Lesson 2 Korean American Leader Dosan Ahn Chang Ho
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CA Ethnic Studies Group
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California Common Core State Standards - English Language Arts
- RH.6-8.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 6—8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
- RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
- RH.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
Lesson 2 Korean American Leader Dosan Ahn Chang Ho
Lesson Overview:
Dosan Ahn Chang Ho was a Korean American leader and Korean patriot
who founded the first organized-Korean American settlement in the United States in
early 1905. He was a political and Korean independence activist who fought for the
rights of Koreans in the US and around the world. He raised the Korean American voice
and identity in the early 1900s. Dosan also created a Korean Labor Bureau in Riverside,
CA to help Korean workers find better jobs and working conditions. Dosan also
established several Korean organizations in the US in the hopes his community would
gain voice and identity in America. The lesson demonstrates the struggles ethnic
minorities like Korean Americans had to go through in the early twentieth century.
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