HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1306 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1064
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sarah K. Peake
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act concerning genocide education.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable | 1/20/2011 |
George T. Ross | 2nd Bristol | 2/3/2011 |
Christine E. Canavan | 10th Plymouth | 2/4/2011 |
Alice K. Wolf | 25th Middlesex | 2/4/2011 |
Daniel A. Wolf |
| 1/21/2011 |
Jason M. Lewis | 31st Middlesex | 2/1/2011 |
Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex | 2/3/2011 |
William N. Brownsberger |
| 1/28/2011 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1306 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1064
By Ms. Peake of Provincetown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1064) of Sarah K. Peake and others for legislation to provide for the subject of genocide to be included in the curriculum of the public schools of the Commonwealth. Education. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4520 OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven
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An Act concerning genocide education.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 15 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-
Section 67. Genocide, shall be included in the Massachusetts history and social science curriculum frameworks for United States and world history. Case studies of at least 2 such genocides may be used to demonstrate the concept of genocide. Such case studies may include, but are not limited to, the genocide of Armenian Christians, the Holocaust and Nazi concentration camps, the genocide of Cambodians by the Khmer Rouge, the genocide of Bosnian Muslims, the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and the genocide of Darfurians by the Sudanese government.
The department shall recommend curricular materials detailing the underlying causes, international reaction, progression and aftermath of the aforementioned genocides, including those recommendations established by chapter 276 of the acts of 1998.
The department may provide trainings, seminars, conferences and materials for educators to use in the teaching of genocide.