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Bank on Students Learning about the Civil War

My students need 84 copies of the book A Ballad of the Civil War so they can learn about this important time in history.

  • $412 goal

This project expired on June 23, 2012.

This project expired on June 23, 2012.

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Mrs. Walker Earl Slaughter Elementary School
McKinney, TX Grades 3-5

My Students

I am an English as a Second Language 4th grade teacher. I teach in a Title I Texas public school. There is not enough money in our school budget to buy a class set of books. I have written many grants but this is my last hope to get these books that our classroom desperately needs.

Literature is one of the best ways for students to experience history.

This book will allow students the opportunity to see what it was like to be a soldier fighting in the Civil War. Thank you for your support in helping bring literacy into a classroom. Your help will ensure that this 4th grade class will get to experience an important time in American history.

My Project

The Civil War era is one of the most critical and fascinating in our nation's history. The many books about this period written for young audiences provide a rich context in which to learn about the Civil War itself and to explore more basic issues about the nature of human life and society. The book, A Ballad of the Civil War, is written for upper elementary students to study a unit on the Civil War that can provide valuable cross-curricular materials for students.

As a result of completing this unit, students will be able to discuss some of the social, political, and personal issues that Americans confronted during the Civil War era.

Students will discuss the central issues of the Civil War from a variety of different perspectives.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

140 students impacted
Mrs. Walker Earl Slaughter Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

McKinney, TX 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

140 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Ballad of the Civil War • AKJ Books $3.69 84 $309.96

Materials cost

$309.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$349.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.70

Total project goal

$411.31

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