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Ms. Cooley from Memphis, TN is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Cooley's classroom raised $749

Underground Railroad Quilts

My students need a classroom set of 2 novels and 3 picture books looking at the Underground Railroad. They also need colored pencils to draw the pictures for the quilt.

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Ms. Cooley Humes Preparatory Academy Middle School
Memphis, TN Grades 6-8

My Students

My students began a study on the Underground Railroad a few years ago and were amazed at the courage and intelligence of the runaways. They were so curious about the ways that slaves used songs, quilts, and science to escape to the North and freedom.

My students are African American and live in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Memphis.

They have a great curiosity and want to learn. I found this project grabs their attention and they want to read books about the Underground Railroad and learn more about it. I found them wanting to read more and wanting to write their own stories about a runaway using the things we had studied and read about.

My Project

My students will create their own Underground Railroad quilt and write narratives that will tell their story of the quilt. My students will learn the strong history of the slaves that helped build this country. They will learn how amazing and intelligent the slaves were. They were able to take simple things and overcome the worst conditions. They took the quilts that they made and used them to tell runaways how to get to the North. They took songs that they had to sing and created directions on where to go and how to get there. They will walk out feeling proud of those that came before them.

I hope that the end product will be that they have more knowledge of just what slaves had to go through to get something that was so important to them.

I don't want to minimize the struggles that my students go through, but if they see what people went through in the past, it might help them to push through for their future.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

150 students impacted 1 donor
Ms. Cooley Humes Preparatory Academy Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Memphis, TN View local requests

Nearly all 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

150 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
PENCIL CRAYOLA COLORED CLASSPACK OF 462 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $66.49 1 $66.49
PENCIL PRANG COLORED MASTER SET PACK OF 288 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $51.29 1 $51.29
MARKER DRY ERASE EXPO LOW ODOR CHISEL ASST PACK OF 16 • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $18.90 1 $18.90
Trouble Don''t Last • AKJ Books $5.17 25 $129.25
Under The Quilt Of Night • AKJ Books $5.91 25 $147.75
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt • AKJ Books $5.17 10 $51.70
The Patchwork Path • AKJ Books $5.91 10 $59.10
Follow the Drinking Gourd • AKJ Books $5.91 10 $59.10

Materials cost

$583.58

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.67

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$636.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.24

Total project goal

$748.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $748.24

1 Donor

-$748.24

Donations toward project cost

-$636.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$112.24

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