Oklahoma Social Studies TOT.C.4.4

TOT.C.4.4 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• TOT.C.4.4.A

  Munich Beer Hall Putsch

• TOT.C.4.4.B

  Hitler’s arrest and the writings of Mein Kampf

• TOT.C.4.4.C

  Reichstag fire

• TOT.C.4.4.D

  Enabling Act; Concordat of 1933

• TOT.C.4.4.F

  Night of the Long Knives (Rohm Purge).

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What Students Need to Do

Students put the failed coup, prison writings, Reichstag fire, new lawmaking powers, Vatican agreement, and purge in order. They explain how Hitler moved from appointed chancellor to dictator.

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What Mastery Looks Like

Students can date the main events and explain how two or more helped Hitler gain or secure power. They can distinguish his failed 1923 coup from his appointment as chancellor in 1933.

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Common Misconceptions

Some students think the failed coup put Hitler in office or that an election made him dictator overnight. Others treat Nazi responsibility for the Reichstag fire as proven, or assume the Vatican agreement meant church approval of Nazi ideology.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Put these in order: failed coup, prison writings, Reichstag fire, Enabling Act, Vatican agreement, 1934 purge. Choose two and explain how each affected Hitler’s power.

1. 01

   Give pairs six dated event cards and a paper strip; have them build a timeline and write one consequence beneath each card.

2. 02

   Ask: Why did the failed 1923 coup not end Hitler’s political career? Use his imprisonment and later appointment as chancellor.

3. 03

   Play a matching round: students pair event cards with consequence cards, then defend two matches to earn points.

4. 04

   Compare a city council ordinance with a one-paragraph summary of the Enabling Act; circle who votes and who can make laws.

• USH.C.5.2

  Analyze the series of events affecting the outcome of World War II.

• TOT.C.4.2

  Explain how events during the Weimar Republic led to the rise of Nazism (e.g., Ruhr Crisis, hyperinflation, Great Depression, Dawes Plan, failures of the Weimar...

• TOT.C.6.3

  Identify Hitler’s motivations for the annexations of Austria and the Sudetenland, as well as the invasion of Poland.