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Mrs. Broullire from Washington, DC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Understanding Our Country's History

My students need various books and DVDs that pertain to US History as well as classroom supplies to aid us in organization and project work.

  • $1,019 goal

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I teach 10th grade DC History and 11th grade US History in a public charter high school in Washington, DC. 100% of the students are African American and 96% of my students come from one of the areas most plagued by crime and poverty in the District. The resources available to the students in surrounding areas are not afforded to my students--resources that many of us take for granted.

Our school does not have the money to buy many supplemental reading material for our students. I am always looking for extra resources and thinking of creative ways to present the material to my students.

By having variety of history books, DVDs, and classroom supplies for projects, my students will become more engaged in the class content and better readers. This year, my students are working on a National History Day project. This year's theme, Innovation in History, will require them to find many resources to start the research process. These books will be of great benefit to us. The books will also be written on a level that they will be able to understand. Our school is a college preparatory academy, so these books will increase their literacy skills, which they so desperately need in order to be prepared for college. My students are on average three grade levels behind their peers in higher income areas, so we have three years to boost their reading levels up to an appropriate level so they can compete in colleges and universities across the country. These books will be invaluable to this end. The DVDs will enhance instruction in the classroom so I can give students visuals of ideas and concepts we are talking about in class.

Please help make this wish a reality and give them a chance to have more reading material and visuals that they will find interesting. These resources will certainly boost their literacy skills and better prepare them for college.

Mrs. Broullire Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School Grades 9-12

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More than half 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy Mary L. Dudziak • Barnes and Noble $26.95 1 $26.95
First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson Michael G. Long • Barnes and Noble $3.99 1 $3.99
A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School Carlotta Walls Lanier, Lisa Frazier Page, Foreword by Bill Clinton • Barnes and Noble $20.80 1 $20.80
Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America James Allen, Leon F. Litwack, Hilton Als, Jon Lewis, Foreword by John Lewis • Barnes and Noble $48.00 1 $48.00
WT361 - Small Tuff Tote • Lakeshore Learning $7.95 4 $31.80
WT365 - Large Tuff Tote • Lakeshore Learning $12.95 5 $64.75
WT363 - Medium Tuff Tote • Lakeshore Learning $9.95 3 $29.85
Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement Jon Goodman, Louis Gossett Jr. • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories Ellen Levine • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
King, Jr., Malcolm X, and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950's & 60's: a Brief History with Documents David Howard-Pitney, Natalie Zemon Davis (Editor), Ernest R. May (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $13.99 1 $13.99
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela, Little Brown & Co. • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Rosa Parks: My Story Rosa Parks, Jim Haskins • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Brown v. Board of Education: A Brief History with Documents Waldo E. Martin Jr. • Barnes and Noble $13.99 1 $13.99
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-1963 Taylor Branch • Barnes and Noble $17.60 1 $17.60
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 Taylor Branch • Barnes and Noble $16.00 1 $16.00
Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-1965 Taylor Branch • Barnes and Noble $13.60 1 $13.60
The West Stephen Ives, Ken Burns • Barnes and Noble $76.49 1 $76.49
FDR: A Presidency Revealed Edward Herrmann, Franklin Delano Roosevelt • Barnes and Noble $26.99 1 $26.99
Ken Burns American Lives • Barnes and Noble $76.49 1 $76.49
American Experience: Nixon Will Lyman • Barnes and Noble $22.49 1 $22.49
Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story Of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony Ken Burns, Sally Kellerman, Ronnie Gilbert, Julie Harris • Barnes and Noble $22.49 1 $22.49
Iron Jawed Angels Katja von Garnier, Hilary Swank, Frances O'Connor, Julia Ormond • Barnes and Noble $0.00 1 $0.00
Right Stuff Philip Kaufman, Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris • Barnes and Noble $24.29 1 $24.29
The Civil Rights Era (1865-1970) (SparkNotes History Note) SparkNotes Editors • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
STOOL WITH BACKREST 14'' SEAT FIXED HEIGHT 30'' GRAY • School Specialty Inc. $63.88 1 $63.88
FF407 - Storage Tray Mobile Organizer • Lakeshore Learning $99.50 1 $99.50

Materials cost

$764.25

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.39

Sales tax

 $43.94

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$835.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$183.30

Total project goal

$1,018.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,018.34

6 Donors

-$1,018.34

Donations toward project cost

-$835.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$183.30

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