These profiles contain text of state legislation about the teaching of the Holocaust, and Holocaust-explicit History/Social Studies and English/Language Arts state content standards. Also provided is contact information for state departments of education.
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CONTACTS
Dr. Mary Andis
English/Language Arts Consultant at Office of Program Development, Indiana Department of Education
Address: Room 229
State House Indianapolis, IN 46204--2798
Legislation: Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, this law requires each school corporation to include a study of the Holocaust in each high school United States history course. (www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/HB/HB 1059.1.html)
Contact Name:
Evelyn Holt Otten
Address:
Indiana Department of Education Office of Program Developement Room 229 State House
History/Social Studies: The Indiana academic standards for middle school social studies do not address the Holocaust. Fascism is included in the 6th grade social studies standards (6.1.16).
The Indiana academic standards for high school social studies address the Holocaust in Standard 5.1 (The United States and World War II, 1939-1945) and Standard 7.2 (Conflict and Cooperation).
English/Language Arts: Indiana recommends the following Holocaust-related literature at various grade levels: For students in grades 3-5, Number the Stars by Lois Lowry; for students in grades 6-8, Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl; and for students in grades 9-12, works by Elie Wiesel and Tell Them We Remember: Story of the Holocaust by Susan D. Bachrach.
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