LEGISLATION

There is no relevant legislation.

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ACADEMIC STANDARDS

Kansas Curricular Standards for History and Government (2005):

Grades 9-12
History (World) Benchmark 3: The student uses a working knowledge and understanding of individuals, groups, ideas, developments, and turning points of the Era of World War (1914-1945).
The student:
2. (K) describes the emergence of contemporary Middle East (e.g., petroleum society, Zionism, Arab nationalism, Balfour Declaration, dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, Armenian Genocide, Ataturk’s modernization of Turkey).
4. (A) analyzes the causes and immediate consequences of WWII (e.g., German, Italian, and Japanese aggression; failure of the League of Nations; appeasement; development of American, British-Soviet alliance; Holocaust; Nanjing; introduction of nuclear weapons; war crime trials).

History (United States) Benchmark 2: The student uses a working knowledge and understanding of individuals, groups, ideas, developments, and turning points in the era of the Great Depression through World War II in United States history (1930-1945).
The student:
(K) examines the complexity of race and ethnic relations (e.g., Zoot Suit Riots, Japanese internment camps, American reaction to atrocities of Holocaust and unwillingness to accept Jewish refugees).

These standards are mandatory in Kansas.
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STATE RESOURCES

Midwest Center for Holocaust Education
5801 West 115th Street, Suite 106
Overland Park, KS 66211-1800
Phone: 913.327.8190
Contact: Jean Zeldin, Executive Director
Phone: 913.327.8191
E-mail: jeanz@mchekc.org

The mission of the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education is to teach the history and lessons of the Holocaust to people of all races and religious beliefs throughout the Midwest to prevent its recurrence and perpetuate understanding, compassion, and mutual respect for generations to come.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Kansas Department of Education
120 SE 10th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612-1182
Phone: 785.296.3201
URL: www.ksde.org