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Mrs. S.'s classroom raised $539

Civil Rights Lit Study For The Reluctant Reader

My students need 7 quality, engaging, and relevant texts to draw them in to one of the most important eras of our nation's history.

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Mrs. S.
Grades 3-5

My Students

"A right delayed is a right denied." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said this during the Civil Rights Movement and is very true today. Many of my students do not realize the struggles and sacrifices that led to the freedoms they hold dear and their rights as citizens.

I know teachers everywhere say they have the best students in the world.

Well, I have the most inspiring! My students come from mostly low income urban areas. Let me tell you, the spirit and energy they come to school with everyday does not reflect their challenging living situations. They see every conceivable crime and yet retain their innocence and curiosity about many things. They are my inspiration each and every day to try to bring them resources and experiences that will show a world full of brighter and more prosperous futures. We are a Math and Science Magnet school; and especially in the Reading room we try to make every subject come to life. We do tons of inquiry experiments and labs (yes in Reading!) because the students not only need, but deserve a more rich and meaningful educational experience.

My Project

These resources will change my students lives by showing them what remarkable individuals fighting for a cause they believe in can do. My hope is that involving my students in literacy studies including these Civil Rights themed books it will not only show them how much people struggled to bring upon the change of equality, but give an appreciation of those freedoms today. "If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values"- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

I believe that for students to get the most from an education they need to have as many rich experiences as possible.

We can do that by taking field trips of the imagination into relevant and beautifully written books. This project will allow my students to not only be educated about one of this nation's most influential periods but offer them the opportunity to walk beside Dr. King, attend school with Ruby Bridges, and be reminded that they are the key to making a difference in their future.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

80 students impacted 6 donors
Mrs. S. Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

80 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis • Barnes and Noble $5.97 10 $59.70
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 LeVar Burton, Narrated by Levar Burton, Read by LeVar Burton • Barnes and Noble $13.64 1 $13.64
If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King Levine, Anna Rich (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 10 $59.70
Through My Eyes Ruby Bridges, Margo Lundell (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $11.59 6 $69.54
A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement From 1954 to 1968 Diane McWhorter • Barnes and Noble $18.66 5 $93.30
Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories Ellen Levine • Barnes and Noble $6.83 7 $47.81
Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High Melba Pattillo Beals, Julie Rubenstein (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $10.26 5 $51.30

Materials cost

$394.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $32.59

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$468.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.01

Total project goal

$538.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $538.51

4 Donors

-$232.00

Donations toward project cost

-$201.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.16

match offer

-$306.51

Match offer toward project cost

-$266.66

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.85

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