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American Revolution Knowledge Base

Help me give my students the knowledge base about the American Revolution in student friendly language. Through these books they will build their knowledge to become well versed in this time period.

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Fourth graders know next to nothing about the American Revolution. Through our curriculum and with these additional books their knowledge base will grow tremendously. My students love to read new books and especially a variety of books. When we begin a new topic, my students immediately go looking for the "basket" of books related to the topic.

Books that are dedicated to the topic and in addition to the curriculum is what get students making connections.

The excitement that students show when reading and learning new information is what motivates others to want to read more books. Reading is so contagious in classrooms when excitement about books is there.

These books will help my students make more connections with what we are already reading. Their knowledge will grow more because we have more material to access. Students will be reading a variety of books by many authors to see similarities and to see different perspectives.

When I teach I want my students to love what they are learning and then to want to go and learn more on their own. If these books were in our classroom they would be able to go and read more while continuing to discuss their findings.

My fourth graders are special because they are kids who are eager to learn. They are constantly asking questions about anything that we are discussing. My students want to be individuals who can go out and educate others. They love looking for connections between topics we have already discussed with what we are learning now. They are all unique but in the time that we have been together have become a little classroom family who care about one another.

Mrs. Whatman Russell Elementary School Grades 3-5

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More than a third of 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
Aaron and Alexander: The Most Famous Duel in American History • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
America's Tea Parties: Not One but Four! Boston, Charleston, New York, Philadelphia • Amazon Business $17.82 1 $17.82
America's Black Founders: Revolutionary Heroes & Early Leaders with 21 Activities (32) (For Kids series) • Amazon Business $17.61 1 $17.61
The American Revolution for Kids: A History with 21 Activities (11) (For Kids series) • Amazon Business $17.03 1 $17.03
Revolutionary Rogues: John André and Benedict Arnold • Amazon Business $16.27 1 $16.27
The Good Fight: The Feuds of the Founding Fathers (and How They Shaped the Nation) • Amazon Business $16.12 1 $16.12
Mumbet's Declaration of Independence • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent • Amazon Business $15.35 1 $15.35
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Ben's Revolution: Benjamin Russell and the Battle of Bunker Hill • Amazon Business $13.40 1 $13.40
The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 (Dear America) • Amazon Business $13.10 1 $13.10
Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution • Amazon Business $12.11 1 $12.11
Revolutionary Friends: General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales - One Dead Spy (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #1) - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
An Overview of the American Revolution Through Primary Sources • Amazon Business $11.53 1 $11.53
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Sybil Ludington: Revolutionary War Rider (Based on a True Story) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
American Indians and African Americans of the American Revolution Through Primary Sources • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery • Amazon Business $7.78 1 $7.78
The Fighting Ground - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Guts & Glory: The American Revolution (Guts & Glory, 4) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
George Washington's Socks (Time Travel Adventure) • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
George Washington's Spy (Time Travel Adventure) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
George vs. George: The Revolutionary War as Seen From Both Sides • Amazon Business $5.91 1 $5.91
Who Was...? - Who Was Alexander Hamilton? - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
What Is the Declaration of Independence? - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
I Survived - I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64

Materials cost

$314.13

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$348.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.56

Total project goal

$410.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $410.40

6 Donors

-$315.69

Donations toward project cost

-$268.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.35

Matching donations from our partners

-$94.71

Match offers toward project cost

-$80.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.21

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