NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CONTACTS

Mr. Kenneth Relihan
Social Studies Consultant at Curriculum and Assessment, New Hampshire Department of Education
Address: 101 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
Work Phone: 603-271-6151
Fax: 603-271-7381
Email: krelihan@ed.state.nh.us
Website: www.education.nh.gov

NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATION

Legislation:
There is no legislation in New Hampshire regarding the teaching of the Holocaust.

NEW HAMPSHIRE ACADEMIC STANDARDS

Standard Type: History/Social Studies
Date Implemented: 1995
Grade Level: Middle & High School (grades 7-12)
History/Social Studies: IN HISTORY STANDARDS Curriculum Standard 16. Students will demonstrate the ability to employ historical analysis, interpretation, and comprehension to make reasoned judgments and to gain an understanding, perspective, and appreciation of history and its uses in contemporary situations. Curriculum Standard 17: Students will demonstrate a knowledge of the chronology and significance of the unfolding story of America including the history of their community, New Hampshire, and the United States. Curriculum Standard 18: Students will demonstrate a knowledge of the chronology and significant developments of world history including the study of ancient, medieval, and modern Europe (Western civilization) with particular emphasis on those developments that have shaped the experience of the entire globe over the last 500 years and those ideas, institutions, and cultural legacies that have directly influenced American thought, culture, and politics. IN PROFICIENCY STANDARDS End-of-Grade 12 (Secondary) Demonstrate an understanding of major topics in the study of World War II and the Cold War (1939-1961) including the causes, conduct, course, and aftermath of World War II; effects of the war on the home front; the emergence of the United States as a superpower; the origins of the Cold War; and postwar political developments at home and abroad. End-of-Grade 10 (Secondary): Discuss the origins, political ideas, and worldwide effects on society, politics, and economics of the European ideologies of the 19th and 20th centuries including Conservatism, Liberalism, republicanism, social democracy, Marxism, Communism, Fascism, Nazism, and nationalism. SS:WH:8:1.3: Explore the use and abuse of power that results in mass murder and genocide, e.g., Carthage by Rome, the conquest of Aztecs, or the Holocaust. (Themes: A: Conflict and Cooperation, F: Global Transformation, I: Patterns of Social and Political Interaction)
Web Site: www.education.nh.gov/instruction/curriculum/social_studies/index.htm

Standard Type: English/Language Arts
English/Language Arts: The Holocaust is not explicitly addressed in New Hampshire’s English Language Arts Curriculum Framework.
Web Site: www.education.nh.gov/instruction/curriculum/english_lang/index.htm

NEW HAMPSHIRE HOLOCAUST RESOURCES

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