| STATE | Social Study Standard Includes Japanese American Internment | Social Study Standard Includes German American Internment | Contact | ||||||
| Alabama | Yes | No | abuckley@alsde.edu | ||||||
| Alaska | No | No | |||||||
| Arizona | Yes | No | cwarren@ade.az.gov | ||||||
| Arkansas | Yes | No | smckenzie@arkedu.k12.ar.us | ||||||
| California | Yes | No | webmaster@score.rims.k12.ca.us | ||||||
| Colorado1 | Yes | No | gross_l@cde.state.co.us (Lois Gross) | ||||||
| Connecticut2 | Yes | No | dan.gregg@po.state.ct.us | ||||||
| Delaware3 | Yes | No | dedoe@doe.k12.de.us | ||||||
| Florida | No | No | |||||||
| Georgia | Yes | No | lpijanow@doe.k12.ga.us | ||||||
| Hawaii | Yes | No | atr@k12.hi.us | ||||||
| Idaho | Yes | No | Dr. Marilyn Howard mhoward@sde.state.id.us | ||||||
| Illinois | Yes | No | rmccabe@isbe.net | ||||||
| Indiana | No | No | |||||||
| Iowa | No | No | |||||||
| Kansas | Yes | No | dmatthis@ksde.org | ||||||
| Kentucky | Yes | No | phurt@kde.state.ky.us | ||||||
| Louisiana | Yes | No | SuperintendentPicard@la.gov | ||||||
| Maine | No | No | |||||||
| Maryland | Yes | No | http://mdk12.org/interact/feedback.asp | ||||||
| Massachusetts | Yes | No | swheltle@doe.mass.edu | ||||||
| Michigan4 | Yes | No | MDEweb@michigan.gov | ||||||
| Minnesota | Yes | No | mde.webmaster@state.mn.us | ATTN: Ms. Beth Aune | |||||
| Mississippi | Yes | No | tgreen@mde.k12.ms.us | Ms. Green | |||||
| Missouri | No | No | |||||||
| Montana | No | No | |||||||
| Nebraska | No | No | |||||||
| Nevada | Yes | No | gdopf@doe.nv.gov | Ms. Dopf | |||||
| New Hampshire | No | No | |||||||
| New Jersey | Yes | No | https://www.state.nj.us/njded/parents/contact.htm | ||||||
| New Mexico5 | No | No | |||||||
| New York | Yes | No | emscurric@mail.nysed.gov | ||||||
| North Carolina6 | Yes | No | tgreggs@dpi.state.nc.us | ||||||
| North Dakota | No | No | |||||||
| Ohio | Yes | No | susan.zelman@ode.state.oh.us | ||||||
| Oklahoma | Yes | No | sharon_lease@sde.state.ok.us | ||||||
| Oregon | Yes | No | doug.kosty@state.or.us | ||||||
| Pennsylvania | Yes | No | Secretary Barnes secretary@psupen.psu.edu | ||||||
| Rhode Island | Yes | No | schaefer@ride.ri.net | ||||||
| South Carolina | No | No | |||||||
| South Dakota | No | No | |||||||
| Tennessee | No | No | |||||||
| Texas | Yes | No | paiweb@tea.state.tx.us;and paigis@tea.state.tx.us | ||||||
| Utah | Yes | No | mpetersen@media.utah.edu | ||||||
| Vermont | Yes | No | davidwhite@education.state.vt.us | ||||||
| Virginia | Yes | No | instruction@mail.vak12ed.edu | ||||||
| Washington | Yes | No | Professor Perkins cperkins@ospi.wednet.edu | ||||||
| West Virginia | No | No | |||||||
| Wisconsin | Yes | No | madeline.uraneck@dpi.state.wi.us | ||||||
| Wyoming | Yes | No | tblank@educ.state.wy.us | Superintendent Ted Blankenship | |||||
| Total | 50 | 50 | |||||||
| Yes | 35 | 0 | |||||||
| No | 15 | 50 | |||||||
| United States History Standards | Yes | No | gnash@ucla.edu | ||||||
| US Department of Education7 | Yes | No | Only through on site form at http://www.ed.gov/about/contacts/gen/index.html?src=gu | ||||||
| 1Colorado -Has a library reference that denies German Americans were interned | |||||||||
| 2Connecticut has four links that only refer to Japanese American internment. See page http://www.state.ct.us/sde/dtl/curriculum/currsocs_toler.htm | |||||||||
| 3Delaware has reference to Japanese American internment in its English content standard. See http://www.doe.state.de.us/Standards/English/ELA_Standards.html | |||||||||
| 4 Michigan entry relates to the Children's Civic book listing that contains two books relating to Japanese American internment and none to German American internment. | |||||||||
| 5 New Miexico has a reference to internment camps--but no mention is made of ethnicity | |||||||||
| 6 North Carolina uses two books that discuss Japanese American internment -- no mention made of German American internment. | |||||||||
| 7 Please note that the US Department of Education site is replete with references to Japanese American internment | |||||||||
| and not one reference was found relative to German American internment | |||||||||
| Prepared by AD Jacobs, March 2005 | |||||||||
| Updated March 9, 2005 ADJ | |||||||||