IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL- when you have a map!
The cost of large world and US maps plus National Geographic Traveler books about various countries is $2042, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.
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.
I'm a third grade teacher at Clara Barton Elementary School in Chicago. Most our students (91%)are from low-income homes. Many of our young learners rely on our school to broaden their worldview, so they can see further than the neighborhood they live in. In my class of thirty only a handful have been to downtown Chicago, even though it's a few miles away! If you ask them what country they live in, many will say, "Chicago!"
I have felt compelled this year to show them they don't have to belong in one area, that the world is theirs to discover. I want them to have the knowledge of what's out there, so they have the power to rise above the circumstances they are in. As I started teaching them about the continents and different countries, I found myself frustrated because we have a VERY OUTDATED world map and no other resources to truly inspire them to know about the world.
We are in need of a world map, a map of the United States, and literature about different countries. Thank you for being willing to make an impact on the lives of young ones you don't have the privilege of meeting. Their lives will be touched by it and hopefully they will see that it's a small world after all!
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