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Ms. Chen from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning History Through Literature

My students need 36 historical fiction books including "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" and "Stowaway" for their reading and writing units.

  • $495 goal

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My Students

Did you ever have that boring history class that was nothing but memorizing isolated facts, dates, and people's names? Instead of seeing history as useless information about the past, I want history to come alive for my students! To do this we need books, books, and more books.

I teach a group of bright, enthusiastic fifth graders at an urban elementary school.

They are ethnically and socioeconomically diverse. Like most schools across the country, we are facing severe budget cuts. There is little funding for class materials, including books.

My Project

My students need 36 historical fiction books for their reading and writing units. Teaching my students a historical fiction unit in reading will not only improve their reading comprehension, but will generate interest and enthusiasm for learning about history. It will also help them make a connection to people of the past. Often students learn about people in history as isolated one-dimensional characters. By reading historical fiction texts, students can learn about the complexities of people of a different time period and see that many of the issues that people dealt with in the past are the same issues we still grapple with today.

Your generous donation can put books into my students hands, books that will bring excitement into learning about the past.

The more books they have available, the wider their experiences will be in learning about history. Please make history come alive for my students!

Ms. Chen Multnomah Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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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More than three‑quarters 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

21 students impacted 17donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy • AKJ Books $5.17 2 $10.34
Stowaway • AKJ Books $5.17 2 $10.34
Fair Weather Richard Peck • AKJ Books $5.17 2 $10.34
Weedflower Cynthia Kadohata • AKJ Books $4.43 2 $8.86
Rose Blanche • AKJ Books $17.96 1 $17.96
Karen Hesse • AKJ Books $44.36 2 $88.72
The Devil''s Arithmetic • AKJ Books $5.17 2 $10.34
Book Thief - pb • AKJ Books $9.61 2 $19.22
When My Name was Keoko • AKJ Books $5.17 2 $10.34
Milkweed • AKJ Books $5.55 2 $11.10
Baseball Saved Us • AKJ Books $13.28 1 $13.28
Coolies • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Train To Somewhere • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
A Sweet Smell Of Roses • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
A Taste of Colored Water Matt Faulkner, Matt Faulkner (Illus • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Freedom on the Menu • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Cheyenne Again • AKJ Books $5.17 2 $10.34
Morning Girl • AKJ Books $3.69 2 $7.38
The Scarlet Stockings Spy • AKJ Books $15.26 1 $15.26
Night Journeys • AKJ Books $4.43 2 $8.86
Katie''s Trunk • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Sleds on Boston Common: A Story from the American Revolution • AKJ Books $13.31 2 $26.62
Redcoats and Petticoats • AKJ Books $13.28 1 $13.28

Materials cost

$348.02

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $31.84

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$420.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.13

Total project goal

$494.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $494.21

14 Donors

-$247.10

Donations toward project cost

-$210.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.06

match offer

-$247.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$210.04

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.07

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