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Mrs. Radway from Sioux Falls, SD is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Allow History To Come Alive!

My students need history simulations, globe, and Explorer's Resources to help history come alive!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Radway's classroom raised $286

This project is fully funded

My Students

History----boring? It shouldn't be! History is one complex play with intricate scenes of action, drama, comedy, and excitement. Many fifth graders shudder when they hear it's time for History because they don't have the proper resources to help history come alive! You can help!

I teach in a low-income, high poverty area that serves many English language learners.

Living in poverty provides many obstacles for my students, but when they come to school they know it is a safe environment where they can be anything they want to be--all they need is a quality education. My students have a burning desire to learn and explore everything around them, but I do not always have the resources necessary to meet these students' needs. My class this year has a love of drama and acting. Anytime I can get them engaged in their learning by acting something out, role-playing, or performing a reader's theater, they learn the best!

My Project

Bring history to life! The simulations provided in the books and resource kits put history in terms and situations that fifth graders can understand. The scenes are so vividly set up that the students will be able to see and feel just how people did during the Age of Exploration all the way to the American Revolution. My students will be able to take on the characters of heroic, historic individuals that made a difference in the United States and in the world. By actually reenacting these situations my students will have a greater understanding of history and there will be long-term understanding!

Donations to this project will allow my students to bring history to life as they live and explore the past just as historical figures did hundreds of years ago.

Students will interact with the content in a meaningful manner and grapple with the complexities of history all while having fun learning!

Mrs. Radway Lowell Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Sioux Falls, SD View local requests

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

24 students impacted 17donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
SIMULATIONS EASY: AMERICAN REVOLUTION • School Specialty Inc. $11.39 1 $11.39
GLOBE 12 INFLATABLE • School Specialty Inc. $5.41 1 $5.41
GAME SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS CURRICULUM GR 5 CLASS PACK • School Specialty Inc. $85.49 1 $85.49
BOOK EASY SIMULATIONS: EXPLORERS • School Specialty Inc. $11.39 1 $11.39
HH171 - Explorers Resource Box Gr. 4-6 • Lakeshore Learning $69.95 1 $69.95

Materials cost

$183.63

Vendor shipping charges

$11.37

Sales tax

$10.10

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.75

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$242.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.86

Total project goal

$285.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$285.71

12 Donors

-$253.06

Donations toward project cost

-$242.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.21

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$32.65

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$0.00

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