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Mr. Tennyson from Anchorage, AK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books About Immigration for Military Kids

My students need forty-three books about immigration including Angel Island Gateway to Gold Mountain, Ellis Island and Her Right Foot.

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My Students

Since we are located near two military bases, many of my sixth grade students are the children of deployed military personnel. They live in an area that is a pocket of poverty and they are handicapped by a lack of resources. All my students are eligible for free breakfast and lunch. Our school is an older, urban, public school that is coded as high poverty. The public library that was across the street closed several years ago. As a result, the majority of my students do not have access to technology or reading materials outside of school.

I have a very transient student population and a number of my students are homeless or live in shelters.

Over 50% of my class comes and goes during the course of the school year. Several of my students are also here in the United States for the first time, and English is not their first language. Many of my kids do not read at grade level. Writing is a struggle for them. Our school is not a Title I School, but my students have needs that are not being met by our school.

My Project

“This was the secret of America: a nation of people with the fresh memory of old traditions who dared to explore new frontiers, people eager to build lives for themselves in a spacious society that did not restrict their freedom of choice and action.” —John F. Kennedy, A Nation of Immigrants

My sixth graders live in a nation of immigrants, some of them have recently arrived in this country, others know someone who immigrated to this country but all of them need to understand the debate about immigration.

Most of my kids have heard about the wall that Donald Trump wants to build between the U.S. and Mexico. Or the proposed ban on Muslims entering the United States. Maybe they know someone who recently immigrated to the U.S. — and who is struggling to fit in.

I am asking for copies of forty-three assorted fiction and nonfiction books about immigration so that I can create a contemporary unit on 21st century problems.

I plan to create research/literature circles and divide my class into small group of students. Each of the groups will be reading a different book(s) based on their reading level. They will have class time to read alone, with a partner, or with audio support. Then they will respond to a Journal Prompt in writing and discuss their response with their group.

My students need current, thought provoking books on a variety of reading levels and our school can't afford to supply them. Please help!

Mr. Tennyson College Gate Elementary School Grades 6-8

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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.

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Anchorage, AK View local requests

More than half 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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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Border Wall with Mexico • AKJ Education $33.87 1 $33.87
What Is the Statue of Liberty? • AKJ Education $4.37 5 $21.85
What Was Ellis Island? • AKJ Education $4.37 5 $21.85
A Brave New Mouse Ellis Island Approved Immigrant • AKJ Education $19.76 1 $19.76
William Williams Documents Ellis Island Immigrants • AKJ Education $18.94 1 $18.94
This Land Is Our Land A History of American Immigration • AKJ Education $18.21 1 $18.21
American Born Chinese • AKJ Education $17.51 1 $17.51
Dream Something Big The Story of the Watts Towers • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
Hope and Tears Ellis Island Voices • AKJ Education $16.16 1 $16.16
The Arrival • AKJ Education $16.05 1 $16.05
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science • AKJ Education $16.05 1 $16.05
Denied, Detained, Deported • AKJ Education $16.02 1 $16.02
Stepping Stones • AKJ Education $14.60 1 $14.60
Her Right Foot • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
At Ellis Island A History in Many Voices • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Ellis Island New Hope in a New Land • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Shutting Out the Sky • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Ellis Island • AKJ Education $2.91 5 $14.55
Voices In The Park • AKJ Education $14.34 1 $14.34
Shooting Kabul • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
A Different Mirror A History of Multicultural America • AKJ Education $13.14 1 $13.14
Angel Island Gateway to Gold Mountain • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Fiona's Lace • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Distance Between Us • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Every Human Has Rights What You Need to Know About Your Human Rights • AKJ Education $13.10 1 $13.10
Outcasts United The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
All the Way to America • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Paper Son • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Let Them Play • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
Dancing Home • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
Enrique's Journey • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Outcasts United The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
History of American Immigration • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Inside Out and Back Again • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Immigrant Kids • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Lowji discovers America • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
An Ellis Island Christmas • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Ellis Island: An Interactive History Adventure • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
The Dragon's Child A Story of Angel Island • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
I Was Dreaming to Come to America Memories from the Ellis Island Oral History Project • AKJ Education $3.63 1 $3.63

Materials cost

$550.76

Vendor shipping charges

 $17.00

Sales tax

 $8.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$614.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.40

Total project goal

$722.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $722.68

4 Donors

-$358.70

Donations toward project cost

-$309.40

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.30

match offer

-$358.68

Match offer toward project cost

-$304.88

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.30

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