Targeted Victim Groups: Roma, Disabled, Soviet POWs, and Jehovah's Witnesses

20th-Century Genocides and the Holocaust

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Examine the systematic Nazi persecution and mass murder of the Roma (Porajmos), disabled people (Aktion T4), Soviet prisoners of war, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

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20th-Century Genocides and the Holocaust

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-NJ-SS

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Examine the causes, ideologies, and systematic execution of major early-to-mid 20th-century atrocities, including the Armenian Genocide, the Holodomor, the Nanjing Massacre, and the Nazi Holocaust.

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The Armenian Genocide: Deportations, Death Marches, and DenialUp next
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Nazi Racial Ideology, Antisemitism, and the Nuremberg LawsNot started yet
The Ghetto System and the Einsatzgruppen Killing SquadsNot started yet
The Wannsee Conference and the Industrialized Final SolutionNot started yet
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6.2.12.CivicsHR.4.aNew Jersey Social Studies Standards · 6th Grade

Analyze the motivations, causes, and consequences of the genocides of Armenians, Ukrainians, Jews in the Holocaust and assess the responses by individuals, groups, and governments and analyze large-scale atrocities including 20th century massacres in China.