LEGISLATION

There is no relevant legislation.

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ACADEMIC STANDARDS

Colorado Model Content Standards for History (1995):

Standard 5:
Students understand political institutions and theories that have developed and changed over time.
5.3 Students know how political power has been acquired, maintained, used, and/or lost throughout history.
As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes:
- analyzing how genocide has been used to acquire or maintain political power

These standards are optional in Colorado.
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STATE RESOURCES

Holocaust Awareness Institute of the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver
Contact: Amy Berkowitz Caplan, Director
Phone: 303.871.3013
URL: http://www.du.edu/cjs/holocaust_awareness_institute.html
E-mail: aberkow3@du.edu

The Holocaust Awareness Institute promotes Holocaust awareness and education in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region.
Colorado Coalition for Genocide Awareness and Action
Contact: Roz Duman, Founder and Project Coordinator
Phone: 303.320.6565
URL: http://www.ccgaa.org/

The Colorado Coalition challenges our society to end complacency towards and raise awareness of genocides, past, present and future.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Colorado Department of Education
201 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303.866.6600