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Mrs. Gorneault from Presque Isle, ME is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Gorneault's classroom raised $511

Reading Rocks - Special Ed Library, Part 2

My students need 4 copies each of 15 non-fiction history story books, including "If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620" and "If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America".

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Mrs. Gorneault Presque Isle High School
Presque Isle, ME Grades 9-12

I teach special education in a self-contained classroom In a public school in rural Maine. This is the first year for the self-contained room. The students are in 9th through 12th grade and all have cognitive impairment to one degree or another. They are great kids who have struggled for years in school.

Our library is very small. Many of our textbooks are designed for students with more advanced reading skills than my students possess. The students learn best when the material is presented in a way that builds on their current knowledge, but traditional textbooks assume knowledge that students with special needs often do not have. As a result of insufficient textbooks and reading materials, my students have large gaps in their knowledge of history and most find history boring.

We need reading materials that are developmentally appropriate for my special needs students and that will bring history to life for them. The "If You Lived When" series teaches students about major historical events while comparing life in the past eras with today. Students will understand that children in colonial times did not travel in cars or shop at malls, for example, while learning about the early settlers. My students will be learning history while developing their English, reading, and language arts skills. More importantly, we will foster a love for reading by bringing books to life for the students.

This project will make it possible to take "boring" out of U.S. History for my students and to make it meaningful to them. Further, this project will give the students a nice variety of developmentally appropriate, and factual, reading material. This basic understanding of history is especially important for my students who plan to continue with their education after high school. Your generosity will be greatly appreciated!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

14 students impacted 11 donors
Mrs. Gorneault Presque Isle High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Presque Isle, ME 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

14 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Name Was Changed at Ellis Island Ellen Levine, Wayne Parmenter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 4 $25.16
If You Lived with the Hopi Indians, Vol. 1 Kamma, A. P. Koedt, Linda Gardner (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 4 $21.56
If You Lived with the Sioux Indians McGovern, Beatrice Darwin (Illustrator), Jean Syverud Drew (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 4 $21.56
If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon Ellen Levine, Elroy Freem (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 4 $25.16
If You Grew Up With George Washington Gross, Ruth Belov Gross, Emily Arnold McCully (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 4 $25.16
If You Grew up With Abraham Lincoln Ann Mcgovern, Brinton Turkle, George Ulrich • Barnes and Noble $6.29 4 $25.16
If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America Anne Kamma, Pamela Johnson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 4 $25.16
If You Traveled On The Underground Railroad Ellen Levine, Larry Johnson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 4 $21.56
First Thanksgiving Anne Kamma, Bert Dodson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 4 $25.16
If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days Brenner, Jennie Williams (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 4 $21.56
If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution Elizabeth Levy, Joan Holub (Illustrator), Richard Rosenblum (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 4 $25.16
If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution Kay Moore, Daniel O'Leary (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 4 $25.16
If You Lived in Colonial Times McGovern, Brinton Turkle, Brinton Turkle (Illustrator), June Otani (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 4 $21.56
If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 McGovern, Anna DeVito (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 4 $21.56
...If You Lived When Women Won Their Rights Kamma, Pamela Johnson, Pamela Johnson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 4 $21.56

Materials cost

$352.20

Vendor shipping charges

 $35.22

Sales tax

 $17.61

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.28

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$419.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.98

Total project goal

$510.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $510.98

10 Donors

-$510.98

Donations toward project cost

-$419.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$91.98

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