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Aekyung's Dream. Written and illustrated by Min Paek.
The Two Mrs. Gibsons. Story by Toyomi Igus and pictures by Daryl Wells.
Books From Other Publishers
Balgassi, Haemi. Peacebound Trains. Clarion Books, 1996. (Available online at http://korea50.army.mil/peacebound/index.html)
Choi, Sook Nyul. Yunmi and Halmoni's Trip. Houghton Mufflin, 1997.
Choi, Sook Nyul. Halmoni and the Picnic. Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
Choi, Yangsook. The Name Jar. Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
Na, An. A Step from Heaven. Front Street, 2001.
Pak, Soyung. Dear Juno. Viking, 1999.
Recorvits, Helen. My Name is Yoon. Frances Foster Books, 2003.
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The Korean American Museum includes a time line of Korean American history, information about Korean American community organizations, writings about Korean American art and literature, and relevant online exhibits.
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Los Angeles Connections describes the history and current state of the Korean community in Los Angeles, one of the largest in the United States.
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Korean American Websites is a list of links to all types of information on the Korean American community.
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Omniglot has information about the Korean writing system, as well as other Asian writing systems.
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The Secret of Korean Food includes many recipes as well as a description of the characteristics of traditional Korean recipes.
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Miguel De Loza is a fifth grade bilingual Language Arts and Social Studies teacher at Garfield Charter School in Menlo Park, CA. Building on the strengths of students' cultures, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences, Garfield Charter School cultivates the values of respect, responsibility, and community involvement. The school's mission is to continue to provide a replicable, sustainable, equitable model for quality education in Spanish and English.
Alexandra Freidus, former Director of Community Partnerships at Children's Book Press, teaches integrated Language Arts and Social Studies at Berkeley High School. Alexandra was a consultant for this Teacher's Guide.
Loretta Torres is a second grade bilingual two-way (Spanish Immersion and Spanish as a Second Language) teacher at Fairmount Elementary School in San Francisco, CA. Fairmount views all members of the community as teachers and learners, offering many programs supporting learning for families as well as students.
Christina Velasco is a fourth and fifth grade teacher at Fairmount Elementary School's Spanish immersion program. She is a Bay Area Writing Project teacher consultant and taught a writing course for educators at UC Berkeley in the summer of 2004.
Please share your own ideas for how to use Cooper's Lesson in the classroom. We'll be pleased to post your work on the website for other teachers to use. Email us your lesson plans at educators@childrensbookpress.org.
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