Oklahoma Social Studies TOT.C.6.2
The Standard
Analyze Hitler’s use of the Munich Pact to expand German territory and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to ensure the Soviet Union’s neutrality.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use a map and a short timeline to trace Germany’s moves in 1938 and 1939. They explain how one agreement brought Germany the Sudetenland and how the other let Hitler attack Poland without an immediate fight against the Soviet Union.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can point to the Sudetenland and explain that Germany took the rest of Czechoslovakia later. They can explain that the Soviet Union agreed not to attack Germany, then entered eastern Poland under a secret deal.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the Munich agreement gave Germany all of Czechoslovakia at once. They may also think the Soviet Union stayed out of Poland or that its pact with Germany was a lasting alliance.
How to Assess It
- On an exit ticket, give students a map showing the Sudetenland and Poland. Ask: What did Hitler gain from each agreement, and what did he do next?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a 1938 map, colored pencils, and a 1939 map; have them shade the Sudetenland and the areas of Poland occupied by each country.
Ask students to write two sentences answering: Why did Hitler want an agreement with the Soviet Union before attacking Poland?
Have students sort dated cards for the two agreements, the Sudetenland takeover, and the invasion of Poland, then explain their order.
Compare a current map with a 1939 map; have students locate Czechia and Poland and mark the areas affected by each agreement.
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Related Standards
- USH.C.6.1
Analyze the origins of international alliances and efforts at containment of communism immediately following World War II.
- 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.
- USH.C.5.2
Analyze the series of events affecting the outcome of World War II.
- TOT.C.6.3
Identify Hitler’s motivations for the annexations of Austria and the Sudetenland, as well as the invasion of Poland.
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