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Ms. McAlister from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Kids Learn Their History

Help me give my students this invaluable resource for understanding American history through fascinating primary sources.

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My Students

Our class is fantastic bunch. They are of Latino, African, and Afro-Caribbean descent and live in an economically disadvantaged part of Harlem, NYC.

Why am I seeking funds to purchase a Young Person's History of the United States by Howard Zinn for my second graders?

During a very challenging year, my six fully remote second-graders have performed beautifully and worked really hard, especially in social studies. They have asked some incredibly deep questions about the true nature of the colonization and settlement process of our nation and I want to offer them the chance to continue to engage their curiosity about the roots of American society, long after class is over. Historian Howard Zinn has had a huge influence on my own understanding of how using primary sources offers an extremely valuable perspective.

In a Young People's History, Zinn highlights voices often left out of traditional social studies texts such as Native Americans, Africans and Black Americans, poor and working class immigrants, women, and children, among many others. With your generous donation, I can purchase each student their own copy of this incredibly powerful and empowering text.

My Project

These books will be invaluable resources for students for years to come. Through Zinn, they will be able to see how rich a tapestry history can be. These rising third graders have already developed a passion for decolonized history and this book will support their growth along this journey.

Zinn's chapter on European relationships with the Indigenous people of this continent will enrich the conversations we've begun this year, and the book covers American life all the way up to the current era.

This is a resource to which students will be able to return year after year for primary source documents which detail whichever phase of American life they are curious about at the moment.

Ms. McAlister STEM Institute of Manhattan Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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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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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Young People's History of the United States Columbus to the War on Terror • AKJ Education $16.75 6 $100.50

Materials cost

$100.50

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$138.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.35

Total project goal

$162.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $162.36

1 Donor

-$162.36

Donations toward project cost

-$138.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.35

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