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Mrs. Bell from Kansas City, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Classroom Library

My students need books that reflect their color and their culture. I've included 60 books that focus on Black or Hispanic characters, 2 audio sets, and a document camera.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Bell's classroom raised $702

This project is fully funded

My Students

Sadly, the literature in my classroom does not reflect the faces of my students. We are lacking diverse high-interest books that my students can relate to. My student's biggest challenge is finding books that interest them. Sadly, there is a lack of quality books with minority characters.

My students are mostly Black and Hispanic.

They need connections to the real world to be interested in reading. My students do not read for fun. They read for school, or they don't read at all. They see reading as work with characters they don't connect to and plots they don't understand. My students need books with plots that reflect their culture and characters that remind them of their friends and family.

My Project

In my classroom, I have several bookshelves with baskets of books. I want to add more baskets of Black History, Black Characters, Hispanic History, and Hispanic Characters. I have CD players with headphones. I want my students to be able to find their book and sit down with an audio CD and get into the world that book has to offer. I want them to see characters on the front of books all around the classroom that look like them; not just during Black History month but all the time. I have included a document camera in the cart to display books on the projector so we can read as a class. I added about 60 books that are Black or Hispanic Heritage. I included several books by Walter Dean Myers to interest my middle school boys. I included audio sets for "Monster" and "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry."

Reading is the most important thing we learn in school.

My students struggle with seeing how reading is going to benefit them later in life. I think providing high-quality books that entertain them is how we begin to bridge that gap; showing them that reading can be fun. Reading books can be fun, but books can also teach us valuable lessons. I want my students to see the worth in that.

Mrs. Bell Hickman Mills Middle School 6 - 7 Center Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ipevo Ziggi-HD Plus High-Definition USB Document Camera (CDVU-06IP) • Amazon Business $99.00 1 $99.00
African American Historical Fiction (5 Bk Set) • AKJ Books $26.60 1 $26.60
CD - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Audio) • AKJ Books $24.82 1 $24.82
P Is for Pinata: A Mexico Alphabet Tony Johnston, John Parra • AKJ Books $16.16 1 $16.16
Birmingham Sunday • AKJ Books $16.16 1 $16.16
The Civil Rights Movement for Kids • AKJ Books $15.26 1 $15.26
CD - Monster (Audio) • AKJ Books $14.56 1 $14.56
A Kid''s Guide to Latino History: More than 50 Activities Val • AKJ Books $13.46 1 $13.46
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez Kathleen Krull, Y • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Darius & Twig • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Voices from the Fields • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
We March • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Reach • AKJ Books $10.95 1 $10.95
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nat • AKJ Books $8.75 1 $8.75
The House on Mango Street • AKJ Books $8.72 1 $8.72
SquareTrade 2-Year PC Peripherals Protection Plan ($75-$100) • Amazon Business $7.50 1 $7.50
Glory Field • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Hoops • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Monster • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
145th Street • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Bad Boy • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Shooter • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Breaking Through • AKJ Books $7.19 1 $7.19
47 • AKJ Books $6.57 1 $6.57
Slam! • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Somewhere in the Darkness • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Heart and Soul • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Rosa • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Tears Of A Tiger • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Freedom Summer • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
The Tequila Worm Viola Canales • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Dancing Home • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Mexico • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
Pool Problem: The Complicated Life of Claudia Cortez • AKJ Books $5.49 1 $5.49
Malcolm X : By Any Means Necessary • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
My Black Me • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Red Umbrella • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Story of Ruby Bridges • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Becoming Naomi Leon • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay Julia Alvarez • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Call Me Maria Judith Ortiz Cofer • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Return to Sender • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Baseball In April And Other Stories • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
How Tia Lola Learned to Teach • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Star in the Forest • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Meet Danitra Brown • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
My Black Me • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Phoebe, the Spy • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Friendship • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Crossing the Wire • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
How Tia Lola Saved the Summer • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Civil Rights Movement: An Interactive History Adventure • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
What Was the March on Washington? • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Colibri • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Felita • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Most Beautiful Place in the World, The • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
The Gold Cadillac • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
I Am Rosa Parks • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91

Materials cost

$558.08

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$596.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.26

Total project goal

$701.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $701.71

1 Donor

-$350.85

Donations toward project cost

-$298.22

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.63

match offer

-$350.86

Match offer toward project cost

-$298.23

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.63

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