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Standard 5.3.CE

5.3.CE Analyze the cause and effect of government-sponsored policies within the United States and Europe related to the status of different groups, to include the Holocaust.

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

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 Victory | South Carolina's Greatest Generation 9
Victory | South Carolina's Greatest Generation
Episode 9

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Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

Thirty three days after the death of President Roosevelt, Germany surrenders. The allies celebrate their victory over the Nazis. In 1945, after the two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and...
 A Time to Fight, Part 7 7
A Time to Fight, Part 7
Episode 7

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Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12

The Tuskegee Airmen were African-American pilots during WWII. Before the war, the Army thought African-Americans could only be used as laborers. African-Americans faced all sorts of prejudice and...
 The Way Home, Part 5 5
The Way Home, Part 5
Episode 5

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

On August 11, 1945, the Emperor of Japan accepted the Potsdam Declaration, which specified the unconditional surrender of Japan. The war was over, the Americans rejoiced, and the troops headed home...
 The Way Home, Part 3 3
The Way Home, Part 3
Episode 3

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Okinawa was the final Japanese island before the mainland. It would be the largest amphibious invasion in history. The Americans had to control the air and the water. The orders came that the...
 The Way Home, Part 2 2
The Way Home, Part 2
Episode 2

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

With its navy destroyed, the Japanese have come to recognize that their last line of defense is through suicide attacks on American ships. From the American ships, the kamikazes looked like a swarm of...
 The Way Home, Part 1 1
The Way Home, Part 1
Episode 1

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

This segment focuses on the racial discrimination that existed during World War II and how it affected those who served their country. The military was segregated. There were African Americans from...
 Vanishing Generation, Part 2 2
Vanishing Generation, Part 2
Episode 2

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Grades: 5 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

World War II occurred during the 1940s when segregation was still the norm in America. The African Americans who fought were in a segregated army even overseas in England. One of the reasons the...
Overview IV: The Holocaust
Overview IV: The Holocaust
Episode 4

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

"One day we heard someting that was very disturbing to all of us. We heard for the first time about Auschwitz in Poland. That's where the killing was done. That we would be sent there, and that we...
Overview III: Prewar Nazi Germany | Holocaust
Overview III: Prewar Nazi Germany | Holocaust
Episode 3

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

"I felt like this can't be happening. Why would it be happening? People acted worse than animals, and it was people I knew. What happens to people to bring something like this on?"—Trude Heller...
Overview II: Hitler's Rise | Holocaust
Overview II: Hitler's Rise | Holocaust
Episode 2

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

In general the art of all great popular leaders at all times consists in not scattering the attention of a people but rather in concentrating it always on one single opponent. —from Mein Kampf by...
Overview I: A Short History of Anti-Semitism | Holocaust
Overview I: A Short History of Anti-Semitism | Holocaust
Episode 1

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

"I think the Holocaust happened because someone said, 'You're different, you don't belong.' " —High School Student "When our children were young, they always used to ask how come people have...
Holocaust Glossary | Holocaust Forum
Holocaust Glossary | Holocaust Forum

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Learn key terms from the Holocaust. Anti-Semitism. Acts or feelings against Jews; takes the form of prejudice, dislike, fear, discrimination, and persecution. Aryan. A term used by the Nazis to mean a...
 Rudy Herz, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Rudy Herz, Part 2 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Born in Cologne, Germany, in 1925, Rudy Herz heard of Hitler in school when, in 1935, textbooks took on a Germanic nationalistic slant, the Swastika flag was flown, and Jews lost privileges. His...
 Rudy Herz, Part 5 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Rudy Herz, Part 5 | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Born in Cologne, Germany, in 1925, Rudy Herz heard of Hitler in school when, in 1935, textbooks took on a Germanic nationalistic slant, the Swastika flag was flown, and Jews lost privileges. His...
 Renee Kolender | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust
Renee Kolender | S.C. Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Born near Warsaw in 1922, Renee Kolender experienced a good childhood until war broke out, ending school, ending everything. Children were taken from the streets to work each day. Her family was...