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activity can be purchased. Teaching East Asia: Korea includes a chapter on Korean American
history.
If a school is located in a Koreatown, there is an opportunity to examine the growth of this area
and the Korean American experience. See Amazon.com for Katherine Kim’s Los Angeles’s
Koreatown.
Grade Four – California: A Changing State
Standard 4.4 (3) Discuss immigration and migration to California between 1850 and 1900,
including the diverse composition of those who came; the countries of origin and their relative
locations; and conflicts and accords among the diverse groups (e.g., the 1882 Chinese Exclusion
Act).
Standard 4.4 (4) Describe rapid American immigration, internal migration, settlement, and the
growth of towns and cities (e.g. Los Angeles).
The history of California is rich with ethnic, social, and cultural diversity, economic energy,
geographic variety, and growing civic community. The study of California history in the fourth
grade provides students with foundational opportunities to learn in depth about their state,
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