Blast into the Past! Using Historical Fiction To Learn About History!
My students need multiple copies of historical fiction novels, with titles including "Johnny Tremain" and "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry".
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Ford's classroom raised $566
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.
I teach in an inner city classroom full of eager readers and inquisitive minds! I would like to supply those minds with the knowledge they need. My students have eager for new knowledge and understanding, but the classroom does not have adequate supplies to encourage the knowledge and understanding to grow.
The classroom supply of books to enhance their learning is low, and my goal is to give them adequate books to broaden their knowledge of history. The books I need correlate with our Social Studies curriculum, which covers American history. Two of my favorites titles that I am requesting our My Brother Sam is Dead and Caddie Woodlawn. I have requested four to five copies of some titles to allow for small reading groups in the classroom.
It is my hope that through these novels, my students' limited background will stretch past limits as they learn about times in the past through these characters. These novels span between the times of Colonial America, through the American Revolution, right on through the Civil War, and ending with the Civil Rights Movement. Your help will ensure that my students have adequate supplies to enhance their learning of American History by taking them through this historical timeline created by the novels.
Nearly all 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
Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold Jean Fritz
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
2
$10.78
War Comes to Willy Freeman James Lincoln Lincoln Collier, Family Saga Arabus Staff
• Barnes and Noble
$5.85
4
$23.40
Toliver's Secret Esther Wood Brady
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
4
$21.56
Stealing Freedom Elisa L. Carbone
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
4
$21.56
Foster's War Carolyn Reeder
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
4
$17.96
Joshua's Song Joan Hiatt Harlow, Larry Day (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
4
$17.96
Moccasin Trail Eloise Jarvis McGraw
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
4
$25.16
Mr. Lincoln's Drummer Clifton G. Wisler
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
1
$5.39
Shades of Gray Carolyn Reeder, Tim O'Brien (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
4
$17.96
Midnight Rider Joan Hiatt Harlow
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
4
$21.56
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (Dear America Series) Kathryn Lasky, Kristiana Gregory
• Barnes and Noble
$8.76
1
$8.76
Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
5
$22.45
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor
• Barnes and Noble
$7.19
5
$35.95
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
5
$31.45
The Fighting Ground Avi
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
4
$21.56
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane
• Barnes and Noble
$2.25
5
$11.25
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple Karen Cushman
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
4
$21.56
Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator), Richard Mantel (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
5
$26.95
Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes, Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$5.85
4
$23.40
My Brother Sam Is Dead James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
2
$10.78
Materials cost
$397.40
Vendor shipping charges
$39.74
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$9.94
Fulfillment labor & materials
$17.00
Total project cost
$464.00
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$101.85
Total project goal
$565.85
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$565.85
3 Donors
-$545.88
Donations toward project cost
-$464.00
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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