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Ms. Butler from Los Angeles, CA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Foster Critical Thinking

Help me give my students engaging lessons that spark their curiosity and develop critical thinking.

  • $296 goal

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My Project

I hope to purchase curriculum from professionals who develop engaging materials for the history classroom. Middle school students often cite history as their least favorite subject because it involves difficult reading, critical thinking, and writing about topics they usually do not care about. I hope to change that. Last year, generous donors financed a lesson from Teachers Pay Teachers that was an escape room. Students needed to analyze primary sources, cypher codes, and identify different perspectives in order to 'escape'. They loved it! This activity was cited as students' favorite in an end-of-the-year survey.

With this project, I hope to fund more activities that spark middle-schoolers' inherent curiosity and interest.

History lessons can engage students while simultaneously promoting fundamental skills in today's society, such as perspective taking, empathy, collaboration, source analysis, and causality. As a beginning teacher, it is difficult to create such lessons. Teachers Pay Teachers offers a way in which I can modify preexisting lessons to meet the needs of my students while also meeting state standards.

Ms. Butler Young Oak Kim Academy 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.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Los Angeles, CA View local requests

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

150 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on TPT • TPT $100.00 2 $200.00

Materials cost

$200.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.30

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$251.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.35

Total project goal

$295.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $295.65

1 Donor

-$197.10

Donations toward project cost

-$167.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$29.56

match offer

-$98.54

Match offer toward project cost

-$83.76

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.78

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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