Attachment 2
History–Social Science SMC
March 24–25, 2016
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Attachment 2
History–Social Science SMC
March 24–25, 2016
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2015-16 History–Social Science Framework Update
Index of Public Comments Received During the Second Field Review
This list includes public comments received during the second field review of the History–Social Science Framework. These comments were in response to the updated framework draft that was approved by the Instructional Quality Commission on November 20, 2015, and posted on the California Department of Education Web site on December 17, 2016. The list includes all comments received between that date and February 29, 2016. Comments included e-mails and attachments sent to , , and the e-mail addresses of CFIR Division staff, as well as physical submissions that were scanned into digital format.
As with previous batches of comments received on the History–Social Science Framework, these comments were distributed to members of the Instructional Quality Commission via a link to a Box.com account. The comments were all provided in full, without editing, and are available to members of the public upon request.
All files are in PDF format unless noted.
1. Thirteen e-mails from Riccardo Gaudino, Golden State History (20 pages total). Also sent were the following attachments:
· Scan from a book entitled, The History Atlas of North America (2 pages)
· A historical map of the Americas (1 page)
· Proclamation from the city of Watsonville (1 page)
· Copy of Senate Concurrent Resolution 33, 2006 (1 page)
· Spot bill language (5 pages)
· PowerPoint presentation, “Who Named America?”
· “America On the Map” (4 pages)
· Map, European Exploration of South America (1 page)
· America500 flyer (1 page)
2. E-mail from Corby Arthur (1 pages)
3. E-mail from Andrea Dunn (1 page)
4. E-mail from Cheryl Trapletti (1 page)
5. Letter and attachments from Sandeep Dedge, Hindu Education Foundation (23 pages total)
6. E-mail from Christine Helmer (1 page)
7. E-mail from Mike Mazzie (1 page)
8. Three letters and attachments from Shiva Bajpai and Acharya Arumuganathaswami, Uberoi Foundation (25 pages total)
9. E-mail from Jenny Lee (1 page)
10. E-mail from Josh Chancer (1 page)
11. E-mail and attachment from Cecelia Gaerlan, Bataan Legacy Historical Society (12 pages)
12. Bataan Legacy Historical Society petition (1 page)
13. Public comments attached to petition from Bataan Legacy Historical Society (12 pages)
14. E-mail from Choong Rhee (1 page)
15. E-mail from Frances Kidwell (2 pages)
16. Two e-mails from Magnus Pharao Hansen (3 pages total)
17. Marked up version of Chapter 7 of the framework from Marcus Aguilar (38 pages)
18. E-mail from Keith Jones (2 pages)
19. Letter from Jerry Solomon (3 pages). The following individuals and groups submitted letters with an identical list of edits related to LGBT issues:
· Ron Indra (3 pages)
· Douglas Marques (2 pages)
· Abbe Land, The Trevor Project (4 pages)
· Judy Appel, Our Family Coaltion (4 pages)
· Becca Cramer, ACLU of California (3 pages)
· Joey Hernandez, Los Angeles LGBT Center (3 pages)
· Debra Chasnoff, GroundSpark (4 pages)
· Frida Wahlin and other parents/caregivers (4 pages)
· Lyndsey Schlax (4 pages)
· Maribel Martinez (3 pages)
· Will Grant, FAIR Classrooms (4 pages)
20. E-mail from Ian Jung (1 page)
21. E-mail from Issac Jay (1 page)
22. Six e-mails from Kumi Tobin Nozaki (3 PDFs, 5 pages total)
23. E-mail from Tadanot (1 page)
24. Two letters and attachments from Lisa Wurtele, Institute for Curriculum Services (30 pages total)
25. Letter and attachment from Kevin Cabrera, Heritage Museum of Orange County (76 pages)
26. E-mail from Marghuerita Scaglione (1 page)
27. E-mail from Miyoung Kim (2 pages)
28. E-mail from Robert Schuett (1 page)
29. E-mail from Shinja Lee (1 page)
30. E-mail from Grace Nall (2 pages)
31. E-mail from Jennifer Healey (1 page)
32. E-mail from Kaveh Niazi (2 pages)
33. Two e-mail petitions supporting the inclusion of “comfort women” in the draft framework (6 pages, including lists of names). The CDE received over ten thousand copies of e-mails and printed petitions with identical or very similar language in support of this subject. A partial list of submitters was provided to Commissioners.
