I would like to express gratitude to many people for supporting me in my work on this project over the past several years. I particularly want to thank my family for planting a seed in me to see the value of developing and maintaining my Korean language skills and being proud of my Korean heritage. Also, I would like to thank the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Los Angeles, especially the Education Consul Ha Young Choi, for her confidence in me and her tireless support throughout the process. Also, I feel blessed to have been surrounded by many great people who helped me enhance this groundbreaking book. In particular, I would like to thank former CSUF Vice President, the late Danny Kim, for supporting me wholeheartedly before his retirement.

 

Another special thanks go to the supplementary curriculum development team and the editorial team, who worked so hard, even giving up their vacations and holidays to work on refining these teaching resource materials. Their efforts and sacrifice were invaluable for the successful publication of this important and historically significant work.

 

Supplementary Curriculum Development Team:

• Grace Cho, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Secondary Education, California State University, Fullerton

• Fay Shin, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Teacher Education, California State University, Long Beach

• Jeff Kim, Ed.D., NBCT, Instructional Coach, History Department Chair, South Junior High School and Cambridge Virtual Academy; AUHSD Civic Learning Coach

• Hera Kwon, Social Science Teacher, Sunny Hills High School, Fullerton Unified School District

 

Supplementary Curriculum Editing Team:

• Grace Cho, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Secondary Education, California State University, Fullerton (Curriculum Development Specialist)

• Victoria Costa, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Secondary Education, California State University, Fullerton (former NASA Senior Curriculum Development Specialist)

• Tong Cho Kim, President, Korean American Studies Education Foundation

 

Support from the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Los Angeles:

• Ha Young Choi, Consul (Education)

  

Thank you, Korean Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) Authors, ESMC Reviewers, the Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee for Korean Americans (ESACKA), and Korean Ethnic Studies Task Force (ESTF)!

 

• Edward Chang, Ph.D., Professor, Ethnic Studies Department, U.C. Riverside (Co-Chair of ESACKA, ESMC Author, ESTF)

• Grace Cho, Ph.D., Professor, Secondary Education Department, CSU Fullerton (Co-Chair of ESACKA and ESTF, ESMC Reviewer)

• Suzie Oh, Ed.D., Educational Consultant (Co-Chair of ESACKA and ESTF, ESMC Reviewer)

• Eunjee Kang, Teacher, Bohanon Middle School (ESMC Author)

• Helen Kang, Teacher, North Hollywood High School (ESMC Author)

• Ellen Park, Principal, Cedarlane Academy (K-8), HLPUSD (ESMC Author, ESACKA, ESTF)

• John Park, Ph.D., Professor, Asian American Department, U.C. Santa Barbara (ESMC Author, ESACKA, ESTF)

• Susie Woo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, CSU Fullerton (ESMC Author, ESTF)

• Dukyun Cho, Principal, Monterey Korean School (ESMC Reviewer)

• Miyoung Kim, Principal, Dasom Korean School (ESMC Reviewer)

• Rosa Kim, Trustee, Fremont Union High School District (ESMC Reviewer)

• Sung Kim, President, IKEN (ESMC Reviewer, ESACKA, ESTF)

• Hera Kwon, Social Science Teacher, Sunny Hills High School (ESMC Reviewer)

• Meejeon Lee, Principal, Marin County Korean School (ESMC Reviewer)

• Edward Park, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Asian American Studies, Loyola Marymount University (ESMC Reviewer, ESACKA, ESTF)

• Soo Yoo, Ed.D., Board Member, ABC Unified School District (ESMC Reviewer)

• Monica Ryoo, MD., Board President, Foundation for Korean Language and Culture in USA (ESACKA, ESTF)

• Chiae Kitayama Byun, Ed.D., Community of Schools Administrator (ESTF)

• Nancy Hong, Ed.D., Coordinator, Foreign Language Academies of Glendale USD (ESTF)

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