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Ms. Vodopich from Bellingham, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Interrupting Racism Through Children's Literature

Help me give my students a class set of high-quality picture books to teach them about Black change-makers.

  • $801 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Creative, earnest, curious, smart...these are all words I would use to describe our class. My students this year are learners who want to find out how things work and why; who have strong opinions about the world and how to make things better, and who are brave and bold in their convictions. My students this year are readers, writers, engineers, historians, scientists, and mathematicians. They arrive at school each day with a smile and a high-five, ready to shake things up.

These are the children who are going to change the world.

I find myself inspired by the inquisitive, tenacious students who I am lucky enough to call "mine" this year. Whenever I present them with an experimental art project, a new math concept, or a chance to design something to solve a problem, I know I can count on this group of kiddos for the most creative, outside-the-box approach that one could imagine. This class is ready to learn, try new things, and change the world!

My Project

The materials for this project will be used to teach my students about the many Black Americans who have shaped our shared history. This set of high-quality picture books includes stories of scientists, inventors, musicians, artists, activists, teachers, photographers, athletes, political leaders, and more; some of these stories are well-known, but many of them are not.

My goal with this project is to educate and inspire young learners, and to empower them to interrupt racism by fostering their knowledge of Black change-makers.

These books will be used for whole-class read-alouds, small group book studies, and individual research, creating a foundation of understanding regarding the many accomplishments and achievements of Black change-makers. Students will read about and research Black Americans who inspire them, and will share their learning with a wider audience, including both younger and older students at our school. These books will allow me to teach children to address inequities head-on, with deliberation, and a with commitment to positive change.

"We know how to be racist. We know how to pretend to be not racist. Now let's know how to be antiracist." -Ibram X. Kendi, author

Ms. Vodopich
Grades 3-5
    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

    This project will reach 30 students.

    14 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bedtime Inspirational Stories: 50 Amazing Black People Who Changed the World (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $27.70 1 $27.70
Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou • Amazon Business $19.46 1 $19.46
Ruth and the Green Book • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Have You Thanked an Inventor Today? • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins (Who Did It First?) • Amazon Business $15.59 1 $15.59
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Race Cars: A children's book about white privilege • Amazon Business $14.83 1 $14.83
Charlie Parker Played Be Bop (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $14.75 1 $14.75
Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness • Amazon Business $14.72 1 $14.72
Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! • Amazon Business $14.71 1 $14.71
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X • Amazon Business $14.52 1 $14.52
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Black Is a Rainbow Color • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement (Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor (Awards)) • Amazon Business $13.77 1 $13.77
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass (Paula Wiseman Books) • Amazon Business $13.72 1 $13.72
Trombone Shorty • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
I, Too, Am America • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present • Amazon Business $13.61 1 $13.61
Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
A Voice Named Aretha • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore (Carolrhoda Picture Books) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Dream Big Dreams: Photographs from Barack Obama's Inspiring and Historic Presidency (Young Readers) • Amazon Business $13.42 1 $13.42
Fearless Mary: Mary Fields, American Stagecoach Driver • Amazon Business $13.18 1 $13.18
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop (Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Trailblazer: The Story of Ballerina Raven Wilkinson • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Black History: Kids Edition • Amazon Business $12.73 1 $12.73
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
Ella Queen of Jazz • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
A Kid's Guide to African American History: More than 70 Activities (A Kid's Guide series) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Let the Children March • Amazon Business $11.86 1 $11.86
Poetry for Young People: Maya Angelou • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Muhammad Ali: A Champion Is Born • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Stephen Curry: The Children's Book: The Boy Who Never Gave Up • Amazon Business $9.71 1 $9.71
LeBron James: The Children's Book: The Boy Who Became King • Amazon Business $9.65 1 $9.65
Black Women in Science: A Black History Book for Kids • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement (If You Were a Kid) • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
100 African-Americans Who Shaped American History (100 Series) • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
National Geographic Readers: African-American History Makers (Readers Bios) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Finding Langston • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
What Was the Underground Railroad? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$586.05

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $51.28

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$680.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$120.02

Total project goal

$800.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $800.13

9 Donors

-$741.46

Donations toward project cost

-$680.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.35

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$58.67

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