34. Letter from Irene Hecht (2 pages)
35. E-mail from G.Y. Ogasawara (1 page)
36. E-mail from Hyepin Im (1 page)
37. E-mail from Mark Dempsey (2 pages)
38. E-mail from Paul Kaplan (1 page)
39. E-mail from Christy Schirmer (1 page)
40. Cover letter and petition attachment from Hideshi Sugino (2 pages)
41. Cover letter and 16 attachments from Jim Charkins (marked up versions of the first 16 chapters of the framework)
42. Letter from Joseph Yi (3 pages)
43. E-mail from Oaksoo Kim (1 page)
44. Proclamation from the City of Union City on AB 199 (1 page)
45. E-mail from Ron Severson (1 page)
46. E-mail from Zenaida Slemp (1 page)
47. Two e-mails from Eiji Suzuki (4 pages total)
48. E-mail from Joseph Soler (1 page)
49. E-mail from Ross Parmenter (1 page)
50. E-mail from David McLaughlin (3 pages)
51. E-mail from Gargi Kand (1 page)
52. Letter from Balbir Singh Dhillon, Sikh Temple Sacramento (3 pages)
53. E-mail from Geoffrey Davis (2 pages)
54. E-mail from Pamela and Ray Doolan (2 pages)
55. E-mail from Ana Luna (1 page)
56. E-mail from Frank Benitez (1 page)
57. E-mail from Hemant Thobbi (2 pages)
58. E-mail from Shoko Ishizaka (1 page)
59. E-mail from Andrea Anderson (2 pages)
60. E-mail from Janice Kang (1 page)
61. E-mail from Jason Nolasco (1 page)
62. E-mail from John Koster (2 pages)
63. E-mail from Sara Hosseini (1 page)
64. E-mail from Amber Chisholm (1 page)
65. Letter from Amy Pabalan and others (2 pages)
66. E-mail from Angel Jimenez (1 page)
67. E-mail from Cathy Cabada (1 page)
68. E-mail from Chelsey Lowe (1 page)
69. E-mail from Christina Crissman (1 page)
70. E-mail from Delia Gomez (2 pages)
71. E-mail from Ellysa Marino (1 page)
72. E-mail from Ivan Ibarra (1 page)
73. E-mail from Jacob Maldonado (1 page)
74. E-mail from Joon Soo Kim (1 page)
75. E-mail from Marcus Maher (1 page)
76. E-mail from Michael Manzanilla (1 page)
77. E-mail from Michelle Kulick (1 page)
78. E-mail from Scott Brown (1 page)
79. E-mail and graphics (document scans) from Ten Teko (5 pages)
80. E-mail from Nobuhiko Higuchi and others (2 pages). CDE received multiple copies of the same e-mail. A list of senders was provided to Commissioners.
81. Two e-mails from Onkar Bindra (4 pages total)
82. Two e-mails from Shizuko Koster (12 pages total)
83. E-mail from “Jpaokiit” (1 page)
84. E-mail from Miki Shibagaki (1 page)
85. E-mail from Teraoka Tsutomu (1 page)
86. E-mail from Y Nakada (1 page)
87. E-mail from “Dragon Brook” (2 pages)
88. E-mail from Motoaki Ozaki (1 page)
89. E-mail from Rahul Chikka (1 page)
90. E-mail and attachment from Michiko Kawakami (9 pages)
91. Two e-mails from “or278281” (4 pages total)
92. Five e-mails from Saori Asuka/Asuka Soari (name provided both ways) (13 pages total)
93. E-mail from Gurdev Khush (1 page)
94. E-mail from Marina Doxie (2 pages)
95. E-mail from Tony Arias (1 page)
96. E-mail and letter from Vamsee Juluri (5 pages total)
97. Two e-mail petitions opposing the inclusion of “comfort women” in the drat framework (4 pages, including lists of names). The CDE received over three hundred e-mails that contained the same or similar language. A partial list of senders was provided to Commissioners.
98. Table of suggested edits from EunMi Cho (7 pages). A similar set of edits was submitted by Robin Hooning.
99. Letter and five attachments from Robert Wada (44 pages total)
100. E-mail from Deana Zamiska (1 page)
101. E-mail from Setsuko Matsui (2 pages)
102. Two e-mails from Takafumi Kano (3 pages total)
103. E-mail from Kazuko Abe (1 page)
104. E-mail from Kevin Roughton (4 pages)
105. Five e-mails from Gay Atmajian, including lists of comments and edits for several chapters (12 pages total)
106. E-mail from Kathryn Sanders (1 page)
107. E-mail from Rose Molina (1 page)
108. Letter from Elen Astryan, Armenian National Committee, Western Region (3 pages)
109. Letter from Sandeep Dedge (2 pages)
110. E-mail from Naomi Hill (1 page)
111. Letter from Annie Yee, Chinese American Citizens Alliance (2 pages)
112. E-mail from Kameyama (3 pages)
113. Letter from Lawrence Osen (3 pages)
114. E-mail from Oliver Beckwith (2 pages)
115. E-mail from Keiko Dam (1 page)
116. E-mail from Monica Luna (2 pages)
117. E-mail from Claire H (1 page)
118. E-mail from Earnest Neeley (2 pages)
119. E-mail from Heidi Martasian (3 pages)
120. E-mail from Sharat Joshi (2 pages)
121. E-mail from Reiko Tanaka (16 pages). The CDE received a number of e-mails that contained all or part of the same text. A list of senders was provided to Commissioners.
