LEGISLATION

There is no relevant legislation.
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ACADEMIC STANDARDS

Hawaii Grade Level Performance Indicators (2004):

Grade 10: U.S. History
Standard 2: HISTORY: Historical Empathy-Students learn to judge the past on its own terms and use that knowledge to understand present day issues, problems, and decision-making.
Desirable Performance Indicator: Identifies the period of the Holocaust and relates the ideas that led to the Holocaust to the issue of facial/racial/ethnic profiling calls for tighter immigration, etc. that exist today.

Grade 11: World History
Standard 3: HISTORY: Historical Inquiry-Students use the tools and methods of historians to transform learning from memorizing historical data to “doing history.”
Essential Performance Indicator: Documents and justifies the appropriateness and significance of selected information to the key people/events/ideas of the Holocaust.

These standards are optional in Hawaii.
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STATE RESOURCES

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Hawaii Department of Education
P.O. Box 2360
Honolulu, HI 96804
Phone: 808.586.3230
URL: http://doe.k12.hi.us/index.html