Analyze how the Nazi regime utilized and built on historical antisemitism to create a common enemy of the Jews.
Clarifications
Clarification 1: Students will explain the origins of antisemitism and trace it from the Ancient World through the twenty-first century (e.g., Pagan, Christian, Muslim, Middle Ages, Modern era).
Clarification 2: Students will explain the political, social and economic applications of antisemitism that led to the organized pogroms against Jewish people.
Clarification 3: Students will examine propaganda (e.g., the Protocols of the Elders of Zion; The Poisonous Mushroom) that was and still is utilized against Jewish people both in Europe and around the world.
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: Holocaust Education
Date Adopted or Revised: 05/24
Status: State Board Approved
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Access Point Title |
| SS.912.HE.1.AP.2 | Identify how the Nazi regime utilized and built on historical antisemitism including propaganda to create a common enemy of the Jews. |
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Lesson Plan
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Description |
| Law and the Holocaust | From 1933 to 1945, the Nazi party gained political power in Germany. During this reign, the Nazi rule restricted those who they considered inferior, especially the Jewish people. In this lesson, students will analyze primary and secondary sources to analyze how the Nazi government used the law to systemically take rights away from its citizens, and create a society that would carry out the Holocaust. |
