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History... Is an Illumination of the Soul

My students need a subscription to Time Edge to provide access to modern nonfiction text and primary sources that will allow for better research and reading skills.

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My Students

I am lucky to be able to work with four dozen 11-year-olds who love to inquire about, debate and analyze important issues with each other in our Sixth Grade classroom.

I can see my students working hard to become the future scientists, explorers, and thinkers of this world.

I hope to be able to teach them all of the skills they need using the best resources I can find.

These students are great readers, researchers, and debaters who deserve the most up to date information on real-world issues so that they can learn from history and improve their nonfiction reading comprehension!

My Project

Great nonfiction articles that are written for students are hard to find and can quickly go out of date. TIME Edge provides the innovation and choice that I feel my students deserve. They would get access to 90 years of primary sources and interesting, up to date nonfiction articles about current events written specifically for young historians like them. In an English Language Arts, Reading, and World Cultures classroom, this resource is GOLD!

"With Time Edge, teachers get access to weekly nonfiction text that improves reading, writing, and critical-thinking skills in the classroom.

Our articles give real world context to the concepts students are learning across the curriculum." timeedge.com

Time Edge has Lexile-leveled nonfiction text as well as videos, polls, and timelines with new content uploaded weekly. My students will have access to a large selection of nonfiction texts to choose from, which is the best way to get them interested in reading! With TIME Edge, the students in my classroom will be able to greatly improve their reading comprehension skills!

Ms. Z. Briarmeadow Charter School Grades 6-8

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
NEW! TIME Edge for Grades 6+ - Minimum of 10 subscriptions • TIME for Kids $6.74 48 $323.52

Materials cost

$323.52

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$358.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.24

Total project goal

$421.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $421.61

2 Donors

-$281.07

Donations toward project cost

-$238.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.16

match offer

-$140.54

Match offer toward project cost

-$119.46

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.08

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