Tennessee Standards for Holocaust Education
All 5th grade students, students who study U.S. history, and students who study world history and geography across the state of Tennessee are required to study the Holocaust and genocide as part of the mandated social studies curriculum. Below are Tennessee state educational standards that can be used to introduce and expand Holocaust education to the students of Tennessee.
5th Grade
5.21 - Analyze the significance of the Holocaust and its impact on the U.S.
ELA
8.W.T TP.3 Write narratives (fiction and nonfiction) to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
World History & Geography
W. 42 - Compare and contrast the rise to power, goals, and characteristics of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin’s totalitarian regimes.
W. 46 - Describe how geography and technology (e.g., airplanes, advanced medicine, propaganda, radar) influenced wartime strategies, including: blitzkrieg, “island hopping,” kamikaze, and strategic bombing.
W. 49 - Describe the persecution of Jews and other targeted groups in Europe leading up to World War II, and explain why many people were unable to leave and their efforts to resist persecution.
W. 50 - Explain the state-sponsored mass murder of the Jews in Nazi-controlled lands, and describe the varied experiences of Holocaust survivors and victims.
W. 53 - Describe the cultural, economic, geographic, and political effects of World War II, including:
- Casualties of war (military and civilian)
- Changes to geopolitical boundaries
- Creation of the United Nations
- Destruction of cultural heritage
- Division of Germany
- Impact of the Nuremberg trials
- Refugees and displaced populations
U.S. History
US 47 - Analyze the response of the U.S. to the plight of European Jews before the start of the war, the U.S. liberation of concentration camps during the war, and the immigration of Holocaust survivors after the war.
US 51 - Identify the roles and sacrifices of individual American soldiers, as well as the unique contributions of special fighting forces such as the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat team, the 101st Airborne, and the Navajo Code Talkers.
US 58- Identify and explain the reasons for the founding of the United Nations, including the role of Cordell Hull.
Contemporary Issues
CI. 08 - Analyze how causal factors (e.g., cultural differences, boundary disputes, imperialism, and religious conflicts) fostered past and current conflicts.
CI. 10 - Describe the relationship and causal factors between historic events and contemporary issues (e.g., 2011 Japanese earthquake, Chernobyl, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Great Chicago Fire, world epidemics).
CI. 11 - Analyze the lasting impact of history on contemporary issues (e.g., Treaty of Versailles, Cold War, ethnic cleansing, urbanization, human rights, immigration, modern medicine).
Psychology
P. 40 - Examine the nature and effects of stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination.
P. 44 - Examine cultural change, including variations within and across nations, and consider the following factors using psychological research: gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and societal norms.
P. 46 - Examine how perspectives influence stereotypes and the treatment of minority and majority groups in society.
Visual Art
6.VA.R1.A - Analyze how images and cultural associations influence ideas, emotions, and actions.
7.VA.R1.A - Analyze multiple ways that images influence specific audiences.
7.VA.Cn2.A Analyze how responses to art are influenced by understanding the time and place in which it was created, the available resources, and cultural uses.
8.VA.P3.A - Analyze why and how an exhibition or collection may influence ideas, beliefs, and experiences.
8.VA.R1.A - Compare and contrast contexts and media in which viewers encounter images that influence ideas, emotions, and actions.
8.VA.Cn2.A Distinguish different ways art is used to represent, establish, reinforce, and reflect group identity.
HS1.VA.P3.A - Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings.
HS1.VA.R1.A - Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing images.
HS1.VA.R1.B Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
HS1.VA.Cn2.A Describe how knowledge of culture, traditions, and history may influence personal responses to art.
HS2.VA.P3.A - Make, explain, and justify connections between exhibitions of artists or artwork and the context of social, cultural, and political history.
HS2.VA.R1.A - Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.
HS2.VA.Cn2.A Compare and connect functions of art in a variety of societal, cultural, and historical contexts to contemporary and local contexts.
HS3.VA.R1.A - Evaluate the connections within a collection of art or artists from a particular time and place, and determine the potential influence on specific audiences.
HS3.VA.Cn2.A Evaluate the impact of an artist or a group of artists on the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a society.
General Music
6.GM.R2.A Describe a personal interpretation of how creators’ and performers’ application of the elements of music and expressive qualities, within genres and cultural and historical context, convey expressive intent.
7.GM.R2.A Describe a personal interpretation of contrasting works, and explain how creators’ and performers’ application of the elements of music and expressive qualities, within genres, cultures, and historical periods, convey expressive intent.
8.GM.R2.A Support personal interpretation of contrasting programs of music, and explain how creators or performers apply the elements of music and expressive qualities, within genres, cultures, and historical periods, to convey expressive intent.
HS.GM.R2.A Use appropriate musical vocabulary and terminology to interpret and describe artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of elements of music, context, and historical significance.
HS.GM.Cn2.A Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and other disciplines, history, culture, and daily life.
Instrumental Music
6.IM.R2.A Interpret and describe the artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, and historical significance.
7.IM.R2.A Identify and support interpretations of the artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, and historical significance.
8.IM.R2.A Explain and support interpretations of the artistic intent and aesthetic qualities of musical works, citing as evidence the treatment of the elements of music, contexts, and historical significance.