Help me give my students the classroom library they deserve, with historical accounts that reflect their identities and interests.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Suh's classroom raised $711
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
My 12-13 year olds are bright and eager young people from mostly immigrant and/or lower income households. Due to their background, they don't always feel comfortable identifying as American despite the fact that the majority were born or raised here for most of their lives. Many of them struggle to find relevance in learning US History because they haven't seen their lives mirrored in traditional texts. I see it as my duty to help them make connections to find relevance by providing a diverse set of resources for them to choose from and explore.
My Project
My class is oriented towards Project Based Learning, where students work on long term projects and acquire knowledge through immersive exploration of relevant topics. I want to offer my students options to research diverse topics based on their interests, and show them the beauty of old school research with books (along with online research).
These books will be part of the classroom library that students are free to use anytime during class, or check out for longer use.
And what better way of getting them interested in learning about our country's past than to bring in books they're actually curious to pick up?
More than three‑quarters 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
I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land (America in the Nineteenth Century)
• Amazon Business
$33.95
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$33.95
National Geographic The Indian Wars: Battles, Bloodshed, and the Fight for Freedom on the American Frontier
• Amazon Business
$32.06
1
$32.06
We Are the Land: A History of Native California
• Amazon Business
$28.95
1
$28.95
Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800-1850 (The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History)
• Amazon Business
$27.95
1
$27.95
The History and Haunting of Salem: The Witch Trials and Beyond
• Amazon Business
$26.95
1
$26.95
A House Divided: Slavery and American Politics from the Constitution to the Civil War
• Amazon Business
$25.99
1
$25.99
Tainos and Caribs: The Aboriginal Cultures of the Antilles
• Amazon Business
$25.00
1
$25.00
At the Threshold of Liberty: Women, Slavery, and Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C. (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
• Amazon Business
$23.79
1
$23.79
Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth
• Amazon Business
$22.76
1
$22.76
The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret": George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon
• Amazon Business
$22.49
1
$22.49
The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America
• Amazon Business
$22.00
1
$22.00
Slave Labor in the Capital: Building Washington's Iconic Federal Landmarks
• Amazon Business
$19.99
1
$19.99
Ages of American Capitalism: A History of the United States
• Amazon Business
$19.24
1
$19.24
An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 (The Lamar Series in Western History)
• Amazon Business
$18.39
1
$18.39
Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution to Bleeding Kansas
• Amazon Business
$18.25
1
$18.25
Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico
• Amazon Business
$17.89
1
$17.89
Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
• Amazon Business
$15.79
1
$15.79
Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
• Amazon Business
$15.73
1
$15.73
The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom
• Amazon Business
$14.99
1
$14.99
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
• Amazon Business
$14.89
1
$14.89
Making Our Way Home: The Great Migration and the Black American Dream
• Amazon Business
$13.99
1
$13.99
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
• Amazon Business
$11.99
1
$11.99
The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
• Amazon Business
$11.39
1
$11.39
Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America
• Amazon Business
$10.39
1
$10.39
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Materials cost
$518.79
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$47.47
3rd party payment processing fee
$7.78
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$604.04
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$106.60
Total project goal
$710.64
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$710.64
2 Donors
-$355.32
Donations toward project cost
-$331.02
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$24.30
match offer
-$321.20
Match offer toward project cost
-$273.02
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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