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Mrs. DeLong from Apache Jct., AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Colonial America

Help me give my students access to books on colonial America for reading groups and instruction.

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In order to help my students develop wonder in their lives and an interest in school, books on colonial America would help to make our reading block a time of great discussion, inquiry and learning while focusing on reading skills based on the state standards. Our basal reading book and standards-based text lessons do not lead to natural wonder and curiosity but stifle the interests of my students.

I would like to make our reading lessons engaging while incorporating history into our school day.

Our schedule does not give us much time to cover history and without an anchor to the past, students are not learning about the history of Western Civilization. Having access to high interest books based on time periods from the past would help my students to learn about the past while learning reading skills at the same time. It is my desire to help my students learn about Western Civilization and to develop natural wonder and curiosity in what they are learning in class. These books would help me to teach my students about colonial America in an engaging way and get them excited about what they are learning in class.

Mrs. DeLong Peralta Trail Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Woods Runner • Amazon Business $7.79 12 $93.48
Exploring the Delaware Colony (Smithsonian: Exploring the 13 Colonies) • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Exploring the New Hampshire Colony (Exploring the 13 Colonies) • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Exploring the Virginia Colony (Exploring the 13 Colonies) • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Primary Sources: Colonial America (GALPSPCOL) • Quill.com $18.31 1 $18.31
Evan-moor - History Pockets Colonial America • Teachers' School Supply $17.99 1 $17.99
Roanoke: The Lost Colony--An Unsolved Mystery from History • Amazon Business $11.58 1 $11.58
Exploring the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Exploring the 13 Colonies) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower, or John Howland's Good Fortune • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Exploring the South Carolina Colony (Exploring the 13 Colonies) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Exploring the New Jersey Colony (Exploring the 13 Colonies) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Exploring the Maryland Colony (Exploring the 13 Colonies) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Exploring the Georgia Colony (Exploring the 13 Colonies) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Exploring the Pennsylvania Colony (Smithsonian: Exploring the 13 Colonies) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Scoop on Clothes, Homes, and Daily Life in Colonial America (Life in the American Colonies) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Story of Jamestown (Graphic Library: Graphic History) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The New Americans: Colonial Times: 1620-1689 (The American Story) • Amazon Business $8.63 1 $8.63
If You Were a Kid in the Thirteen Colonies (If You Were a Kid) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$310.89

Vendor shipping charges

$1.98

Sales tax

$22.23

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$369.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.25

Total project goal

$435.01

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$435.01

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