Item 2.A.

Attachment 2

History–Social Science SMC

November 19, 2015

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2015-16History–Social Science Framework Update

Index of Public Comments Received in Response to the September 25, 2015, Revised Draft

This list includes additional public comments received in response to the posting of the revised draft prepared by the California History–Social Science Project and posted on the Instructional Quality Commission Web page on September 25, 2015. The list includes all comments received between that date and November 3, 2015. 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. Five e-mails from Kay Mouradian (6 pages total)
  2. Ms. Mouradian also sent her book and movie “My Mother’s Voice”. We received these items in hard copy and they are available for viewing at the California Department of Education upon request.
  3. E-mail from Duane Campbell (2 pages)
  4. E-mail from Onkar Bindra (1 page)
  5. Letter from Ali Ferdowsi (2 pages)
  6. E-mail from Anantanand Rambachan(1 page)
  7. E-mail and attachments from Cecelia Gaerlan (7 pages)
  8. Two letters from Alice Wood (3 pages total)
  9. 18 copies of a letter on Uberoi Foundation letterhead (2 pages, example is from Ramdas Lamb)
  10. Letter from Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian (5 pages)
  11. Letter from Elen Astryan, Armenian National Committee, Western Region (3 pages)
  12. Letter from Johanna Ogden (1 page)
  13. Letter from Judy Appel, Our Family Coalition, and other groups (5 pages)
  14. Letter from Barbara McGraw (2 pages)
  15. Letter from Ruth Villasenor et al., California Two Spirit Coalition (4 pages)
  16. Letter from Hamid Akbari (2 pages)
  17. Letter from Hasan Javadi (2 pages)
  18. E-mail from Jo-Anne Hart (1 page)
  19. Letter from Kirpal Singh, American Sikh Council (3 pages)
  20. Letter from Pashaura Singh Dhillion, Sikh Council of Central California (1 page)
  21. Eight e-mails from Ricardo Gaudino (25 pages total)
  22. Letter from Roxanne Makasdjian, Genocide Education Project (3 pages)
  23. E-mail, letter, and attachment from Vamsee Juluri (20 pages total)
  24. Article by Stephen Knapp, “The Aryan Invasion Theory: The Final Nail in its Coffin” (21 pages)
  25. Gerald Lieberman, “Request for Edits and Additions to the October 2015 Draft Documents for the History–Social Science Framework (8 pages)
  26. Letter from Lawrence Cohen, et.al., Directors of South Asia Research Centers at California universities (2 pages)
  27. Onkar Bindra, “On Pioneer Immigrants from India to California” (1 page)
  28. Letter and attachment from Shiva Bajpai and Acharya Arumuganathaswami, Uberoi Foundation (15 pages)
  29. 500+ postcards from individuals in support of the Sikh Coalition (1 copy scanned)
  30. Letter from Jeffery Long (1 page)
  31. E-mail from Ramdas Lamb (1 page)
  32. Suhag Shukla, Hindu American Foundation
  33. Cover letter (3 pages)
  34. Three charts of proposed edits (15 pages total). HAF later submitted revised version of those charts with additional suggestions (23 pages total).
  35. Article “Caste: Fission and Fusion” (5 pages)
  36. Article “Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on the Aryan Invasion and the Emergence of the Caste System in India” (29 pages)
  37. Article “The origins of Indians: What our genes are telling us” (7 pages)
  38. Article “Genetic Evidence of Early Human Migrations in the Indian Ocean Region Disproves Aryan Migration/Invasion Theories” (28 pages)
  39. Article “The passion of Paul Hacker: Indology, orientalism, and evangelism” (15 pages)
  40. 5 JPEG files
  41. Arvind Kumar, CAPEEM
  42. Cover e-mail (1 page)
  43. Transcripts of public comments October 8 and 9 (2 pages)
  44. New York Times article (1 page)
  45. Proposed Fixes (4 pages)
  46. References and Evidence (6 pages)
  47. Letter from Tushar Pandya (6 pages)
  48. Second letter with list of proposed edits (26 pages)
  49. Letter from B.B. Lal (3 pages)
  50. E-mail from Esfandia Imani (2 pages)
  51. E-mail from Shakuntala Nitturkar (1 page)
  52. E-mail and attachment from Lisa Baca, CA Latino Leadership Institute (6 pages)
  53. E-mail from Mariana Sabeniao, from Assemblymember Nazarian’s office (1 page)
  54. Letter and biography from Kapil Kapoor (5 pages)
  55. E-mail from Shrinivas Tilak (2 pages)
  56. E-mail from Girish Jainaadmin Shah (2 pages)
  57. Letter from Diane Fisher et.al., Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley (1 page)
  58. Letter from Virendra Shah, Jain Center of Southern California (2 pages)
  59. Letter and attachments from Sandeep Dedage, Hindu Education Foundation (22 pages total)

Item 2.A.

Attachment 2

History–Social Science SMC

November 19, 2015

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