SS.912.HE.1.7

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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.

General Information
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: Holocaust Education
Standard: Analyze the origins of antisemitism and its use by the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi) regime.
Date Adopted or Revised: 05/24
Status: State Board Approved

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
2109430: Holocaust Education (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
2100405: Holocaust Education Honors (Specifically in versions: 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
2109435: Holocaust Education (Specifically in versions: 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
2109440: Holocaust Education Honors (Specifically in versions: 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
7921032: Access Holocaust Education (Specifically in versions: 2023 and beyond (current))

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Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
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.

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