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A World of Music

My students need world instruments such as maracas and a rain stick in order to learn and perform the pieces in our World Music Drumming curriculum and other musical selections.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Lawrence's classroom raised $276

This project is fully funded

My Students

"The rhythm is in your blood." This African proverb relates to my project because my students' favorite thing to in music class is drumming. We love to learn and perform music from cultures all over the world, but we need instruments to help us be authentic in this endeavor.

My kindergarten through fifth grade students live in a suburban area of a Midwestern city.

Our school is a Title 1 school and our families represent a variety of cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds. The kids come to music class twice a week for thirty minutes at a time. Each grade level gets to perform for the public at least once during each school year. Two music groups, a choir and a drum ensemble, meet before school. All students in our building learn pieces of music from the World Music Drumming Curriculum. Learning music from around the world is an important part of music class in our building.

My Project

My students will use these materials when practicing rhythms and parts for different pieces of music in the World Music Drumming curriculum. These musical selections come from Ghana and Liberia and the Caribbean islands of Trinidad, Cuba and the Grenadines. My students will be able to play a specific rhythmic pattern layered upon other different rhythmic patterns going on at the same time. Not only will they learn to play these syncopated rhythm patterns with other parts, they will learn to sing a song that has a different rhythm than what they are playing. They will learn about the West African and Caribbean cultures of the music they are playing and singing. They will learn important character traits, such as focus, how to listen, communication, teamwork, community and respect.

World Music Drumming has made a great impact in many schools in the United States.

This project will impact my classroom in many ways. We will meet district objectives and national standards by teaching and learning the pieces in this curriculum. My students will learn important character traits, such as focus, how to listen, communication, teamwork, community and respect. These traits will improve the learning atmosphere in our music classroom and throughout the entire building.

Mrs. Lawrence William J Bryan Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

400 students impacted 21donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Axatse African Shaker - Maraca, Rumba Shaker - 4" X 8" • Amazon $19.95 6 $119.70
NINO Small Cabasa Natural • Amazon $18.99 2 $37.98
30" Chilean Cactus Rain Stick Musical Instrument - New! • Amazon $26.00 1 $26.00
Nino Percussion NINO574 Natural Wood Claves, 8" Regular Size • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$189.67

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $11.38

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$233.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.28

Total project goal

$275.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $275.18

18 Donors

-$136.53

Donations toward project cost

-$116.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.58

match offer

-$137.59

Match offer toward project cost

-$116.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.06

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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