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Mrs. Douglas Swanson from Chicago, IL is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Traveling the World (Without Leaving Chicago!)

My students need materials to help them experience other cultures around the world, such as maps, photos, food, and costumes.

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My Students

Hola, Bonjour, Aloha, Ni Hoa! How many ways can you say hello? I hope my students are able to say hello in many languages after a year in my classroom, learning about other cultures, traditions, foods, music, and languages. Unfortunately, many of my students have never left their neighborhood.

I teach excited, thoughtful, vibrant third graders in a low income, high needs school.

As a charter school we are fortunate to have a longer school day that allows us to teach all the subjects, including social studies. My students are fascinated by what they see in books, and the worlds that open up for them through pictures. Unfortunately, we currently do not have a social studies curriculum, and far too quickly that time is used up by other subjects.

My Project

This project helps realize a dream I have had as a teacher for five years. The materials in this project are the core of photos, foods, flags, and costumes that will help students experience other cultures. Imagine traveling to other countries all without leaving the comfort of your classroom. Through pictures, costumes, music, food, dance, and language, students will be able to experience the rich cultures in countries they have never even imagined. With passports in hand, each unit will let students explore a different geographic region, journeying the jungles of Brazil and the desserts of West Africa, dancing the salsa in Mexico and listening to the bells of Tibet. I have been collecting resources for years, and am thrilled to finally have the chance to share my love of travel and culture with the students I teach. What better way to tap into the creativity and wonder innate to a nine year old than to give them a chance to travel places they otherwise would never go?

School should be a place of magic.

Each day should provide the place and opportunity for students to explore and stretch farther than they would go on their own. This project gives students a sense of their place in the world, and will help teach them a respect for other cultures and traditions than their own. For just twenty dollars per student, my third graders will become world travelers and will get to go on adventures beyond their dreams!

Mrs. Douglas Swanson Learn Charter School - South Chicago 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 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

30 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
SF215 - Write & Wipe World Desktop Map - Each • Lakeshore Learning $3.99 23 $91.77
CW167 - Continents of the World Photo Book Series • Lakeshore Learning $48.50 1 $48.50
GC292 - Giant Inflatable Classroom Globe • Lakeshore Learning $26.99 1 $26.99
EE411 - Continents of the World Activity Chest • Lakeshore Learning $149.00 1 $149.00
LL486 - Hello From Around the World • Lakeshore Learning $10.99 1 $10.99
LM366 - Best-Buy Multicultural Play Food Assortment • Lakeshore Learning $39.95 1 $39.95
LC936 - Children of the World Poster Pack • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 1 $29.95

Materials cost

$397.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$438.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.31

Total project goal

$515.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $515.42

8 Donors

-$246.24

Donations toward project cost

-$219.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.19

match offer

-$257.72

Match offer toward project cost

-$219.06

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.66

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.47

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 $0.00

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