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Mr. Timmons from Spartanburg, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Into History

My students need a variety of history and historical fiction books including Flags of our Fathers, 10,000 Days of Thunder, and the Boy in the Striped Pajamas.

  • $344 goal

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Mr. Timmons has another project! Donate to Pressing for Success: Empowering Creativity with an Automatic Heat Press! to help his classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
You can complete this project for $186.
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My Students

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled." - Plutarch What if the classroom had a library full of books to spark the interest of every child? How big could that fire become?

At our school, we have students from a broad range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.

While they have many differences, they still have a lot of things in common. They are kids who like to have fun and want to succeed and make a difference in their world. My students have shown great potential and I cannot wait to see what they will do as they use their education to impact people around them. They are writers, scientists, engineers, artists, politicians, teachers, and much, much more. They will be fathers, mothers, aunts, uncles, and grandparents who will reach into the lives of future generations and make a change that will alter the destinies of thousands, if not millions.

My Project

Reading and writing have truly become a part of every class in our district. In the Fall, a student bookshelf will open in my classroom with your help. Students will have the opportunity to read books during morning time or following completing an assignment. As students read the historical and historical fiction accounts, they will grow in their understanding of Social Studies content and reach closer to their literacy goals.

As their reading improves and their interest in history grows, they will become better overall learners.

Not only will that help them this school year, but for years to come as they build vocabulary and comprehension skills, greater confidence, and a love for learning.

Mr. Timmons Fairforest Middle School Grades 6-8

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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Spartanburg, SC View local requests

Nearly all 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
Cold War • AKJ Books $32.09 1 $32.09
10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War Philip • AKJ Books $18.97 1 $18.97
Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491 Charles C. Mann • AKJ Books $18.24 1 $18.24
After Gandhi • AKJ Books $18.21 1 $18.21
The Ultimate Weapon • AKJ Books $18.21 1 $18.21
The War to End All Wars: World War I Russell Freedman • AKJ Books $16.06 1 $16.06
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler''s Shadow • AKJ Books $16.05 1 $16.05
The Wednesday Wars • AKJ Books $11.68 1 $11.68
World War II • AKJ Books $6.93 1 $6.93
We Are Witnesses • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Sunrise Over Fallujah • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Cracker! • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Code Talker • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Bud, Not Buddy (Pbk) • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Hattie Big Sky • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Mara, Daughter of the Nile • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
I Have Lived Thousand Yr • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Devil''s Arithmetic • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Flags of Our Fathers • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Car • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Going Solo • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Out of the Dust • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Trumpeter Of Krakow • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Friedrich • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$241.69

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $17.04

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$292.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.59

Total project goal

$343.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $343.95

5 Donors

-$230.00

Donations toward project cost

-$211.40

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.60

match offer

-$95.25

Match offer toward project cost

-$80.96

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.29

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.71

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