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Ms. Schlax from Alameda, CA is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Art Journals for Creative 8th Grade History Classes

Help me give my students a way to preserve and collect their colorful learning artifacts and artwork throughout the year.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Schlax's classroom raised $838

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My Project

About My Project:

I am incredibly fortunate to work with a group of 8th grade students who are full of curiosity, creativity, and a love for creating art work.

This project is an opportunity to tap into their creativity and allow them to see history through a more personal, artistic lens, and to develop understandings of the complexities of the past that are hard to explain through words alone.

The art journals and watercolor supplies will help my students learn by providing them with a hands-on, engaging way to process and internalize historical concepts. As we explore history throughout the year, students will create visual representations of the events, figures, and ideas they encounter. Currently we do this on standard copy paper that we turn into booklets, but the art bleeds through, the paper rips, and we can't make journals that will last through the year. By being able to keep their art through the year in one places, they'll have the chance to really see and reflect on the view of the past they have created at the end of the year, and identify themes in their learning and the history they've studied.

The main goal of this project is to foster a deeper understanding of history by incorporating artistic expression into our studies. This is an important and proven way to develop critical thinking skills, cultivate creativity, allow students to tap into their unique talents and perspectives, promote a love of history, support students who may learn best through visual and hands-on activities, and infuse multiple types of wisdom and racial reconciliation work into our class.

My students shine when they can create art, and show so much insight into the world. Thank you.

Ms. Schlax Lincoln Middle School Grades 6-8 Alameda, CA View local requests 165 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nasco Hardbound Sketchbook - 5-1/2 in. x 8 in. • Nasco $5.64 90 $507.60
Crayola Watercolor Pencils - Assorted Colors, Classpack of 240 • Blick Art Materials $60.03 1 $60.03
Talens Angora Opaque Watercolor Pan Set - Set of 36 colors, Pans • Blick Art Materials $25.50 1 $25.50
Talens Angora Opaque Watercolor Pan Set - Set of 24, Inclusive Skin Tones, Pans • Blick Art Materials $22.74 1 $22.74

Materials cost

$615.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $56.35

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$711.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$125.55

Total project goal

$837.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $837.01

10 Donors

-$478.06

Donations toward project cost

-$411.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.71

Matching donations from our partners

-$353.07

Match offers toward project cost

-$300.11

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.96

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.88

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 $0.00

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