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Ms. Mistler from Charlotte, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exploring African American Studies Through Picture Books

Help me give my students these picture books for our African American Studies research project.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Mistler's classroom raised $749

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate 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 Project

One of the objectives of the African American Studies class at my high school is to help students understand the significance of historical personalities, groups, institutions, and events in shaping African American life over time.

Through this project, students will research and discover African American history by reading and analyzing picture books.

Reading picture books takes a research project from BORING to F-U-N! Students can complete a research project in two days. Picture books serve as a bridge to discovering curated databases and reading longer nonfiction books; thereby supporting the teaching and learning of research skills in higher education.

Ms. Mistler Garinger High School Grades 9-12

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Charlotte, NC View local requests

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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm • Amazon Business $20.95 1 $20.95
Harlem Renaissance Party • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington • Amazon Business $18.22 1 $18.22
Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins (Who Did It First?) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Thurgood • Amazon Business $17.98 1 $17.98
Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! • Amazon Business $17.34 1 $17.34
Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game • Amazon Business $17.27 1 $17.27
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave • Amazon Business $16.69 1 $16.69
Let Them Play (Tales of Young Americans) • Amazon Business $15.89 1 $15.89
Just as Good: How Larry Doby Changed America's Game • Amazon Business $15.80 1 $15.80
Starstruck: The Cosmic Journey of Neil deGrasse Tyson • Amazon Business $15.55 1 $15.55
Sugar Hill: Harlem's Historic Neighborhood • Amazon Business $15.02 1 $15.02
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Ron's Big Mission • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 • Amazon Business $13.08 1 $13.08
Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Becoming Billie Holiday • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Knockin' on Wood: Starring Peg Leg Bates • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Let the Children March • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Stacey’s Extraordinary Words • Amazon Business $10.70 1 $10.70
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
The Faith of Elijah Cummings: The North Star of Equal Justice • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Rosa • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Before She Was Harriet • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
The Story of Ruby Bridges • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Freedom Summer • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$554.62

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $43.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$636.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.27

Total project goal

$748.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $748.47

9 Donors

-$325.27

Donations toward project cost

-$291.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.79

Matching donations from our partners

-$405.55

Match offers toward project cost

-$344.72

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.83

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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