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Mr. Peters from Duluth, MN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for World History

Help me give my students access to engaging, relevant and accessible reading material.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Peters's classroom raised $386

This project is fully funded

My Students

As an inner-city charter school, we get a unique mixture of students who are either eager for an academic challenge, or else seeking a place of acceptance. However, regardless of their reason for joining us, they all show the same wonder at the world around them, and a shared question of "why". Examples of this include, "Why did soldiers fight in a line during the American Revolution?" or "How does steam-power work?" or "How is steel made?" A majority of my students have passed the jadedness that one sees in high school and are not afraid to ask the questions they are curious about!

My Project

Due to the small size of our school building, we are unable to have a formal school-library. However, books still hold a relevant and important place in education. I will be compiling a small library of books for student-reference, both for their enjoyment and also for use on their written assessments. These books aim to bolster the discussion on using multiple sources, citing them appropriately and understanding the validity of various sources.

In this day and age, students are reliant upon and overly comfortable with the internet, but take it as gospel.

By having accessible, relevant and engaging books available to my students, they will have more material to enhance their understanding and improve their writing.

Mr. Peters Harbor City International School Grades 9-12

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Maps: Deluxe Edition • Amazon Business $29.49 1 $29.49
Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: 550 Herbs and Remedies for Common Ailments • Amazon Business $23.49 1 $23.49
Salt: A World History • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger (Dover Occult) • Amazon Business $16.39 1 $16.39
The Complete History of Jack the Ripper • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
The Monkey King's Amazing Adventures: A Journey to the West in Search of Enlightenment. China's Most Famous Traditional Novel • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
The Divine Comedy (Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with an Introduction • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Night: Memorial Edition • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
The Histories • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (Fsg Classics) • Amazon Business $11.94 1 $11.94
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Pantheon Graphic Library) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
The Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Iliad & The Odyssey • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Metamorphoses (Penguin Classics) • Amazon Business $10.80 1 $10.80
The Aeneid • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Theogony and Works and Days (Oxford World's Classics) • Amazon Business $8.31 1 $8.31
Candide • Amazon Business $6.25 1 $6.25
The Prince • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Code of Hammurabi • Amazon Business $5.38 1 $5.38
The Communist Manifesto • Amazon Business $3.00 1 $3.00

Materials cost

$293.42

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$327.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.85

Total project goal

$385.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$385.67

4 Donors

-$261.53

Donations toward project cost

-$227.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.23

match offer

-$118.26

Match offer toward project cost

-$100.52

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.74

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.88

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$0.00

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