KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CONTACTS

Ms. Paula Goss
MS Social Studies Consultant at Office of Teaching and Learning, Kentucky Department of Education
Address: 500 Mero Street, 18th floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
Work Phone: 502-564-2106
Fax: 502-564-9848
Email: Paula.Goss@education.ky.gov
Website: http://www.kde.stats.ky.us/

Mr Mark Kopp
Social Studies Consultant at Office of Teaching and Learning, Kentucky Department of Education
Address: 500 Mero Street, 18th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
Work Phone: 502-564-2106
Fax: 502-564-9848
Email: Mark.Kopp@education.ky.gov
Website: http://www.kde.stats.ky.us/

Ms. Donna Shouse
Social Studies Consultant at Office of Teaching and Learning, Kentucky Department of Education
Address: 500 Mero Street, 18th Floor, CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601
Work Phone: 502-564-2106
Fax: 502-564-9848
Email: Donna.Shouse@education.ky.gov
Website: http://www.kde.stats.ky.us/

KENTUCKY LEGISLATION

Legislation:
HJR 6 (BR 302) - M. Marzian Direct the commissioner of education to convene a work group to review Holocaust curricula developed by other states and review the Kentucky core content to determine places where the study of the Holocaust may be included; require the work group to develop a curriculum guide that teachers may use to teach the history of the Holocaust; require the work group to submit a final report and curriculum guide to the commissioner of education and the Kentucky Board of Education no later than March 1, 2009; require the changes to the Kentucky core content be disseminated to local schools to be incorporated into the school curriculum for the 2009-2010 school year; specify that the Department of Education shall disseminate the final report and the curriculum guide to local districts and schools prior to the 2009-2010 school year. A JOINT RESOLUTION relating to Holocaust and genocide education. WHEREAS, in the words of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, "the Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and it collaborators"; and WHEREAS, the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of January 11, 1951, described genocide to be "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group"; and WHEREAS, the education of young people must include the opportunity for students to remember and honor the people whose lives were taken by the Nazis; to listen to the stories of those who survived the Holocaust through courage, tenacity, and active resistance; and to examine and understand the events which led to this horrific crime against humanity; NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: âSection 1. It is the intent of the General Assembly that students in the public schools be given the opportunity to learn about the Holocaust and genocide that was inflicted on millions of Jews in Germany under the Nazi regime. By September 1, 2008, the Kentucky Department of Education shall review the Holocaust and genocide curricula developed by other states and review the Kentucky Program of Studies at the elementary, middle, and high school levels to determine places where the study of the Holocaust and genocide may be included. âSection 2. The department shall develop a curriculum guide that outlines age-appropriate and course-related material and activities that teachers may use to teach the history of the Holocaust as an example of genocide. âSection 3. The department shall submit a final report and curriculum guide to the Kentucky Board of Education for consideration no later than March 1, 2009. The curriculum guide, which shall be limited to the study of the Holocaust and genocide, shall be disseminated to local schools for the 2009-2010 school year. âSection 4. This resolution will henceforth be referred to as the Ernie Marx Resolution in memory of his life, inspiration, and advocacy.

KENTUCKY ACADEMIC STANDARDS

Standard Type: History/Social Studies
Date Implemented: 1999
History/Social Studies: The Holocaust is not addressed explicitly in Kentucky’s Core Content for Social Studies Assessment.
Web Site: http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/Core+Content+for+Assessment.htm

Standard Type: English/Language Arts
Date Implemented: 1999
English/Language Arts: The Holocaust is not addressed explicitly in Kentucky’s English/Language Arts standards
Web Site: http://www.kde.state.ky.us/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Curriculum+Documents+and+Resources/Core+Content+for+Assessment.htm

KENTUCKY HOLOCAUST RESOURCES

For Holocaust-related resources in KENTUCKY, click on the following link:
http://www.ahoinfo.org/membersdirectory/