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South Korea has just become a multicultural society. Along with this development, has the number of children of naturalized citizens or multicultural families increased. For these children, the two most important things to do are to help them establish their own identity and to help native children obtain a different understanding of the idea of ‘one pure race.’ Keeping the two goals in mind, this paper examines the ‘descriptions and perceptions of naturalized citizens’ that appear in middle-school history textbook History(I). For this purpose, three kinds of middle-school history textbook published in 2003 were chosen and their contents were divided into three categories : ancient history , the Koryo Dynasty ,and the early year so ft he Chosun Dynasty. By examining their descriptions and perceptions of naturalized citizens, this paper makes an attempt to show how Koreans’ perspective on race changed. It will reveal that Korean history is something achieved not only by the ‘Korean race’ but also with the participate on of minority races an dim migrants, namely naturalized citizens who have been migrating to the Korean Peninsula for along time. Lastly, this paper will suggest specific ways to apply this approach regarding Korean history to textbooks and classrooms. In this multicultural era, history education is at an infant stage. This is why we need to provide examples of naturalized citizens’ contributions to society in the history class. In doing so, we will be able to help them and their children have a sense of belonging to Korean society. Therefore, the writing of future history textbooks should be directed towards overcoming racial prejudices and ‘Korean racial supremacy.’