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Ms. Peacock from Birmingham AL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Time Trek

My project needs 42 different book resources for our unit Time Trek.

  • $637 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

I teach 4th grade children who have been identified as gifted in the Birmingham City Schools, Birmingham, Alabama. These children come from 15 different area schools, a majority being Title I schools, and see me only one day a week for four hours. Those few hours they see me are often an oasis away from their daily lives.

There is very little funding for gifted education in Alabama. What materials we are able to purchase come from out pupil supply allocation which is often spent to cover cost of testing supplies to identify children in the gifted area. While the school in which I am housed has a library, there are not near enough resources for the unit I wish to teach.

My project is called "Time Trek." Students will travel back in time through a concept-based curriculum unit on the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Students will look through these civilizations through the conceptual lenses of culture, conflict, and identify. Students are usually not taught history in their classes using this method. Scholars say that teaching history to kids has many important benefits. History provides identity. Studying history improves our decision making and judgment. History shows us models of good and responsible citizenship. History also teaches us how to learn from the mistakes of others. History helps us understand change and societal development. History provides us a context from which to understand ourselves and others.

By funding this project, you will make it possible for my students to have print resources that would not be normally available to them.

Ms. Peacock
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Art and Civilization Series - Ancient Greece • Nasco $13.56 1 $13.56
Ancient Rome! Exploring the Culture, People & Ideas of this Powerful Empire • Nasco $9.80 1 $9.80
Art and Civilization Series - Ancient Rome • Nasco $13.56 1 $13.56
Vacation under the Volcano (Magic Tree House Series #13) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Ancient Egypt (Discoveries Series) George Hart • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Ancient Egypt George Hart, DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Ancient Egypt DK Publishing, Manufactured by DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Ancient Egypt (FlashCharts) Flash Kids Editors • Barnes and Noble $3.55 1 $3.55
Egyptology Emily Sands, Ian Andrew, Helen Ward (Illustrator), Nick Harris (Illustrator), Ian Andrew (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.99 1 $13.99
Ancient Egypt (Designs for Coloring) Jane O'Connor (Editor), Ruth Heller • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Egyptology Handbook: A Course in the Wonders of Egypt Emily Sands, Helen Ward (Illustrator), Ian P. Andrew (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.39 1 $10.39
Ancient Egypt Philip Steele • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Ancient Egypt Philip Steele • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Mummies Made in Egypt Aliki, Aliki (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure: Secrets of Ancient Egypt Erika Weihs (Illustrator), Erika Weihs, Lila Perl Yerkow • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
Who Was King Tut? Roberta Edwards, True Kelley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Ancient Egypt Andrew Haslam • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Ancient Greece Peter Connolly, Andrew Solway, Peter Connolly (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.95 1 $17.95
Ancient Greece (Discoveries Series) Louise Schofield (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Ancient Greece (FlashCharts) Flash Kids Editors • Barnes and Noble $3.55 1 $3.55
Eyewitness Ancient Greece Anne Pearson • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Mythology Hestia Evans, Lady Evans, Dugald Steer (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $13.99 1 $13.99
Ancient Greece Peter Chrisp, Robert Nicholson • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Ancient Greece Richard L. Tames • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Gods and Goddesses of Olympus Aliki, Aliki (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Ancient Rome Peter Connolly, Peter Connolly (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.95 1 $17.95
Ancient Rome (Discoveries Series) Paul C. Roberts (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
100 Things You Should Know About Ancient Rome (Barnes & Noble Edition) Fiona MacDonald • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Ancient Rome (DK Eyewitness Books Series) Simon James • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction David Macaulay, David Macaulay (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Classical Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in Ancient Greece and Rome Laurie Carlson • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
If I Were a Kid in Ancient Rome (Children of the Ancient World Series) Lou Waryncia (Editor), Kenneth M. Sheldon, Cobblestone Publishing, Inc. Staff, Ken Sheldon (Editor), Kenneth M. Sheldon (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction David Macaulay, David Macaulay (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.20 1 $16.20
Roman News Andrew Langley (Editor), Andrew Langley, Philip De Souza, Ronald L. McDonald, Philip De Souza (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Inside Ancient Rome David Stewart, John James (Illustrator), Mark Bergin (Illustrator), David Antram (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.95 1 $17.95
100 Things You Should Know About Gladiators (Barnes & Noble Edition) Rupert Matthews • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Cleopatra Diane Stanley, Peter Vennema, Diane Stanley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Ancient Rome Susan Altman, Susan Lechner, Sue Hughes (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Ancient Rome Diane Sylvester, Corbin Hillam (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.59 1 $12.59
Ancient Egypt: Book Bundle for Grades 4-6 (4 Books) • AKJ Books $19.59 1 $19.59
Hands-On Ancient People Volume I - Art Activities About Mesopotamia, Egypt, and • Nasco $16.00 1 $16.00
Ancient Greece! 40 Hands-On Activities to Experience This Wondrous Age • Nasco $11.96 1 $11.96

Materials cost

$433.12

Vendor shipping charges

 $43.31

Sales tax

 $17.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$522.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$114.59

Total project goal

$636.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $636.59

4 Donors

-$587.65

Donations toward project cost

-$522.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$48.94

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