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Ms. Laura from Shutesbury, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Stories are History: Cultivating Anti-Racism, Justice and Compassion

Help me give my students diverse, anti-racist books that teach about positivity, courage, leadership and standing up against injustice.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Laura's classroom raised $599

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My Project

The books in this grant offer diverse historical accounts that will expand my students' understanding of history with a lens of diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice. In addition, there is a selection of books especially chosen to include a special focus on Native American knowledge, wisdom and history.

These books about human rights heroes will help us build a class library for our Human Rights Heroes Project in which we study a human rights hero, write a book about this hero and then create a Living History Museum in which we dress up to "become these heroes" and recount the stories of our heroes to our peers.

The human rights heroes’ journeys featured in these books highlight important themes to inspire rich discussions about race, love, identity, gender, challenge and compassion. We will dive deeply into the history of racism and re-building our communities with anti-racism and compassion. I have included a book on the Supreme Court as well, because we will be looking at the responsibility of the justices to uphold human rights.

Overall, these books about human rights heroes past and present will help us grow and learn together and inspire thoughtful discussions among curious learners about how to reshape and deepen our understanding of the history of the United States. Students will discover many leaders throughout history who led without fear and with an eye on making the United States a more fair and equitable nation.

Ms. Laura Shutesbury Elementary School Grades 3-5 Shutesbury, MA View local requests

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You • Amazon Business $12.56 6 $75.36
Who Is Megan Rapinoe? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $5.99 10 $59.90
The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey from Bondage to Freedom • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Stolen Words • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Unstoppable: Women With Disabilities • Amazon Business $16.76 1 $16.76
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Laverne Cox (Volume 82) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 86) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Queer Heroes: Meet 53 LGBTQ Heroes From Past and Present! • Amazon Business $15.60 1 $15.60
Megan Rapinoe (Volume 55) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 55) • Amazon Business $15.50 1 $15.50
We Want Equal Rights!: The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influence on the Women’s Rights Movement • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
Kind Like Marsha: Learning from LGBTQ+ Leaders • Amazon Business $14.75 1 $14.75
Call Us What We Carry: Poems • Amazon Business $12.90 1 $12.90
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez • Amazon Business $12.76 1 $12.76
We Are Water Protectors • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
The Awakening of Malcolm X: A Novel • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
One Life: Young Readers Edition • Amazon Business $11.64 1 $11.64
Herstory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook Up the World (Stories That Shook Up the World) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY) • Amazon Business $11.42 1 $11.42
Amanda Gorman: Inspiring Hope with Poetry (Gateway Biographies) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Through My Eyes • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Women in Sports: Megan Rapinoe―Biography About Women’s World Cup Soccer Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist Megan Rapinoe, Grades 3-5 Leveled Readers (32 pgs) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Amanda Gorman (Volume 75) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 75) • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Who Was Jackie Robinson? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
What Is the Supreme Court? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$471.85

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$508.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.81

Total project goal

$598.74

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $598.74

2 Donors

-$324.36

Donations toward project cost

-$275.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.65

match offer

-$274.38

Match offer toward project cost

-$233.22

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.16

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