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Mrs. Russell from Rego Park, NY is requesting a classroom visitor through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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History Comes to Life

My students need a teaching artist from the New York Historical Society to visit our classes and bring history to life.

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My Students

It's easy to read about historical facts in text books, but it's much more interesting to actually hold real life artifacts in your hands. To be able to see tools used for cooking and cleaning during colonial times, or to touch a beaver skin really helps students understand and appreciate history.

Our 4th grade students love to learn about American History and although our textbooks are fairly new, they cannot take the place of an expert standing in front of them answering all the questions that they may have.

Most of our students come from various ethnic backgrounds and so American history is somewhat foreign to them. But this does not stop their quest for learning, in fact, they are intrigued by the early american settlers and love to compare life styles.

My Project

In the past, we have been able to have a teaching artist but funding for the arts has been drastically cut over the years. This project is an extremely valuable one. It combines history and art in a way that brings both subjects to life. The teaching artist will show students artifacts from the NY Historical Society and then will show the students how to draw those artifacts using the techniques of shading and coloring. This is a skill that our students would not be exposed to as we do not have an art teacher in our school. This project will inspire all four classes to understand that history can be fun.

Reading historical facts and figures in text books can be rather dull.

This program brings history to life. The students can hold artifacts in their hands sparking questions and theories that would normally never come up. To be able to then produce a piece of art from this experience is something that each student never forgets. Please help fund this program to keep the spark of history alive.

Mrs. Russell PS 174 William Sidney Mount Grades 3-5

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Rego Park, NY View local requests

More than a third 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

120 students impacted 5donors

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Visitor Total
New York Historical Society Teaching Artist (A Museum teaching artist will visit all four 4th grade classes for five sessions including the initial planning session using both art mediums and historical themes.) $2,100.00

Visitor cost

$2,100.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$31.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$2,166.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$382.32

Total project goal

$2,548.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,548.82

3 Donors

-$1,412.50

Donations toward project cost

-$1,201.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$211.12

match offer

-$1,135.44

Match offer toward project cost

-$965.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$170.32

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.89

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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