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Mrs. Hernandez from Covington, LA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Hernandez's classroom raised $470

Yes We Can! ~ Barack Obama

My students need a class library of 42 inspirational stories about African Americans.

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Mrs. Hernandez Pine View Middle School
Covington, LA Grades 3-5

I am a second year teacher getting ready to teach a 4th grade class full of inquisitive students. This school is a Title I school, meaning most of the children come from very low income families.

This school year has been an amazing learning opportunity for students across the country! It is so exciting as a teacher to have witnessed such change in America. I would love to continue using the election as a way to teach my students about the struggles and successes of African Americans, but I lack the materials. My students have a hard time appreciating the significance of Barack Obama's victory because they do not know the struggles minorities have had in the past. They also are not exposed to positive African American role models as much as I would like.

I have selected a variety of books featuring African American role models, including Harriet Tubman, Tiger Woods, and Barack Obama, of course. I want to use these books to show my students the struggles African Americans have overcome throughout America's history. I believe that all students need to learn about America's history on the subject, so they will fully appreciate Obama's victory. Furthermore, African American and Caucasian students alike should be able to read about positive role models in every career field, which is why I have chosen a wide variety of books. I can use these books to teach such important social studies topics while teaching reading and writing!

Please help my students understand how far this country has come in the last 200 years. Donating any amount to this cause will show my students (and many more to come) that this is a subject worth studying! YES YOU CAN!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

28 students impacted 3 donors
Mrs. Hernandez Pine View Middle School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Covington, LA 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

28 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harriet Tubman: Leading the Way to Freedom (Sterling Biographies Series) Laurie Calkhoven • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman Sterling • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Coretta Scott King (History Maker Bios) Laura Hamilton Waxman • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Martin Luther King, Jr: The Voice of Civil Rights (Sterling Biographies Series) Alice Fleming • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
I Have a Dream: The Story of Martin Luther King Davidson • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Martin Luther King Jr. Rob Lloyd Jones, Leonard Le Rolland (Illustrator), David James • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Rosa Parks Maryann N. Weidt • Barnes and Noble $23.94 1 $23.94
Frederick Douglass (History Maker Bios Series) Catherine A. Welch • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Remember: The Journey to School Integration Toni Morrison • Barnes and Noble $16.20 1 $16.20
To Be a Slave Julius Lester, Tom Feelings (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship Patricia C. McKissack, Sanna Stanley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Story of George Washington Carver (Scholastic Biography) Eva Moore, Alexander Anderson (Illustrator), Alexander Anderson (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
On the Course with... Tiger Woods Matt Christopher, Glenn Stout • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Barack Obama: An American Story Roberta Edwards, Ken Call (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Harriet Tubman Maryann N. Weidt • Barnes and Noble $23.94 1 $23.94
Portraits of African-American Heroes Tonya Bolden, Ansel Pitcairn (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.79 1 $10.79
Colin Powell (History Maker Bios Series) Laura Hamilton Waxman, Tim Parlin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Who Was Louis Armstrong? Yona Zeldis McDonough, John O'Brien (Illustrator), Nancy Harrison (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Marian Anderson: A Voice Uplifted (Sterling Biographies Series) Victoria Garrett Jones • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement From 1954 to 1968 Diane McWhorter • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
Booker T. Washington Thomas Amper, Jeni Reeves (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Great African Americans in History Carlotta Hacker • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope Nikki Grimes, Bryan Collier (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Barack Obama: Our 44th President Beatrice Gormley • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barack Obama Garen Thomas • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Who Was Harriet Tubman? Yona Zeldis McDonough, Nancy Harrison (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Harriet Tubman: Freedom's Trailblazer Kathleen V. Kudlinski, Robert Brown (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Sojourner Truth (IN Their Own Words Series) Peter Roop, Connie Roop • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Rosa Parks: Courageous Citizen (Sterling Biographies Series) Ruth Ashby • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson Denenberg, Barry Denenberg • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Thurgood Marshall: Young Justice (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Montrew Dunham, Dunham, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Jackie Robinson (Matt Christopher Legends in Sports Series) Matt Christopher, Glenn Stout • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Michael Jordan (Matt Christopher Legends in Sports Series) Matt Christopher, Stephanie Peters, Glenn Stout • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa Andrea Pinkney, Scat Cat Monroe, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Martin Luther King, Jr. Manufactured by DK Publishing Staff, Manufactured by Dorling Kindersley Publishing • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories Ellen Levine • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights Russell Freedman • Barnes and Noble $16.20 1 $16.20
On the Court with... Venus and Serena Williams Matt Christopher, Glenn Stout • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
Malcolm X: A Revolutionary Voice for African Americans (Sterling Biographies Series) Beatrice Gormley • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Students on Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, and Me John Stokes, Herman Viola, Lois Wolfe, With Herman J. Viola, With Lois Wolfe • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Jackie Robinson (Sports Heroes and Legends Series) Paul Mercer • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
Tiger Woods Jeff Savage • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25

Materials cost

$325.18

Vendor shipping charges

 $32.52

Sales tax

 $13.01

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$385.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.51

Total project goal

$469.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $469.51

3 Donors

-$464.02

Donations toward project cost

-$385.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$79.02

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.49

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