Past projects 5
New Tools for a New Year
Funded Aug 12, 2022I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your gift to my classroom. Your thoughtful generosity will impact not only my current students, but those in the years to come as well.
The highlighters that were purchased are already helping my students better analyze primary and secondary source documents in the classroom. The pencil sharpener and 5 tray organizer are contributing to a more efficient classroom. Finally the sensory fidget tools are helping my students have better responses to stressors throughout their day.
I am able to give my students the benefit of a better education because of your giving to my class. Thank you!”
With gratitude,
Mr. Gragg
Better Reading for a Better Understanding
Funded Jul 17, 2018I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your gift to my classroom. Your thoughtful generosity will impact not only my current students, but those in the years to come as well.
The books that were purchased are allowing my students to explore the issues of American History at a much deeper level than the textbook provides. The Devil in the White City novel will let me introduce the concept of historical fiction to my students over the winter break. They will be able to connect history to other disciplines as well through this.
My students are benefiting this year because of you! Thank you!”
With gratitude,
Mr. Gragg
Updated Source to Get a 5
Funded Aug 7, 2017I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your gift to my classroom. Your thoughtful generosity will impact not only my current students, but those in the years to come as well.
The books you have provided to my classroom have already improved instruction quite a bit. These texts have already allowed me to explore the content at a much deeper level as I prepare to engage my students with this information. This will greatly impact my students as they go throughout the year preparing for the AP World History exam.
I am able to give my students the benefit of a better education because of your giving to my class. Thank you!”
With gratitude,
Mr. Gragg
Understanding, to Perfect the Union
Funded Dec 3, 2016First of all I want to take a moment to express my sincere and deepest gratitude for providing funding for the classroom sets of "Democracy in America" & "The Federalists Papers". It has been my plan for some time to use these books in my AP U.S. History classes in the coming years. Your generous donation makes this possible. From the bottom of my heart thank you!
Today, in large part, rote memorization and an emphasis on facts and dates has been replaced by critical historical thinking and reading skills when it comes to learning history. It would be quite difficult to teach these skills without ready primary source documents for students to use in honing these skills. Having a class set of each of these books will allow me to engage students at a mentally deep level as we examine these historical books. Using these in class will let my students develop the skills of periodization, continuity and change over time, contextualization, comparison, and historical causation. These books will also allow my students to better recognize historical context, intended audience, point of view, and purpose when examining documents.
My students will gain valuable skills by the use of these two books. They will be better prepared for their AP tests, and for college. Not only that they will be more prepared to be productive critically thinking members of society.”
With gratitude,
Mr. Gragg
Making History Come Alive!
Funded Sep 13, 2016I want to say thank you for giving to this project. The sheet protectors and the wet erase markers have made test days both less stressful and much more streamlined.
Due to your help with this project I am able to organize all of the students answer sheets in the sheet protectors within the binder that you helped to purchase. I then have the students mark their answers on the sheet protectors and am able to grade their answer sheet, wipe it off, and place it back in the binder for use on the next test. This has helped to save printing costs for my school district as well as making the process quicker for the students.
The other and bigger benefit to your help with purchasing these items is how it helps my students on test days. Test days are naturally very stressful for students but these supplies help to reduce that stress by streamlining the process.
From the bottom of my heart thank you so much for investing in my students.”
With gratitude,
Mr. Gragg