122. E-mailed petition in support of the edits proposed by the Genocide Education Project and the Armenian National Committee (2 pages, including list of names). A list of senders was provided to Commissioners.
123. Letter from Assemblymember Young Kim (1 page)
124. Letter from Ved Chaudhary, Educators Society for the Heritage of India (3 pages)
125. E-mail from Harry Meussner (1 page)
126. E-mail from Jo-Anne Hart (1 page)
127. E-mail from Marian Murphy-Shaw (1 page)
128. E-mail from Peter Duus (1 page)
129. Cover e-mail and attachments from Ryoko Collins, including a list of signatories opposed to inclusion of “comfort women” in the framework (46 pages total)
130. Letter and list of edits from a South Asia Faculty group (16 pages total)
131. E-mail from Suzanne Seekatz (1 page)
132. E-mail from Ashutosh Gupta (2 pages)
133. An e-mail petition calling for discussion of the Asian Lunar New Year in the framework (2 pages, including list of names). A list of senders was provided to Commissioners.
134. E-mail from Jennifer Horne (1 page)
135. E-mail from Kay Mouradian (1 page)
136. E-mail from Marcelle Turner (1 page)
137. Resolution from Yuba County (2 pages)
138. Two e-mails from Chuck Smith (2 pages total)
139. E-mail from Robert McCoy (1 page)
140. Resolution from Sonoma County (1 page)
141. Resolution from Sutter County (2 pages)
142. Letter from Kase Hideaki (7 pages)
143. E-mail from Shinsei Takada (1 page)
144. E-mail from Sunao Tanimoto (1 page)
145. Cover letter, attachment, and list of edits from Tushar Pandya (28 pages total)
146. E-mail from Masae Kaizuka (3 pages)
147. E-mail from Tammy Lee (2 pages)
148. E-mail from Tran Van Ty (2 pages)
149. E-mail from Arthur M (1 page)
150. Letter from Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian (4 pages)
151. Letter from Assemblymember Rocky Chavez (5 pages)
152. Submission of marked-up chapters of the draft framework from Andy Bostom, Bryce Horswell, John Hancock, Linda Sax, Mike Hayutin, and Sandra Alfonsi (18 files total)
153. E-mail from Carolyn Power (6 pages)
154. Letter from Donald Loo, Chinese Historical Society of Southern California (4 pages)
155. E-mail from Douglas Nickles (1 page)
156. List of edits from Eric Buehrer, Gateways to Better Education, et al. (10 pages)
157. Letter from Eric Heins, California Teachers Association (22 pages)
158. Letter from Suhag Shukla, Hindu American Foundation (9 pages)
159. E-mail from Jaideep Singh (1 page)
160. E-mail from “jaynkwon” (1 page)
161. Letter from Jose Lara, Ethnic Studies Now (4 pages)
162. E-mail from Katie Jamison (1 page)
163. E-mail from Ken Freeman (1 page)
164. Cover letter and attachment from Maria Espinoza (3 pages)
165. Cover letter and 6 attachments from Masaaki Oto
· Comfort Women FAQ (13 pages)
· Japanese Prisoner of War Interrogation Report (15 pages)
· Article from The Accolade (Sunny Hills High School) (1 page)
· 3 attachments with signatures of a petition critical of the inclusion of “comfort women” in the framework (358 pages total)
166. Cover e-mail and attachment from Pelayo Llamas (4 pages total)
167. E-mail from Rachel Wright (1 page)
168. Letter from Ramdas Lamb, et al. (8 pages)
169. Letter from Roman Zawadzki, Polish American Defense Committee (2 pages)
170. Cover letter and two attachments, including a list of edits, from Rosemary Blanchard, Human Rights Educators USA (58 pages total)
171. San Diego County Office of Education table of edits (2 pages)
172. E-mail from Stephanie Enriquez (3 pages)
173. Cover e-mail and list of edits from Stephanie Sajor (4 pages)
174. E-mail from Susan Shore (1 page)
175. Letter from Vernon Billy, California School Boards Association (2 pages)
176. Comments from Williamson Evers (9 pages)
177. Letter from Ronald Davis (2 pages)
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