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Ms. Halley from Seattle, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Citizenship Starts Now!

My students need books to help us learn about immigration, prejudice, civil rights, and student advocacy!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Halley's classroom raised $743

This project is fully funded

My Students

Fourth grade is a huge year for kids to grow and explore the world. My students are extremely curious and kind humans who love to learn about others and the world. They love to use hands-on materials to understand difficult concepts and to problem solve. Within my classroom, we have over a dozen languages and cultures represented. Our classroom diversity provides an amazing environment for us all to learn from each other every day. As a community, we strive to think critically and treat one another with respect and kindness! It is essential that we have the community materials we need to learn and grow together.

My Project

"Was that fair?", "Where does this come from?", "But why did this happen?" and "What can we do about this?" My 4th grade students are extremely curious about the world around them. They want to learn about social justice issues and understand how they can impact their communities today. Social studies is one of the most important content areas in school and we need relevant texts to support this work.

It is essential that students learn about our country's history and how to engage with difference - both of ideas and cultures in a positive way - so that they can make change!

These books will support inquiry units on First Nation tribes, immigration, civil rights, and student advocacy! We will learn about Northwest Tribes in our region, reasons for immigration, histories of prejudice and discrimination, and how we can advocate for issues we care about today. Learning about these issues and discussing them together feels like the most important work we can do in school. Thank you for your support on this project.

Ms. Halley Olympic Hills Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner, California, 1852 (My Name is America) • Amazon Business $25.00 1 $25.00
Undocumented: A Worker's Fight • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
That's Not Fair! / ¡No Es Justo!: Emma Tenayuca's Struggle for Justice/La lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justicia (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
The Complete Maus • Amazon Business $19.78 1 $19.78
Who Belongs Here?: An American Story (2nd Edition) • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
América Is Her Name • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
The Line Between Us: Teaching About the Border and Mexican Immigration • Amazon Business $16.58 1 $16.58
Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present • Amazon Business $15.31 1 $15.31
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey (English and Arabic Edition) • Amazon Business $14.65 1 $14.65
Number the Stars • Amazon Business $14.50 1 $14.50
Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
I Am Not a Number • Amazon Business $14.33 1 $14.33
Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491 • Amazon Business $14.31 1 $14.31
Fish for Jimmy: Inspired by One Family's Experience in a Japanese American Internment Camp • Amazon Business $13.92 1 $13.92
La Frontera / The Border: El viaje con papá/ My Journey With Papa (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $13.82 1 $13.82
Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution • Amazon Business $12.88 1 $12.88
Mango, Abuela, and Me • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
This Is Our Constitution • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $12.32 1 $12.32
That's Not Fair!: Getting to Know Your Rights and Freedoms (CitizenKid) • Amazon Business $12.15 1 $12.15
Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story • Amazon Business $12.14 1 $12.14
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale (Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award (Awards)) • Amazon Business $11.45 1 $11.45
How We Know What We Know about Our Changing Climate : Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming • AKJ Education $10.76 1 $10.76
A Place Where Sunflowers Grow (English and Japanese Edition) • Amazon Business $10.44 1 $10.44
From North to South / Del Norte al Sur • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Northwest Coast Indians (First Nations of North America) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Troubled Water Saints, Sinners, Truth And Lies About The Global Water Crisis • AKJ Education $9.43 1 $9.43
The Matatu • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
The Whispering Town (Holocaust) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Nations of the Northwest Coast (Native Nations of North America (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
My Name Is Jorge: On Both Sides of the River • Amazon Business $8.05 1 $8.05
The Displacement of Native Peoples • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
The Harmonica • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Jars of Hope: How One Woman Helped Save 2,500 Children During the Holocaust (Encounter: Narrative Nonfiction Picture Books) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
¡Si, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A. (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del otro lado • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Refugees and Migrants (Children in Our World) • Amazon Business $7.55 1 $7.55
Know Your Rights!: A Modern Kid's Guide to the American Constitution • Amazon Business $7.38 1 $7.38
Habibi • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Away West (Scraps of Time) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees • Amazon Business $6.92 1 $6.92
Night (Night) • Amazon Business $5.90 1 $5.90
The Bracelet • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
The Bill of Rights • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Abby Takes a Stand (Scraps of Time) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$545.48

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $47.73

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$631.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$111.42

Total project goal

$742.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $742.81

5 Donors

-$742.81

Donations toward project cost

-$631.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$111.42

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