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Mr. Sandoval from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exploring Latin American Studies in an Urban School

My students need 41 books about Latin America's contributions to the world in order to build future leaders.

  • $744 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Teaching at a predominantly African American and Latino high school I have encountered many times that our Latino students do not know much about the contributions of their native countries' leaders, inventors and writers. Most of them are not taught at home or have yet to read about their history.

My students are juniors and seniors in high school.

They are full of energy and very aware of their community but unaware of the outside of their borough. Our school is an urban planning school in NY and predominantly a low-income area. Many of my students have been given low expectations in writing and reading so when they arrive in my Latin American studies they feel over their heads.

My Project

Having an array of choices for a good historical Latin American Studies book, my students will find their interest which I hope will spark intense reading and writing on a next level. Allowing them to read a whole book for one semester will push their skills where they need to be for college. Mastering one book on a country, leader or government from Latin America can be a good challenge they never received especially a college level book. Think of the confidence it will build. Confidence they need for college writing in English and history.

Most of my students are of Latin American descent, I feel that learning about their culture will help them feel the importance of family history.

Through cultural studies, I hope students will learn to compete and increase exam grades but most importantly write about their past. I want to help them learn about their past and ancestral history in hopes of instilling pride and create a renaissance in their academic tenure in our school.

Mr. Sandoval Academy of Urban Planning Grades 9-12

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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

80 students impacted 16donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone Eduardo Galeano • Barnes and Noble $18.47 1 $18.47
Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution Laurent Dubois • Barnes and Noble $17.72 1 $17.72
Guerrilla Warfare Ernesto Che Guevara • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
Soccer in Sun and Shadow Eduardo Galeano, Mark Fried (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $12.27 1 $12.27
Faces and Masks (Memory of Fire Trilogy #2) Eduardo Galeano, Cedric Belfrage (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $13.76 1 $13.76
Century of the Wind: Memory of Fire, Volume 3 Eduardo Galeano • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
Genesis: Memory of Fire, Volume 1 Eduardo Galeano • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World Eduardo Galeano, Jose Guadalupe Posada, Jose Guadalupe Posada (Illustrator), Mark Fried (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $12.99 1 $12.99
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda Pablo Neruda, Ilan Stavans (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $13.68 1 $13.68
One Hundred Red Hot Years: Big Moments of the 20th Century Eduardo Galeano, Eduardo Galeano (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
Allende: A Novel Fernando Alegria, Frank Janney (Translator), Foreword by Frederick M. Nunn • Barnes and Noble $21.32 1 $21.32
Ines of My Soul Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $10.25 1 $10.25
Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America John Charles Chasteen • Barnes and Noble $42.11 1 $42.11
In the Time of the Butterflies Julia Alvarez • Barnes and Noble $9.53 1 $9.53
Before We Were Free Julia Alvarez • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Fidel Castro: My Life: A Spoken Autobiography Fidel Castro, Ignacio Ramonet, Andrew Hurley (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $15.04 1 $15.04
We Took the Streets: Fighting for Latino Rights with the Young Lords Miguel M. Melendez, Jose Torres (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $18.58 1 $18.58
Francisco de Miranda: A Transatlantic Life in the Age of Revolution Karen Racine • Barnes and Noble $25.87 1 $25.87
The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey Ernesto Che Guevara, Cintio Vitier (Introduction), Preface by Aleida Guevara • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala Rigoberta Menchu, Elisabeth Burgos-Debray, Elisabeth Burgos-Debray (Editor), Elizabeth Burgos-Debray (Editor), Ann Wright (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $16.75 1 $16.75
Evo Morales: The Extraordinary Rise of the First Indigenous President of Bolivia Martin Sivak • Barnes and Noble $18.46 1 $18.46
The Last Days of the Incas Kim MacQuarrie • Barnes and Noble $11.59 1 $11.59
Aztec Gary Jennings • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
A Life Of Benito Juarez Ulick Ralph Burke • Barnes and Noble $28.85 1 $28.85
Father Miguel Hidalgo: A Cry for Freedom Doris E. Perlin, Tim McClure (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.37 1 $3.37
Puerto Rico's Revolt for Independence: El Grito de Lares Olga Jimenez de Wagenheim • Barnes and Noble $21.80 1 $21.80
Our America: Writings on Latin America and the Struggle for Cuban Independence Jose Marti, Philip Foner, Elinor Randall (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $19.00 1 $19.00
Villa and Zapata: A History of the Mexican Revolution Frank McLynn • Barnes and Noble $12.77 1 $12.77
Fear in Chile: Lives under Pinochet Patricia Politzer, Diane Wachtell (Translator), Foreword by Cynthia Brown • Barnes and Noble $16.10 1 $16.10
School of Assassins: Guns, Greed, and Globalization (Revised and Expanded) Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, Foreword by Roy Bourgeois • Barnes and Noble $12.82 1 $12.82
Romero: A Life: The Essential Biography of a Modern Martyr and Christian Hero James R. Brockman • Barnes and Noble $17.10 1 $17.10
La Verdadera Historia De Malinche Fanny Del Rio • Barnes and Noble $13.76 1 $13.76
The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus Irving Rouse • Barnes and Noble $16.24 1 $16.24
One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garc a M rquez, Gregory Rabassa, Gregory Rabassa (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
Hugo Chavez: The Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela Richard Gott, Georges Bartoli (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $14.62 1 $14.62
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez Kathleen Krull, Yuyi Morales (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.62 1 $11.62
Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America Juan Gonzalez • Barnes and Noble $11.62 1 $11.62
Fidel Castro: A Life of Revolution Terence McKenna • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas Michael Fox, S lvia Leindecker, Eduardo Galeano, Amy Goodman • Barnes and Noble $0.00 1 $0.00
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image Alberto Dominguez, Susan Racho, Nancy De los Santos • Barnes and Noble $22.49 1 $22.49
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Naomi Klein • Barnes and Noble $10.94 1 $10.94

Materials cost

$602.41

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$646.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.60

Total project goal

$743.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $743.05

13 Donors

-$389.00

Donations toward project cost

-$341.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.97

match offer

-$351.06

Match offer toward project cost

-$305.42

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.99

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