Explain what is meant by “the Aryan Race” and why this terminology was used.
Clarifications
Clarification 1: Students will compare the meaning of Aryan to the Nazi meaning of Aryan Race.
Clarification 2: Students will explain how the Nazis used propaganda, pseudoscience and the law to transform Judaism from a religion to a race.
Clarification 3: Students will examine the manipulation of the international community to obtain the votes to host the 1936 Olympics and how the Berlin Games were utilized as propaganda for Nazi ideology to bolster the “superiority” of the Aryan race.
Clarification 4: Students will explain how eugenics, scientific racism and Social Darwinism provided a foundation for Nazi racial beliefs.
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: Holocaust Education
Date Adopted or Revised: 05/24
Status: State Board Approved
Related Courses
Related Access Points
| Access Point Number |
Access Point Title |
| SS.912.HE.1.AP.7a | Define “the Aryan Race” and why this terminology was used. |
| SS.912.HE.1.AP.7b | Identify how the Nazis used propaganda, pseudoscience and the law to transform Judaism from a religion to a race. |
| SS.912.HE.1.AP.7c | Explain how eugenics, scientific racism and Social Darwinism provided a foundation for Nazi racial beliefs. |
