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Ms. Anderson from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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African American Studies

Help me give my students Teachers Pay Teachers gift cards and books for historically adequate materials for the classroom and online.

  • $677 goal

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My Students

Our Chicago school district is full of special, diverse, and unique children with needs that mirror this. Due to poor budgeting, students like mine suffer from inadequate resources like crowded classrooms and never-enough technological equipment.

My students are very eager to learn and very excited about kindergarten.

Eighty-four percent of our students come from low-income homes, and most students live in a neighborhood that is high in violence and crime. Despite their circumstances, they are ready to learn and grow this year!

My Project

These books will provide my students with knowledge about their culture while entertaining them about the world. The books that they read in class do not match the environment that they live in. I want my students to start seeing themselves in a different light so that they can be motivated and know that they have a bright future. The books that were selected will assist my students in learning the importance of their culture and history. Working with students from low-income areas limits the number of resources the students have at home. By having these books the students will be able to have different resources to pull evidence from. By helping these supply my students with these award-winning books, it will assist them in expanding their minds.

Ms. Anderson O'Keeffe School of Excellence Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Chicago, IL View local requests

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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on Teachers Pay Teachers • Teachers Pay Teachers $100.00 2 $200.00
The Water Princess • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
Chocolate Me! • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
She Stood for Freedom • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
Max Found Two Sticks • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Shaking Things Up • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Malcolm Little • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Separate Is Never Equal • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
What Can a Citizen Do? • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Henry's Freedom Box • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Wangari's Trees of Peace • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Each Kindness • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The last stop on market street • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Harlem's Little Blackbird • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Steamboat School • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
One Word from Sophia • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Trombone Shorty • AKJ Education $13.10 1 $13.10
Daniel's Good Day • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Rain Stomper • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Ayobami and the Names of the Animals • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
Visiting Day • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Max and the Tag-Along Moon • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Abiyoyo Based on a South African Lullaby and Folk Story • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Caribbean Dream • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Freedom Summer • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Seeds of Freedom • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Under the Ramadan Moon • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
As Good as Anybody • AKJ Education $2.50 1 $2.50

Materials cost

$531.05

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$575.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.47

Total project goal

$676.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $676.49

5 Donors

-$508.85

Donations toward project cost

-$447.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.33

match offer

-$150.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.64

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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