Oklahoma Social Studies TOT.C.7.10
The Standard
Analyze the international community’s efforts to hold perpetrators responsible for their involvement in the Shoah (Holocaust) including the purpose and outcomes of the Nuremberg Trials as they related to crimes against humanity, genocide, and jurisdictional issues.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026)
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain why the Allies set up the Nuremberg tribunal and what happened to the people it tried. They distinguish crimes against humanity from genocide and examine why the court's authority was disputed.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain the tribunal's purpose and cite a conviction or acquittal. They can identify crimes against humanity as a charge, note that genocide was not a separate charge, and explain a dispute over the court's authority.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think genocide was a separate Nuremberg charge or that every defendant was convicted. They may assume the tribunal's authority was beyond dispute, even when it tried crimes against a country's own citizens.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Name one Nuremberg verdict, explain why the Allies claimed authority to try Nazi leaders, and state whether genocide was a separate charge.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a Nuremberg Charter excerpt and evidence cards on deportations and mass murder; have them match evidence to charges and flag jurisdiction questions.
Ask students to write: Why prosecute Nazi leaders in an Allied tribunal rather than leave the cases to German courts?
Post four claims, including 'Genocide was a separate Nuremberg charge'; students sort true from false using a trial fact sheet.
Compare a Nuremberg trial summary with the ICC's Dominic Ongwen case summary; mark what gave each court authority to hear its case.
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