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Mr. Canela from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Seeing Ourselves in History

Help me give my students a History class experience that gives them a stronger understanding of how people from all cultures have overcome struggles for centuries and how we will continue to try and make our communities better.

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Many of my students have roots in our building's namesake. My students come from as close as across the street to as far as New Jersey and the Bronx, with the overwhelming majority of families identifying as LatinX or Black.

My scholars have never had a dedicated History class before stepping into our building.

Our families come from traditionally underserved communities and step in to our building dedicated to becoming empowered.

My Project

This project will help me to compile a student library dedicated to the History department where students can see themselves in history and better understand the struggles of other communities as well.

They will have dedicated time to choose a book that interests them and report out to the class about what they have learned, why it's important, and how it's connected to their community.

These titles are specifically chosen to illuminate and address struggles that the communities my students come from have faced, continue to face, and will have to overcome as adults. By creating choice in the book selection and grounding the books in experiences they can relate to our students will be further empowered as they face the challenges within their communities.

Mr. Canela KIPP Washington Heights Middle School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

More about Mr. Canela

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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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
When We Were Alone • Amazon Business $18.10 1 $18.10
Dreamers • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X • Amazon Business $15.66 1 $15.66
That's Not Fair! / ¡No Es Justo!: Emma Tenayuca's Struggle for Justice/La lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justicia (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $15.50 1 $15.50
Coretta Scott • Amazon Business $15.44 1 $15.44
Ruth and the Green Book • Amazon Business $15.44 1 $15.44
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged • Amazon Business $14.53 1 $14.53
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement (Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor (Awards)) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things) • Amazon Business $14.03 1 $14.03
Islandborn • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan: Two Stories of Bravery • Amazon Business $13.88 1 $13.88
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) • Amazon Business $13.82 1 $13.82
Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills • Amazon Business $13.53 1 $13.53
I Am Not a Number • Amazon Business $13.18 1 $13.18
Young Water Protectors: A Story About Standing Rock • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $12.97 1 $12.97
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga • Amazon Business $12.06 1 $12.06
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race • Amazon Business $11.78 1 $11.78
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Picture Book Edition • Amazon Business $11.65 1 $11.65
Rosa • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark • Amazon Business $11.14 1 $11.14
My Hair is a Garden • Amazon Business $11.12 1 $11.12
Undocumented: A Worker's Fight • Amazon Business $11.07 1 $11.07
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $10.45 1 $10.45
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
When I Was Eight • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story • Amazon Business $9.76 1 $9.76
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $9.43 1 $9.43
Civil Rights Then and Now: A Timeline of the Fight for Equality in America • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Undefeated • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Whispering Town • Amazon Business $8.13 1 $8.13
Unstoppable: How Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team Defeated Army (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement (If You Were a Kid) • Amazon Business $6.36 1 $6.36
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $5.97 1 $5.97

Materials cost

$483.16

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$520.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.84

Total project goal

$612.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $612.25

5 Donors

-$585.48

Donations toward project cost

-$499.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.32

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.77

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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