criticism.
Display a teacher-made Holocaust denial post beside a USHMM fact page; students write a two-sentence fact-check for a class newsletter.
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