Our African & Indigenous Histories Unfold While Creativity Thrives
Help me give my students things like feathers, bedazzlers, paints, face molds, gems, face masks, crayons, reference books, and glue sticks to keep it all together while making masks.
$380 goal
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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
I teach at a Title One school. My students come from economically marginalized communities and many have weak educational backgrounds. All of my students come to school eager to learn something new everyday, even if the teenager in them cannot demonstrate the emotion. My students have many personal challenges that make school and the requirements of school particularly daunting. All of my students are held to the highest of expectations, both intellectually and professionally.
My students are inquisitive and curious about other cultures.
Many of my students live very insular lives even though they live in NYC. While my students are exposed to other peoples and cultures, that contact is superficial. In my Social Studies classroom, units are anchored in geography, driven by primary sources, and analyzed through complex secondary sources. Social Studies is the perfect vehicle to teach history, inculcate professionalism and cultural capital to society's most marginalized students.
My Project
After a tumultuous year and a half, I finally have ten kiddos sitting in a room every day at 8:30 for our Global History II class. We have moved through the curriculum slowly, but move we have. We are now coming upon two areas of historical and cultural significance, the Ancient Kingdoms of Africa and the Maya, Aztec, and the Inca.
We have been working hard in our school to reframe the master-narratives that students have traditionally been taught that erase Black and Indigenous histories.
We are ending the school year ameliorating both erasures.
Students are reading the accompanying book, "The Children of Blood and Bone," and "The Black Panther." To add to this literary richness, the students, dealing with the emotional vestiges of the pandemic, will make masks with the support and guidance of the art teacher, Ms. Yonks.
I asked the students what supplies they would want to make masks after they have finished African Kingdoms and the Maya, Aztec, and Inca units. They asked for paint, crayons, feathers, gems, bedazzles, face molds, glue guns, and in a nod to the pandemic, they would like to decorate actual masks. These art supplies and references will provide the freshman students with their third art project of the year and allow their creativity to flourish.
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
Hotfix Applicator with Large Rhinestones and Flatback Pearls, Hot Fixed Rhinestones Applicator Tool Pen Bedazzler Kit for Clothes Crafts,4 Rhinestone Template,Tips,6 Set Gems 30/20/16/10SS,Cutting Mat
• Amazon Business
$27.99
2
$55.98
DK Eyewitness Books: Aztec, Inca & Maya: Discover the World of the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas their Beliefs, Rituals, and Civilizations
• Amazon Business
$16.99
3
$50.97
Lot of 48 Masks White Plastic Full Face Decorating Craft Halloween School
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$21.99
2
$43.98
Crayola Inspiration Art Case Coloring Set, Easter Gift for Kids, 140 Art Supplies
• Amazon Business
$24.99
1
$24.99
Gorilla Dual Temp Mini Hot Glue Gun Kit with 30 Hot Glue Sticks, (Pack of 1)
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$12.49
2
$24.98
WMS Wisconsin Medical Supplies, 3-Layer Face Masks, MADE IN USA, 1 Pack (50 PCs)
• Amazon Business
$19.75
1
$19.75
Outuxed 6 Style 180pcs Natural Feathers for Crafts Assorted Mixed Feathers for Dream Catcher
• Amazon Business
$6.99
2
$13.98
Gorilla Kids Disappearing Purple Glue Sticks, Two 6 gram Sticks, (Pack of 6) - 100547
• Amazon Business
$10.99
1
$10.99
DoubleWood 10pcs 1/6 Doll Head Soft Plastic Toy Doll Repainting Practice Makeup White Double-fold Eyelid DIY Heads for BJD Make Up
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
Face Bandana Mask Men Women Face Cover Breathable Disposable Black 100Pcs
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
Rhinestone Stickers Self-Adhesive, 1141Pcs Gems for Crafts Bling Jewel Crystal Stickers for DIY Craft Nail Body Makeup Festival
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
YIQIHAI 360pcs Craft Gems Jewels Acrylic Flatback Rhinestones Gemstone for Arts and Crafts Jewels, 9 Shapes, 10-15mm with Tweezers and Storage Box
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
Audamp Craft Feathers 300pcs Colorful Feathers for Craft DIY Wedding Home Party Decorations
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
Materials cost
$288.57
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.33
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$322.90
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$56.98
Total project goal
$379.88
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$379.88
3 Donors
-$354.88
Donations toward project cost
-$301.65
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$53.23
match offer
-$25.00
Match offer toward project cost
-$21.25
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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