The learning objectives for Oklahoma students are outlined in the
Priority Academic Student Skills. Objectives related to this wiki include U.S. History and World History as follows:
U.S. History Standard 8: The student will analyze the major causes, events, and effects of United States involvement in World War II. *1. Relate the rise of totalitarian regimes in the Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, and Japan to the rise of communism, Nazism, and fascism in the 1930s and 1940s, and the response of the United States. 2. Investigate appeasement, isolationism, and the war debates in the United States prior to the outbreak of war. 3. Evaluate the impact of preparation and mobilization for war, including the internment policies and their effects (e.g., Korematsu v. United States). 4. Detail major battles, military turning points, and key strategic decisions in both European and Pacific theaters. 5. Analyze public and political reactions in the United States to the events of the Holocaust.
World History Standard 16: The student will analyze major twentieth century historical events through World War II. 4. Examine the rise of nationalism, and the causes and effects of World War II (e.g., the Holocaust, economic and military power shifts since 1945, the founding of the United Nations, and the political partitioning of Europe, Africa, and Asia).