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Mrs. L. Beck from Blackfoot, ID is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Being INSPIRED by Others.

My students need access to biographies of inspirational individuals to motivate and show the great possibilities that could be.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. L. Beck's classroom raised $337

This project is fully funded

My Students

"Anything is possible" and "the world is yours to explore" are phrases that meet my students visually and orally each day. We are a classroom that believes in making mistakes and LEARNING from those mistakes, because all things are possible with effort and determination.

My students come from varied backgrounds, and yet they are excited to learn.

We are fortunate enough to benefit from smaller classrooms than other schools nearby, thus allowing more individualized attention. We do all we can at this school to encourage hands on and integrative learning using multiple modalities and strategies. I believe a book in hand reinforces the love of pages and emphasizes the world that can be opened up by a book.

My Project

My school is only in its second year of having elementary grades, leaving our library greatly lacking. I want my students to have access to more literature possibilities, than the few we have to offer. Biographies not only provide another great genre to study, but reinforce to students that anything is possible with hard work. Through learning about inspirational individuals, they can understand that these famous people had struggles, as well. Even more so, the biographies of famous childhoods show that these icons were once kids similar to the ones sitting in my classroom now. I get excited over the wisdom my students can gain by having access to such a great resource.

This project will make a difference on so many levels.

The first is it is introducing yet another genre to their literature repertoire. Second, it allows the tangible pages to be readily accessible as a choice for other reading, where choices are not that wide and varied yet. And Last, it provides inspiration for what could be in their own lives by showing what others accomplished and what they overcame. It reinforces their many possibilities!

Mrs. L. Beck Idaho Science & Technology Charter School Grades 3-5 Blackfoot, ID View local requests 20 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
John Adams: Young Revolutionary (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $9.74 1 $9.74
Albert Einstein: Young Thinker (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
Mark Twain: Young Writer (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Buffalo Bill: Frontier Daredevil (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Henry Ford: Young Man With Ideas (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Lou Gehrig: One of Baseball's Greatest (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Milton Hershey: Young Chocolatier (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Jesse Owens: Young Record Breaker (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Annie Oakley: Young Markswoman (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Daniel Boone: Young Hunter and Tracker (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Molly Pitcher: Young Patriot (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Martha Washington: America's First Lady (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Thomas Jefferson: Third President of the United States (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Paul Revere: Boston Patriot (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Elizabeth Blackwell: Girl Doctor (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Crazy Horse: Young War Chief (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.92 1 $6.92
Benjamin Franklin: Young Printer (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $6.05 1 $6.05
Sitting Bull: Dakota Boy (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $5.96 1 $5.96
Amelia Earhart: Young Aviator (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $5.89 1 $5.89
Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $5.82 1 $5.82
Geronimo (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $5.80 1 $5.80
Dr. Seuss: Young Author and Artist (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $5.75 1 $5.75
Neil Armstrong: Young Flyer (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $5.73 1 $5.73
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: America's Youngest President (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $5.70 1 $5.70
Thomas Edison: Young Inventor (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $5.53 1 $5.53
George S. Patton: War Hero (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39
Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $5.37 1 $5.37
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Young Pioneer (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $5.33 1 $5.33
Ronald Reagan: Young Leader (Childhood of Famous Americans) • Amazon Business $5.15 1 $5.15
Sojourner Truth • Amazon Business $5.13 1 $5.13
Who Was Dr. Seuss? • Amazon Business $4.73 1 $4.73
Who Was Galileo? • Amazon Business $4.71 1 $4.71
Who Was Walt Disney? • Amazon Business $4.48 1 $4.48
Who Is Jane Goodall? (Who Was...?) • Amazon Business $3.70 1 $3.70
Who Is Bill Gates? (Who Was...?) • Amazon Business $3.29 1 $3.29
Who Was Steve Jobs? • Amazon Business $3.12 1 $3.12

Materials cost

$238.13

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.41

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$286.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.49

Total project goal

$336.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $336.60

10 Donors

-$312.42

Donations toward project cost

-$273.36

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.06

match offer

-$15.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$12.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.18

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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