You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

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

See what Ms. Williams is requesting

Show Me! Don't Tell Me! (Part 2)

My project needs the "Eyewitness Video Series:Complete Set" that will allow students to see and better understand the concepts that they learn about in class.

  • $513 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Ms. Williams for her next project!

Help Ms. Williams

Keep the momentum going! Make a donation to Ms. Williams for her next project!

I am a third grade teacher at a school that is located in a lower socioeconomic area. My school is a Title 1 school, which means that the school receives aid from the government. This aid includes, but is not limited to, a free lunch program for all students. The school is currently a Program Improvement school. This means that the school has been designated as "low performing" within our district. Despite the school's current circumstances, I consider my students to be full of potential and very eager to learn. They just need the right resources and materials to help them meet their full potential. Every day teachers like me work hard to teach students about the world around them. We use words to describe, textbooks to supply factual information, and pictures to create visual images of things that our students do not encounter in their own environments. Students living in the inner-city have no concept of certain animals, plants, or even other cultures. During my years of teaching I have noticed that more and more students are visual learners. It is not enough to tell them about the world around them. It is not enough to show them pictures. Students need to be able to SEE the wonder of the natural world around them to fully comprehend how it works. My school's video collection is comprised mainly of Disney cartoons, and other fictional movies that have been donated by teachers or parents. Though the students love theses types of movies, they are not educational, and they do not support the learning that goes on in the classroom. The "Eyewitness Video Series: Complete Set" I have requested will make the concepts, animals, historic events, cultures, and countries that we read about in class real and much more memorable for my students. The video library that you donate will benefit the students in my class (and at my school) by adding to their knowledge base. They will be able to see the animals of the rain forest in their natural habitat, or see how solar energy is converted to chemical energy in plants. These videos will help support traditional teaching methods and make every lesson more memorable for the students. This will ultimately result in higher test scores! Teachers like me will continue to utilize every resource at hand to ensure that our students meet their maximum potential, but we can’t do it alone. We need the generosity of donors like you to help us create dynamic learning opportunities. If you choose to fund this project, you will be literally taking the content off of the pages of books and firmly planting it in the minds of my students. Thank you.

Ms. Williams 59th Street Elementary 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 Ms. Williams

Los Angeles, CA 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

HBCU Alum 20 students impacted 2donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Williams is requesting.

See our finances

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Eyewitness Video Series: Complete Set • Delta Education $336.70 1 $336.70

Materials cost

$336.70

Vendor shipping charges

 $33.67

Sales tax

 $24.41

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$420.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$92.20

Total project goal

$512.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $512.20

2 Donors

-$494.12

Donations toward project cost

-$420.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.08

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Williams and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"CA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/show-me-dont-tell-me-part-2/147870/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":20,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Williams","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-862996020","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"schoolCity":"Los Angeles","teachersOnPage":[151335],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":147870,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"authorIds":{"151335":{"owner":"Ms. Williams","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[147870],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp151335_orig.jpg?crop=1:1,smart&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1662147059016","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":49069,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":151335,"schoolCounty":"Los Angeles","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"CA","name":"California"}}