Analyze the causes and effects of Kristallnacht and how it became a watershed event in the transition from targeted persecution and anti-Jewish policy to open, public violence against Jews in Nazi-controlled Europe.
Clarifications
Clarification 1: Students will understand the reasons for Herschel Grynszpan’s actions at the German embassy in Paris and how the assassination of Ernst vom Rath was a pretext used by the Nazis for Kristallnacht.
Clarification 2: Students will describe the different types of persecution that were utilized during Kristallnacht, both inside and outside Germany.
Clarification 3: Students will analyze the effects of Kristallnacht on European and world Jewry using primary sources (e.g., newspapers, images, video, survivor testimony).
Clarification 4: Students will analyze the effects of Kristallnacht on the international community using primary sources (e.g., newspapers, images, video, survivor testimony).
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: Holocaust Education
Date Adopted or Revised: 05/24
Status: State Board Approved
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Related Access Points
| Access Point Number |
Access Point Title |
| SS.912.HE.2.AP.2 | Identify the causes and effects of Kristallnacht and how it became a watershed event in the transition from targeted persecution and anti-Jewish policy to open, public violence against Jews in Nazi-controlled Europe. |
