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

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Luminous Atlases To Reimagine Our Roots

My students need a printer and a set of intriguing atlases like "Infinite City" edited by writer-historian Rebecca Solnit to see examples of how unique maps and nonfiction essays about place can illuminate our world.

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My Students

My students attend a large diverse public high school in a big city. We are part of a STEMM (Science Technology Engineering Math Medicine) magnet. English Language Arts is a place where students can explore how the arts intersect with all that science. In our classrooms, they have the opportunity to be surrounded by many different people with unique stories.

My students are intelligent, inquisitive, and enthusiastic about their studies.

They get excited when we use project-based learning to deepen connections between literature, current events, history, and STEMM-related issues. They care deeply about the future they are charged with shaping, and I am continually impressed with how eager they are for ways of improving our world.

My Project

Rebecca Solnit's trilogy of atlases capture three iconic American cities like no work before. Each full-color atlas offers unique views of New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans through different maps and essays by insiders and outsiders of those places.

We will use Rebecca Solnit's luminous atlases as models to launch an oral history project designed to collect stories of our roots, and how we all came to inhabit this unique city of ours.

Students will interview elders in their family who can share stories of their connection to the city. Students will each design a map that conveys some information about their family's journey. We will partner with a local organization to publish class copies of our book of maps and stories. The printer will allow us to have a student center for printing drafts and maps as we assemble our collections.

This project will show students how vast and varied our family histories are, and how they all are interwoven in the fabric of this diverse city we share.

Ms. Kight Witham Venice High School Grades 9-12

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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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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas • Amazon Business $21.60 5 $108.00
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas • Amazon Business $22.51 4 $90.04
Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas • Amazon Business $16.60 5 $83.00
Canon Office and Business MX922 All-In-One Printer, Wireless and mobile printing • Amazon Business $65.00 1 $65.00
ink4work Set of 20 Pack PGI-250XL & CLI-251XL Compatible Ink Cartridge Set for Pixma IP7220, MG5420, MG6320, MX722, MX922 • Amazon Business $17.95 3 $53.85

Materials cost

$399.89

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $36.59

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$472.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.38

Total project goal

$555.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $555.86

6 Donors

-$555.86

Donations toward project cost

-$472.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$83.38

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