Oklahoma Social Studies TOT.C.4.5

TOT.C.4.5 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• TOT.C.4.5.A

  efforts of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Schutzstaffel (SS), the Wehrmacht, and the Gestapo to assist Hitler in gaining and maintaining power

• TOT.C.4.5.B

  use of various forms of propaganda to indoctrinate the German population

• TOT.C.4.5.C

  elimination of opposing views through book burnings, censorship, and state control over the media

• TOT.C.4.5.D

  use of education and youth programs to indoctrinate young people into the Nazi ideology.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain how economic hardship, elections, political deals, and SA violence helped the Nazi Party gain power. They trace how the SS, Gestapo, and Wehrmacht backed Hitler’s rule while propaganda, censorship, and youth programs spread Nazi ideology.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can distinguish SA street intimidation, Gestapo arrests, SS-run camps, and Wehrmacht loyalty, using dated examples. They can explain how newspapers and youth lessons spread Nazi ideas while censorship blocked opposing views.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think Hitler won a majority of votes or took power in a military coup. They may confuse the SA, SS, Gestapo, and Wehrmacht as one police force. They may think book burnings were the only form of censorship.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Explain one way the SA helped Hitler gain power and one way the Gestapo helped him keep it. Name one school or media tactic that spread Nazi ideology.

1. 01

   Give pairs four dated cards about SA intimidation, Gestapo arrests, SS camps, and Wehrmacht loyalty oaths; have them sort by role and date.

2. 02

   Ask, 'How could a Nazi youth textbook page and a state-approved newspaper headline shape beliefs?' Use two short, translated excerpts.

3. 03

   Run a four-corner match: read 'street intimidation,' 'secret arrests,' 'camp administration,' and 'military oath'; students move to the matching group and explain.

4. 04

   Have students check a local newspaper's ownership page, then write two differences between its editorial control and Nazi state control of the press.

• TOT.C.4.3

  Analyze how the Nazi regime utilized and built on historical antisemitism to create a common enemy of the Jews in order to gain power.

• MWH.C.6.6.B

  Describe the National Socialist Party’s (Nazi) seizure of unchecked power, its dehumanization of the Jews and other victims (e.g., people with physical disabili...

• MWH.C.6.4.D

  Identify the characteristics of fascism, including how such totalitarian regimes utilized propaganda, repressed dissention, and instigated antisemitism (e.g., N...