Oklahoma Social Studies USH.C.4.1.G
The Standard
- USH.C.4
- Analyze the cycles of economic boom and bust of the 1920s and 1930s on the transformation of the United States of America’s government and society.
- USH.C.4.1
- Examine the transformations between the World Wars.
Describe the purpose of the Anti-Defamation League in response to antisemitism in the early 20th Century.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · USH.C.4.1
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain why the Anti-Defamation League formed in 1913. They connect antisemitic stereotypes and discrimination to its goals of challenging attacks on Jewish people and seeking fair treatment.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain that antisemitism means prejudice against Jewish people. They can name two goals of the ADL: countering harmful stereotypes and seeking fair treatment for all.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the ADL formed after the Holocaust. They may think defamation means physical violence, rather than harmful false claims, or that the ADL addressed insults but not discrimination.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: In two sentences, explain what problem led to the ADL's founding in 1913 and name two goals it pursued.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards with the ADL's founding goals and descriptions of antisemitic stereotypes and discrimination; have them match each problem to a goal.
Ask students to write: Why would challenging public stereotypes help a group seeking fair treatment?
Play a four-card match pairing harmful stereotypes and unequal treatment with the ADL goals that addressed each.
Have students compare a school policy on religious harassment with the ADL's goals, then name one concern they share.
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