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Ms. Gills from Chicago IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Dear Martin, A Black History Month Project

My students need a class set of Dear Martin by Nic Stone to enhance our reading and writing discussions.

  • $433 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My 6th grade homeroom is filled with students eager to learn and discuss current events. They enjoy doing hands activities and they love being introduced to new topics. While I am mainly their science teacher, I also teach writing and health.

The school I work at has children who live all over the city of Chicago.

The beautiful thing about teaching here is that students come from every background and from many different places around the world. Aside from the normal middle school mishaps, the students love each other like family, and socioeconomic status is the last thing on their minds.

My Project

Throughout the school year I enjoy teaching students about different cultures. I especially love to have them teach me about themselves and their families. One of the things I have learned by teaching students in Chicago is that they are often faced with challenges that they are unable or unsure of how to handle.

As we approach Black History Month, I believe it's important to not only talk about issues from the past, but to discuss the issues of today.

My hope is that by reading Dear Martin and other stories my students will be able to discuss their views of the society they live in and create solutions to the problems they are facing.

I realize that if I were to ask the students to purchase this book on their own, some may not be able to get the money to do so. My hope for this project is that it will instill a desire for students to learn their history so they won't repeat the mistakes of the past.

Ms. Gills
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $12.32 27 $332.64

Materials cost

$332.64

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$367.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.88

Total project goal

$432.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $432.51

6 Donors

-$332.50

Donations toward project cost

-$282.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.87

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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