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Ms. Vivian from San Pedro, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Our Students Read Around the World

Help me give my students access to a collection of books on world history and culture that reflects the diverse cultures that make up our student body.

  • $515 goal

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My Project

Our students love to learn about other cultures! They are avid readers, not only of fiction, but of non-fiction as well. Unfortunately, their ability to pursue their interests in non-fiction is heavily limited by our library's outdated non-fiction collection, one of the most limited sections being the geography and history collection. The majority of our geography and travel books have copyright dates in the 1990s. What's more is that the majority of our resources are on North American and European countries, which does not reflect the identies of the vast majority of our students.

By supporting this project you will help us to develop our school library's outdated and limited geography collection into one that reflects the many diverse cultures that comprise our student body.

Over half of our students are of latin american descent, very proud of their cultures, and always ask me for books so that they can learn more. However, most of the time I am unable to provide resources for them. In fact, up until this year we had zero books on central american countries outside of Mexico, despite the fact that the cultures of places like El Salvador and Guatemala make up a major part of our culture here in Los Angeles.

In this project, I have compiled a list of books on Latin American countries to get us on track towards diversifying our geography collection. My end goal is to develop a passport to reading program to encourage our students exploration of history and culture.

Ms. Vivian Park Western Place Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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San Pedro, CA View local requests

More than half of 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

530 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Culture and Recipes of Mexico (Let's Cook!) • Amazon Business $31.93 1 $31.93
Travel to Brazil (Searchlight Books ™ ― World Traveler) • Amazon Business $29.25 1 $29.25
Venezuela (Country Profiles) • Amazon Business $27.95 1 $27.95
Honduras (Country Profiles) • Amazon Business $26.95 1 $26.95
Argentina (Country Profiles) • Amazon Business $26.09 1 $26.09
Bolivia (Country Profiles) • Amazon Business $24.68 1 $24.68
Panama (All Around the World) • Amazon Business $23.91 1 $23.91
Peru (Country Profiles) • Amazon Business $23.16 1 $23.16
Colombia (Country Profiles) • Amazon Business $21.93 1 $21.93
Chile (Country Profiles) • Amazon Business $21.83 1 $21.83
Ecuador (Country Profiles) • Amazon Business $21.25 1 $21.25
Nicaragua (Exploring World Cultures) • Amazon Business $20.30 1 $20.30
Explore Africa (Pogo: A Look at Continents) • Amazon Business $17.26 1 $17.26
Cuba (Pogo Books: All Around the World) • Amazon Business $15.51 1 $15.51
Explore Asia (Pogo: A Look at Continents) • Amazon Business $14.77 1 $14.77
Spain (Pogo: All Around the World) • Amazon Business $14.23 1 $14.23
Costa Rica (Pogo Books: All Around the World) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$367.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $33.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$437.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.15

Total project goal

$514.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $514.33

3 Donors

-$464.33

Donations toward project cost

-$394.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.65

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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 $0.00

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