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Ms. Lewis from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Stories They Read Show the Lives They Lead!

Help me give my students an opportunity to see themselves in literature while they learn about similarities and differences within various cultures

  • $291 goal

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My Project

After an especially stressful school year, my students returned to the classroom excited to learn and willing to be exposed to new and rigorous learning and topics. Culturally Responsive Education is a vital extension of that exposure.

The opportunity to see themselves and their peers, as well as different cultures represented in the reading material in the classroom, makes the stories they read, relatable to the lives they lead.

This will in turn encourage them to read more.

Books that address Culturally Responsive and Social Emotional Learning are an integral part of any classroom library. These books incorporate common life experiences while sharing simple concepts of human nature. I have made my classroom a print rich environment which includes a specific place where they can chose their own books. Here they are able read and listen to books that excite, interest and cause them to imagine the world beyond their low income community.

Ms. Lewis PS 184 Newport Grades 3-5

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

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Brooklyn, NY 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

12 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Be Bold Be Brave 11 Latinas Who Made US History • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
The Proudest Blue A Story of Hijab and Family • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $17.00 1 $17.00
Where Are You From • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Milo Imagines the World • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Fry Bread A Native American Family Story • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Like Me • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
Our Class is a Family • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
Last Stop on Market Street • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
Brown Boy Joy • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Black Inventors 15 Inventions that Changed the World • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
My Brown Skin • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
The ABCs of Black History • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Native Americans in History A History Book for Kids • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Other Words for Home • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00
The Rough Face Girl • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00
The Name Jar • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00
A Bad Case of Stripes • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $7.00 1 $7.00

Materials cost

$209.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$247.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.61

Total project goal

$290.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $290.75

3 Donors

-$261.34

Donations toward project cost

-$225.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.45

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

-$4.41

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 $0.00

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