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Mrs. Broullire from Washington DC is requesting technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Preserving Oral History in Anacostia

My students need 4 Flip camcorders to capture their oral history interviews.

  • $772 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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.

My Students

My students cannot even fathom the history that is found right in their own community. I teach 10th grade D.C. History in a public charter high school in Washington, D.C. Every one of my students is African American, and 95% of my students live in Wards 7 and 8.

My school is so close to the home of the great Frederick Douglass, and most of my students' parents and grandparents remember in great detail the civil rights riots that destroyed many parts of the city.

Many even listened to Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. This history needs to be preserved. Unfortunately, my school does not have the resources to buy camcorders to record these interviews. My classes last year created an oral history project about some aspect of their city or family's history they wanted to preserve. They were incredibly invested in this project. My students enjoyed learning about the history in their community so much that many wanted to continue the research. I did, however, discover that it could be much more valuable to my students if I could loan a camcorder to every one of them while they conducted their interviews.

My Project

The camcorders will get my students excited about the value of preserving oral history and give them a chance to actually BECOME historians. Conducting interviews with community leaders, family members, and friends will improve my students' critical thinking and communication skills. These are two incredible skills that will help them long after high school.

You will make it possible for my students to see that they, too, have a rich history in their own community.

This project will help them make history come alive in a way that no textbook could ever do.

Mrs. Broullire
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Flip Video Ultra Camcorder - White/Silver • Best Buy $149.99 4 $599.96

Materials cost

$599.96

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$655.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$115.76

Total project goal

$771.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $771.72

17 Donors

-$770.73

Donations toward project cost

-$655.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$114.77

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.99

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 $0.00

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