The combined bodies are commonly known as the Tennessee Holocaust Commission. The Commission has long provided a variety of educational services and opportunities for teachers and their students. It has sponsored conferences across the state for students, middle and secondary school teachers, university faculties and the general public. The Commission also assists with other special Holocaust programming, serving both educational and general audiences. A state appropriation, matched in part by funds raised from the private sector, provides financial support for the Commission's conferences and programs.
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Currently, the Commission sponsors two major Holocaust conferences for students and teachers. One, held each fall on the campus of Vanderbilt University, is the Educational Outreach Program held in conjunction with the Vanderbilt Holocaust Lecture Series . The other rotates among state's colleges and universities in an effort to provide different geographic regions with opportunities for intensive educational experience. In conjunction with the Center for Literacy Studies at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, the Commission has developed a unique Holocaust adult education curriculum and teaching tool kit. This initiative, designed to bring the lessons of the Holocaust to life for adults enrolled in basic education classes, has met with an enthusiastic response from teachers and students alike since the curriculum and kit were issued in 1997.