My students need children's biography books, such as Sonia Sotomayor: La juez que crecio en el Bronx and El dia de Martin Luther King, Jr. to read.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Macias's classroom raised $841
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 Students
Everyone has a story. History books recount the stories of important people all children should know. However, very few of the stories found in textbooks are about people that reflect my students and their diverse backgrounds.
The students in our school are primarily second-language learners and come from many cultural backgrounds.
Our school is a low-performing school with a high percentage of free-lunch students. We are located in an urban city in California. In California’s latest budget crisis we lost resources that included needed staff members and valuable materials. Nevertheless, we have a motivated staff that is pulling together to meet the needs of our students even in the face of devastating cuts. Our students are on an upward trajectory in terms of academic success and we will not be dissuaded by this year’s economic crisis. Furthermore, our school has been moving forward in bridging the cultural divide, closing the achievement gap, and striving for equity for all students. My hopes are that we can continue to develop a rigorous and exciting curriculum for our students that will fit what they need to know to become informed citizens of the world.
My Project
The books at their reading level in social studies are scarce in our library. We would like to address this need and stock our shelves with books that will open their minds to the stories of influential people from all ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds.
My class will benefit from learning about a greater variety of important leaders in American History.
We are expected to teach a Social Studies curriculum with few engaging resources. Enhancing our libraries with biographies of important leaders in American History will help my students identify qualities in themselves that will guide them in their future. Reading biographies will be a difficult challenge, but our students will be able to develop into better readers and knowledgeable citizens.
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
Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx/La juez que crecio en el Bronx Jonah Winter, Edel Rodriguez (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$11.61
1
$11.61
Me llamo Gabito. La vida de Gabriel Garc a M rquez / My Name is Gabito. The Life of Gabriel Garc a M rquez Monica Brown, Raul Colon (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$12.94
1
$12.94
My Name Is Celia:The Life of Celia Cruz/ Me llamo Celia: La vida de Celia Cruz Monica Brown, Rafael Lopez (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$10.90
1
$10.90
Pele, King of Soccer/Pele, El Rey del Futbol Monica Brown, Rudy Gutierrez (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$14.61
1
$14.61
My Papa Diego and Me/Mi papa Diego y yo: Memories of My Father and His Art/Recuerdos de mi padre y su arte Guadalupe Rivera Marin
• Barnes and Noble
$14.57
1
$14.57
Ricardo's Race: La carrera de Recardo Diane Gonzales Bertrand, Anthony Accardo (Illustrator), Rocio Viegas-Barros (Translator)
• Barnes and Noble
$11.52
1
$11.52
El dia de Martin Luther King, Jr. (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) Mir Tamim Ansary
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
6
$40.98
El dia de Martin Luther King, Jr.: Honramos a un hombre de paz Carol Gnojewski, Carolina Jusid (Translator)
• Barnes and Noble
$20.45
1
$20.45
Lideres Importantes (They Led the Way) Michael A. Auster
• Barnes and Noble
$5.76
6
$34.56
That's Not Fair! - No Es Justo!: Emma Tenayuca's Struggle for Justice - la Lucha de Emma Tenayuca Por la Justicia Carmen Tafolla, Sharyll Teneyuca, Terry Ybanez (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$13.64
1
$13.64
Cesar Chavez: The Fight for Justice / la Lucha Por la Justicia Richard Griswold del Castillo, Anthony Accardo (Illustrator), Jose Juan Colin (Translator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.79
1
$6.79
Abraham Lincoln: Abogado, Lider, Leyenda (DK Readers Series) Justine Korman Fontes, Ron Fontes
• Barnes and Noble
$3.41
6
$20.46
El Monumento a Lincoln (The Lincoln Memorial) Kristin L. Nelson
• Barnes and Noble
$5.08
6
$30.48
El Monumento a Lincoln Nancy Harris
• Barnes and Noble
$5.12
6
$30.72
Ellen Ochoa Teresa Iverson
• Barnes and Noble
$8.46
6
$50.76
Ellen Ochoa: La Primera Astronauta Latina Lila Guzman, Rick Guzman
• Barnes and Noble
$19.32
1
$19.32
Quien fue Albert Einstein?/Who Was Albert Einstein? Jess Brallier, Robert Andrew Parker (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
1
$6.83
Quien fue Amelia Earhart?/ Who Was Amelia Earhart? Kate Boehm Jerome, David Cain (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
1
$6.83
Quien fue Ana Frank?/ Who Was Anne Frank? Ann Abramson, Nancy Harrison (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
1
$6.83
Quien fue Benjamin Franklin?/ Who Was Ben Franklin? Dennis B. Fradin, John O'Brien (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
1
$6.83
Quien fue Harriet Tubman?/ Who was Harriet Tubman? Yona Zeldis McDonough, Nancy Harrison (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
1
$6.83
Quien fue Tomas Jefferson?/ Who was Thomas Jefferson? Dennis B. Fradin, John O'Brien (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
1
$6.83
Quien fue Mark Twain?/ Who was Mark Twain? April Jones Prince, John O'Brien (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
1
$6.83
Una ni a llamada Helen Keller (A Girl Named Helen Keller) Lundell, Irene Trivas (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$3.41
6
$20.46
Abraham Lincoln: Una vida de respeto (A Life of Respect) Sheila Rivera
• Barnes and Noble
$5.08
6
$30.48
Susan B. Anthony: Una vida de igualdad (A Life of Fairness) Jennifer Boothroyd
• Barnes and Noble
$5.93
6
$35.58
Lee sobre Martin Luther King, Jr. /Read about Martin Luther King, Jr Stephen Feinstein
• Barnes and Noble
$18.17
1
$18.17
Un Bus en Alabama Jean Saure, Sandra Garcia
• Barnes and Noble
$17.44
1
$17.44
Primeras Biograf as de Scholastic: Abraham Lincoln Sonia W. Black, Carol Heyer (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$3.41
6
$20.46
Frederick Douglass Cassie Mayer
• Barnes and Noble
$5.12
6
$30.72
Tecumseh Cassie Mayer
• Barnes and Noble
$5.12
6
$30.72
Phillis Wheatley: Poeta Afroamericana J. T. Moriarty, Jesse Jarnow, Manufactured by Rosen Publishing Group
• Barnes and Noble
$18.16
1
$18.16
Materials cost
$614.31
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$56.21
3rd party payment processing fee
$9.21
Fulfillment labor & materials
$35.00
Total project cost
$714.73
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$126.13
Total project goal
$840.86
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$840.86
6 Donors
-$420.43
Donations toward project cost
-$357.37
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$63.06
match offer
-$420.42
Match offer toward project cost
-$357.36
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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