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Mr. Hill from Washington, DC is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Tracing The Masters' Work

My students need eight Light Boxes and five pads of drawing paper.

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My Students

I do not have a class full of Rembrandt's or Picasso. But that does not mean I cannot treat them like they are. The "Master's" of the Renaissance had apprentices work under them, I treat my students as if they are working under the guidance of the masters.

"I'm the visual arts teacher at a Title I elementary school.

I currently teach visual arts to nearly 400 students in grades ranging from Head Start (two-year-olds) to 5th grade (twelve-year-olds). I have been teaching in the same school for the past eight years.

My Project

I'm asking for heavy weight drawing paper and light tables so that the students can trace masters work as they are discovering their own artistic talents. The light tables would be stationed throughout the classrooms so the students would be able to take turns on using the tables as they are working on their individual projects. The projects would vary from tracing masters work, to tracing letters in making posters and other graphic styles works

We look and study their work, their use of color and shape.

How they decide their choice of subjects. Their techniques on a whole. One of the most respected study tips for the Master's is to trace their work then make your own personal changes to make it uniquely yours. This has been done over the ages and I currently do so in my intermediate classes.

Mr. Hill Martin Luther King 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

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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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

225 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Light Tracer by Artograph • Nasco $41.25 8 $330.00
White Budget Drawing Paper 9" x 12" • Nasco $8.95 5 $44.75

Materials cost

$374.75

Vendor shipping charges

$37.48

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$452.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.91

Total project goal

$532.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$532.76

10 Donors

-$528.71

Donations toward project cost

-$452.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.86

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.05

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$0.00

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