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

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Who Am I ? Who Can I Be? Biography Presentations

My students need 50 biographies that are written on their reading levels, so they can learn about the world through the actions of individuals.

  • $357 goal

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

My students are 4th and 5th graders with various special needs who love to learn! They are very excited to read about how other people live their lives, and are inspired by real-life success stories. Having books about real people who have done incredible things will teach them and give them hope!

Our school, a moderately-sized elementary school in Queens, NY, is comprised of children from all parts of the globe and we have a large special needs community.

Our children are imaginative and creative, and love learning about the world beyond their neighborhood. For almost half of the students, English is their second language. They struggle to read on grade level, but they don't give up, since reading opens up so many doors for them.

My Project

My students need 50 biographies that are written on their reading levels, so they can learn about the world through the actions of individuals. I would love to fill the shelves on my room with biographies to give the children a choice when learning about successful people. The "Who Am I?" series of biographies are written for children, but are not childish. They will give my students a sense of their own success, as they are able to read independently about the successes of others. Ultimately, I want the children to present The Biography Project. After reading a biography of their choosing, each child will write a report about the person AS IF THEY WERE THAT PERSON. The project would culminate in a presentation to the parents, where each child dresses like the subject of their report, and speaks in first person about that person's life. Being able to FEEL like a successful person is another step towards finding their own paths to success.

My students will benefit by reading about all of the many pathways that other people have taken to reach their goals.

So many of the men and women in the Who Am I books started out with nothing and followed their dreams to make something of their lives. I want my students to feel the possibility of that kind of success as they read the stories of these famous people.

Ms. Bawer PS 88 Seneca Grades 3-5

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Ridgewood, NY View local requests

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

35 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Who Was Jim Henson? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Paul Revere? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Thomas Jefferson? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Annie Oakley? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was William Shakespeare? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Woodrow Wilson? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Charles Darwin? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is Jeff Kinney? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Queen Elizabeth? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Elvis Presley? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Sacagawea? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Harry Houdini? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Were the Brothers Grimm? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Ben Franklin? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is Derek Jeter? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Robert Ripley? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Franklin Roosevelt? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Michael Jackson? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was J. R. R. Tolkien? • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Marco Polo? • Amazon $5.76 1 $5.76
Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? • Amazon $5.74 1 $5.74
Who Was Frank Lloyd Wright? • Amazon $5.64 1 $5.64
Who Was Marie Antoinette? • Amazon $5.64 1 $5.64
Who Was Blackbeard? • Amazon $5.59 1 $5.59
Who Was Julia Child? • Amazon $5.59 1 $5.59
Who Was George Washington Carver? • Amazon $5.59 1 $5.59
Who Were the Beatles? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $5.53 1 $5.53
Who Was Alexander Graham Bell? • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Who Was Pablo Picasso? • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Who Was Sally Ride? • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was John F. Kennedy?: Who Was...? • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Julius Caesar? • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Harriet Tubman? • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Rosa Parks? • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Alfred Hitchcock? • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Is Barack Obama? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Ronald Reagan? • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Christopher Columbus? • Amazon $4.89 1 $4.89
Who Is Wayne Gretzky? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $4.77 1 $4.77
Who Is Jane Goodall? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $4.77 1 $4.77
Who Is Bill Gates? (Who Was...?) • Amazon $4.66 1 $4.66
Who Was Davy Crockett? • Amazon $4.60 1 $4.60
Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder? • Amazon $4.60 1 $4.60
Who Was Frederick Douglass? • Amazon $4.58 1 $4.58
Who Was Charles Dickens? • Amazon $4.14 1 $4.14
Who Was Queen Victoria? • Amazon $3.87 1 $3.87
Who Was Nelson Mandela? • Amazon $3.87 1 $3.87
Who Was Clara Barton? • Amazon $3.86 1 $3.86

Materials cost

$269.18

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$303.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.51

Total project goal

$356.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $356.73

8 Donors

-$242.02

Donations toward project cost

-$213.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.05

match offer

-$105.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$89.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.71

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