Help me give my students texts that inspire them to be change makers.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Solano's classroom raised $323
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.
My Project
As our class begins to prepare for the spring semester we have grown increasingly interested in government and justice. My students are maturing and starting to raise important questions about the inequalities they observe around them.
Rather than quiet this impulse my colleagues and I want to encourage their sense of justice and inspire them to advocate for themselves and others.
Together with the students we have decided to raise awareness of social inequities through a presentation for the school featuring an activist poetry slam, an interactive timeline of children's activism history, creating a protest song, and writing a collaborative book. To do this we need materials to inform and inspire our students. The texts on this list will tap into their background knowledge and build on it so they can share it with their community.
More than three‑quarters 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
Halo-Halo: A poetic mix of culture, history, identity, revelation, and revolution
• Amazon Business
$13.94
1
$13.94
The Little Book of Little Activists
• Amazon Business
$10.03
1
$10.03
The Young Activist's Dictionary of Social Justice: Developed by a Team of Antibias, Anti-Racism Educators and LGBTQ+ Advocates.
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
Life Doesn't Frighten Me: A Poetry Picture Book
• Amazon Business
$9.97
1
$9.97
Rourke Educational Media Kids Speak Out About Inequality―Young Racial and Gender Equality Activists and How Kids Can Help End Discrimination, Grades 1-4 Leveled Readers (24 pgs) Reader
• Amazon Business
$8.50
1
$8.50
100 Writing Prompts for Poetry: Guided Poem Writing Notebook Journal with Prompts (Poetry Books for Men and Women)
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Kiki and Jacques: A Refugee Story
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States (Spanish Edition)
• Amazon Business
$7.98
1
$7.98
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
• Amazon Business
$6.74
1
$6.74
Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories
• Amazon Business
$6.39
1
$6.39
Materials cost
$231.27
Vendor shipping charges
$9.00
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$3.47
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$273.74
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$48.31
Total project goal
$322.05
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$322.05
2 Donors
-$161.02
Donations toward project cost
-$136.87
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$24.15
match offer
-$161.02
Match offer toward project cost
-$136.87
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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