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Mrs. McDermott from Jacksonville, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Through Literacy

Help me give my students historical fiction books about women surviving to allow girls to see themselves as an integral part of history.

  • $270 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

Studies show that when children see themselves in books it helps with vital skills of learning to read and improving comprehension skills. The more children enjoy reading, and find meaning in books, they will come back to reading more and more.

"Books are packed with knowledge, they give you life lessons, they teach you about hardships, love, fear, and every little thing that is a part of life."

The Girls Survive series not only has a wide variety of cultures represented in the main characters, but also educates children on major historical events. By featuring a fictional female main character, girls in the class are also able to see themselves as a vital part to historical events.

By providing this series to my students, I hope to foster their love of reading, increase their knowledge of historical events, and to help them learn about leadership skills.

Mrs. McDermott
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fumiko and a Tokyo Tragedy: A Great Kanto Earthquake Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Millie and the Great Drought: A Dust Bowl Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Maddy and the Monstrous Storm: A Schoolhouse Blizzard Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Audrey Under the Big Top: A Hartford Circus Fire Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Lena and the Burning of Greenwood: A Tulsa Race Massacre Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Molly and the Twin Towers: A 9/11 Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Constance and the Dangerous Crossing: A Mayflower Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Hettie and the London Blitz: A World War II Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Maria and the Plague: A Black Death Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Maribel Versus the Volcano: A Mount St. Helens Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Tara and the Towering Wave: An Indian Ocean Tsunami Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Ruth and the Night of Broken Glass: A World War II Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Carrie and the Great Storm: A Galveston Hurricane Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Charlotte Spies for Justice: A Civil War Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Ann Fights for Freedom: An Underground Railroad Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Emmi in the City: A Great Chicago Fire Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Leah Braves the Flood: A Great Molasses Flood Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Lily and the Great Quake: A San Francisco Earthquake Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Mary and the Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Daisy and the Deadly Flu: A 1918 Influenza Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Sarah Journeys West: An Oregon Trail Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.80 1 $7.80
Noelle at Sea: A Titanic Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.79 1 $7.79
Rebecca Rides for Freedom: An American Revolution Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
Lucy Fights the Flames: A Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Alice on the Island: A Pearl Harbor Survival Story (Girls Survive) • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70

Materials cost

$195.97

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$228.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.40

Total project goal

$269.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$269.31

2 Donors

-$134.66

Donations toward project cost

-$114.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.20

match offer

-$134.65

Match offer toward project cost

-$114.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.20

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$0.00

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