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Chasing Our Dreams: Biographies & Memoirs to Open Our Eyes!

Help me give my students a wide variety of biographies and memoirs that will help spark more interest in our upcoming nonfiction reading unit.

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My Students

My 6th graders are a diverse group of preteens who love to read, write, draw, and explore. They are inquisitive students who love to read, love technology, and need a challenge! They thrive in interactive small group learning environments within my classroom, and sometimes in independently designed creative projects. My students are creative, thoughtful, and full of wonder!

My students would love to have a fantastic collection of inspirational "kid friendly" Biographies and Memoirs available in our classroom library.

These books would engage all my students! My students thrive on hands-on activities and engaging classroom lessons that allow them to think outside the box and challenge themselves to find solutions! I give students the freedom to show that they have mastered the state standards through art, writing, cooperative group projects, and technology. Rather than completing more of the same question/answer tests, essays, and repetitive "reports" they might be accustomed to from elementary school, I try to challenge my middle schoolers with new ways to demonstrate their knowledge through innovative projects like our "Who's Who" Biography Project.

My Project

My 6th grade students love to read. Most of them are voracious readers who typically choose fiction, fantasy, and even dystopian book titles. It's rare that I see them reading Biographies or Memoirs. I recently realized that is because I simply don't have very many exciting titles of this genre in my classroom to offer! As we begin the new year, I will begin teaching a Nonfiction Reading Unit, and I need great texts for this challenging teaching endeavor. I have a number of short texts and articles, access to websites, and of course their history textbooks to use for these lessons. However, I would like students to have an exciting book shelf full of new biographies which would enable them to CHOOSE the "cool" nonfiction books that interest them. I would also like to offer a variety of nonfiction "book club" choices for group/team reading. Nonfiction reading can be so rewarding when kids are given options!

I would love to see my students reading about famous people in history who have made a positive difference in our world.

I would like more nonfiction titles that excite kids, spark empathy, and teach tolerance to my readers. These students are our future leaders. They need great books that inspire, books that make them think (perhaps a little outside the box), and books that will help shape them into amazing young adults!

