Help me give my students an Ethnic Studies library filled with with books that reflect their histories and experiences.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Liza's classroom raised $593
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
My students are smart, creative, and community-minded. They are interested and curious about the world around them. They want to understand why the inequities exist in our society, so that they can figure out how to challenge and transform our society.
My students are facing so many challenges during this pandemic, and last school year they still did their best to attend their classes on Zoom and stay engaged each day.
They amaze me with the many ways they are able to handle their multiple roles in their homes.
We are a Title I school, so we need a lot of extra resources, especially if we want to order supplies or class sets of books. A high percentage of students receive free and reduced-price lunch, so it is also another financial burden for families to purchase extra supplies.
My Project
This year, I have the amazing opportunity and privilege to teach an Ethnic Studies course for our incoming 9th graders. It will be a special opportunity for students to learn about their own histories and the histories of Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) in the United States.
Please help me build a classroom library with books that critically examine the histories and experiences of Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) in the United States.
Many of my students have yet to learn the histories of people that look like them. Our classroom library will be an amazing resource for me and my fledgling Ethnic Studies scholars!
Nearly all 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
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
• Amazon Business
$15.20
2
$30.40
Planting the Seeds of Equity: Ethnic Studies and Social Justice in the K–2 Classroom
• Amazon Business
$29.95
1
$29.95
A Nation Rising: Hawaiian Movements for Life, Land, and Sovereignty (Narrating Native Histories)
• Amazon Business
$29.95
1
$29.95
We Are the Land: A History of Native California
• Amazon Business
$26.96
1
$26.96
Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party (The George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies)
• Amazon Business
$24.95
1
$24.95
Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine
• Amazon Business
$22.26
1
$22.26
As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance (Indigenous Americas)
• Amazon Business
$18.95
1
$18.95
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
• Amazon Business
$17.84
1
$17.84
America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
Prisoners of the American Dream: Politics and Economy in the History of the US Working Class
• Amazon Business
$16.79
1
$16.79
Empire's Workshop (Updated and Expanded Edition): Latin America, the United States, and the Making of an Imperial Republic (American Empire Project)
• Amazon Business
$16.69
1
$16.69
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
• Amazon Business
$16.69
1
$16.69
The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World (New Press People's History)
• Amazon Business
$16.34
1
$16.34
Hundred Years' War on Palestine
• Amazon Business
$16.29
1
$16.29
A Black Women's History of the United States (Revsioning American History)
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance
• Amazon Business
$15.89
1
$15.89
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
• Amazon Business
$15.69
1
$15.69
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
• Amazon Business
$14.73
1
$14.73
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
• Amazon Business
$13.70
1
$13.70
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
• Amazon Business
$13.39
1
$13.39
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
• Amazon Business
$12.80
1
$12.80
An African American and Latinx History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY)
• Amazon Business
$12.66
1
$12.66
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
• Amazon Business
$11.99
1
$11.99
Materials cost
$427.89
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$39.15
3rd party payment processing fee
$6.42
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$503.46
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$88.85
Total project goal
$592.31
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$592.31
8 Donors
-$400.38
Donations toward project cost
-$341.63
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$58.75
Matching donations from our partners
-$190.38
Match offers toward project cost
-$161.82
Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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