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Mr. Tennyson from Anchorage, AK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Change Gonna Come: Teaching About Tolerance

My students need a class set of the graphic novel March, CDs about the music of the Civil Rights Movement, and six DVDs to learn about the impact of racism and importance of tolerance.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Tennyson's classroom raised $832

This project is fully funded

My Students

Many of my sixth graders do not read at grade level. Writing is a struggle for them. The public library that was across the street closed years ago so my kids do not have access to technology or reading materials outside of school. They live in an area that is a pocket of poverty. They attend an older, urban, public school that is coded as high poverty. All my students are eligible for free breakfast and lunch. Many of them are the children of deployed military personnel. I have a number of students who are homeless or live in shelters. I have a very transient student population. Over 50% of my class come and go during the course of the school year. Several of my students are also here in the United States for the first time, and English is not their first language.

My students need to learn about the Civil Rights movement but we do not have appropriate, accessible, up-to-date materials for them due to budget cuts.

My Project

My school is not a Title l school, but we are a school that is economically disadvantaged. Our district recently adopted a new social studies curriculum, but our classroom does not have materials to teach the topic of racism, conflict, and tolerance. My students have nothing that is appropriate and on-grade level to read and as a result, they are beginning to hate social studies. I am asking for three music CDs, a class set of the graphic novel March by John L. Lewis, copies of the Watsons Go To Birmingham, six DVDs including Four Little Girls and background, resource materials. I feel that having music in our classroom for my students to use would help them to understand the protest, peace and civil rights movements. I would teach the songs and music of the civil rights movement. My students would study the lyrics and learn key concepts while they expand their knowledge base. The music I have selected is representative of the time period.

These are materials I desperately need to teach my students about tolerance, compassion and civil rights in turbulent times.

We have nothing like this in our school and we have no money to purchase any.

Your wonderful donation could make a world of difference to my students.

With your help, my class would be able to read the book March, learn the impact of racism and the importance of tolerance. They will engage in meaningful discussions. As they read the books and study the lyrics, they will also improve their reading ability.

Mr. Tennyson College Gate Elementary School Grades 6-8

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
March: Book One • Amazon Business $9.52 30 $285.60
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 • Amazon Business $5.94 30 $178.20
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis • Amazon Business $12.86 2 $25.72
Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs 1960-1966 • Amazon Business $19.98 1 $19.98
Freedom Songs: Selma • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Songs My Mother Taught Me • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Freedom in Congo Square (Charlotte Zolotow Award) • Amazon Business $13.88 1 $13.88
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
Four Little Girls • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have a Dream • Amazon Business $11.68 1 $11.68
Change Is Gonna Come: The Voice Of Black America 1963-1973 • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Long Walk Home • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $9.93 1 $9.93
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Watsons Go to Birmingham • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Ruby Bridges • Amazon Business $7.13 1 $7.13
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39
Selma Lord Selma • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
Freedom Summer • Amazon Business $4.51 1 $4.51

Materials cost

$656.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $9.85

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$706.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$124.69

Total project goal

$831.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $831.29

5 Donors

-$379.55

Donations toward project cost

-$364.55

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

match offer

-$402.41

Match offer toward project cost

-$342.05

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.36

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$49.33

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