Mrs. Nevins Iron Horse Middle School Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Other Words for Home • Amazon Business $10.99 5 $54.95
Middle School Box Set • Amazon Business $39.78 1 $39.78
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Young Reader's Edition • Amazon Business $7.46 5 $37.30
Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court • Amazon Business $7.22 5 $36.10
Maybe He Just Likes You • Amazon Business $17.99 2 $35.98
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • Amazon Business $5.29 5 $26.45
Breathing New Life into Book Clubs: A Practical Guide for Teachers • Amazon Business $24.29 1 $24.29
Stephen Curry: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Sharpest Shooters (Basketball Biography Books) • Amazon Business $10.65 2 $21.30
Roger Federer (Today's Sports Greats) • Amazon Business $10.50 2 $21.00
The Crossover (Graphic Novel) (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $10.49 2 $20.98
Michael Jordan: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Greatest Players (Basketball Biography Books) • Amazon Business $9.75 2 $19.50
White Bird: A Wonder Story • Amazon Business $16.59 1 $16.59
Trailblazers: Beyoncé: Queen of the Spotlight • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
New Kid • Amazon Business $7.79 2 $15.58
Drama • Amazon Business $7.19 2 $14.38
Forever Young • Amazon Business $12.30 1 $12.30
Who Was Bob Marley? • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Who Was Lucille Ball? • Amazon Business $5.89 2 $11.78
Home of the Brave: An American History Book for Kids: 15 Immigrants Who Shaped U.S. History • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Notorious RBG Young Readers' Edition: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Amazon Business $11.58 1 $11.58
Best Friends (Real Friends) • Amazon Business $5.79 2 $11.58
Imagine • Amazon Business $11.10 1 $11.10
Cristiano Ronaldo: The Rise of a Winner • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Flea: The Amazing Story of Leo Messi • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Who Was Amelia Earhart? • Amazon Business $5.39 2 $10.78
LeBron James: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Greatest Players (Basketball Biography Books) • Amazon Business $10.75 1 $10.75
Danica Patrick (Sports All-Stars (Lerner ™ Sports)) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Tom Brady: The Inspiring Story of One of Football's Greatest Quarterbacks (Football Biography Books) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Stargazing • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
Great Americans in Sports: Mia Hamm • Amazon Business $9.37 1 $9.37
Down with the Dance (Middle School Mayhem) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Alex Morgan (Sports All-Stars (Lerner ™ Sports)) • Amazon Business $8.69 1 $8.69
Who Was Nikola Tesla? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Was Princess Diana? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Was Stephen Hawking? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Is Pele? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Is Oprah Winfrey? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Is Barack Obama? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Was Jesus? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Was Gandhi? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who is J.K. Rowling? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Was Milton Hershey? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Was Alexander Hamilton? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Was Anne Frank? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Is Jane Goodall? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Was Jackie Robinson? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Were the Beatles? (Who Was--?) • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Is Bill Gates? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Was Frida Kahlo? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Was Walt Disney? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Was Dr. Seuss? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Are Venus and Serena Williams? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Was Steve Jobs? • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Who Is Bill Gates? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 2 $8.00
Flight of the Fugitives: Introducing Gladys Aylward (Trailblazer Books) (Volume 13) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Who Was Bruce Lee? • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
Who Was Mister Rogers? • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
Ludwig van Beethoven (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Great Americans in Sports: Drew Brees • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
Who Is Michelle Obama? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $3.59 2 $7.18
DK Biography: Harriet Tubman • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Who Is Michael Jordan? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $3.49 2 $6.98
On the Field with...Tom Brady • Amazon Business $6.69 1 $6.69
DK Biography: Princess Diana: A Photographic Story of a Life • Amazon Business $6.64 1 $6.64
Who Was Sacagawea? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is the Dalai Lama? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Annie Oakley? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Franklin Roosevelt? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Claude Monet? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is Hillary Clinton? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
DK Biography: Amelia Earhart: A Photographic Story of a Life • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
DK Biography: John F. Kennedy: A Photographic Story of a Life • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
Who Was Rosa Parks? • Amazon Business $5.11 1 $5.11
Who Was Rosa Parks? • Amazon Business $5.11 1 $5.11
Who Was Albert Einstein? • Amazon Business $5.11 1 $5.11
Who Was Aretha Franklin? • Amazon Business $5.08 1 $5.08
Who Was Cesar Chavez? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Pablo Picasso? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Ronald Reagan? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was William Shakespeare? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Frederick Douglass? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Mark Twain? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
On the Field With…Peyton and Eli Manning (Matt Christopher Sports Bio Bookshelf) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Is Sonia Sotomayor? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Is Stevie Wonder? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Is R. L. Stine? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Helen Keller? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Susan B. Anthony? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Is Steven Spielberg? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Muhammad Ali? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Anne Frank? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Joan of Arc? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Sally Ride? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Roberto Clemente? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Galileo? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Is George Lucas? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Mother Teresa? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Nelson Mandela? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Henry Ford? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Mother Teresa? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Maya Angelou? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Is Dolly Parton? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Abraham Lincoln? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was George Washington? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Joan of Arc? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Queen Elizabeth? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Marie Curie? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Selena? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Elvis Presley? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Steve Irwin? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was P. T. Barnum? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Winston Churchill? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Is Ruth Bader Ginsburg? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Theodore Roosevelt? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Neil Armstrong? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Bruce Lee? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Thomas Jefferson? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Clara Barton? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Harry Houdini? • Amazon Business $3.97 1 $3.97
Who Is Malala Yousafzai? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $3.89 1 $3.89
Who Was Stan Lee? • Amazon Business $3.89 1 $3.89
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? • Amazon Business $3.89 1 $3.89
Who Was Napoleon? • Amazon Business $3.59 1 $3.59
Who Was Norman Rockwell? • Amazon Business $3.59 1 $3.59

Materials cost

$1,122.57

Vendor shipping charges

 $4.99

Sales tax

 $102.72

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,277.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$225.37

Total project goal

$1,502.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,502.49

25 Donors

-$1,476.38

Donations toward project cost

-$1,277.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$199.26

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.11

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