LEGISLATION

There is no relevant legislation.
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ACADEMIC STANDARDS

High School Social Studies Content Expectations (2007):

World History and Geography
7.1.3 Twentieth Century Genocide - Use various sources including works of journalists, journals, oral histories, fi lms, interviews, and writings of participants to analyze the causes and consequences of the genocides of Armenians, Romas (Gypsies), and Jews, and the mass exterminations of Ukrainians and Chinese.

7.2.3 World War II - Analyze the causes, course, characteristics, and immediate consequences of World War II by
- explaining the Nazi ideology, policies, and consequences of the Holocaust (or Shoah).

Contemporary Global Issues
CG4 Conflict, Cooperation, and Security
Analyze the causes and challenges of continuing and new conflicts by describing
- causes of and responses to ethnic cleansing/genocide/mass extermination
(e.g., Darfur, Rwanda, Cambodia, Bosnia)

U.S. History and Geography
7.2.4 Responses to Genocide - Investigate development and enactment of Hitler’s “final solution” policy, and the responses to genocide by the Allies, the U.S. government, international organizations, and individuals (e.g., liberation of concentration camps, Nuremberg war crimes tribunals, establishment of state of Israel).

These standards are mandatory in Michigan.
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STATE RESOURCES

Armenia Research Center
University of Michigan-Dearborn
4901 Evergreen Road
Dearborn, MI 48128-2406
Phone: 313.593.5000
URL: http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/

The Armenian Research Center was established for the documentation and the publication of materials in the field of Armenian studies and affairs.

Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive
The University of Michigan-Dearborn
Mardigian Library
4901 Evergreen Road
Dearborn, Michigan 48128-1491
Phone: 313.583.6300
URL: http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/
Contact: Jamie L. Wraight, Ph.D. Curator and Historian

Since 1981, Dr. Sidney Bolkosky, Professor of History at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, has interviewed Holocaust survivors. The University’s Mardigian Library has been the repository of these interviews. This archive represents a guarantee of honest presentation–unembroidered, without dramatization, a scholarly yet austerely moving collection of information and insight.

Holocaust Memorial Center
Zekelman Family Campus
28123 Orchard Lake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334-3738
Phone: 248.553.2400
Library: 248.553.2834
E-mail: info@holocaustcenter.org
URL: http://www.holocaustcenter.org/

It is the center’s hope that by providing opportunities for the ongoing study of the Holocaust and of those individuals who in the midst of evil stood for the best, rather than worst, of human nature, they are creating a legacy for present and future generations - a legacy that can be used as a guide for righteous human behavior.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Michigan Department of Education
608 W. Allegan Street
P.O. Box 30008
Lansing, MI 48909
URL: http://www.mi.gov/mde