Help me give my students engaging lessons that spark their curiosity and develop critical thinking.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Butler's classroom raised $296
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 Project
I hope to purchase curriculum from professionals who develop engaging materials for the history classroom. Middle school students often cite history as their least favorite subject because it involves difficult reading, critical thinking, and writing about topics they usually do not care about. I hope to change that. Last year, generous donors financed a lesson from Teachers Pay Teachers that was an escape room. Students needed to analyze primary sources, cypher codes, and identify different perspectives in order to 'escape'. They loved it! This activity was cited as students' favorite in an end-of-the-year survey.
With this project, I hope to fund more activities that spark middle-schoolers' inherent curiosity and interest.
History lessons can engage students while simultaneously promoting fundamental skills in today's society, such as perspective taking, empathy, collaboration, source analysis, and causality. As a beginning teacher, it is difficult to create such lessons. Teachers Pay Teachers offers a way in which I can modify preexisting lessons to meet the needs of my students while also meeting state standards.
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
DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.
As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Butler and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"CA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":3,"name":"Middle School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":false,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/foster-critical-thinking/7592243/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":150,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Butler","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-1155159724","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Los Angeles","teachersOnPage":[8164345],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":7592243,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":97623,"schoolName":"Young Oak Kim Academy","authorIds":{"8164345":{"owner":"Ms. Butler","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[7592243],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-3_272.png?auto=webp","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":21843502,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":8164345,"schoolCounty":"Los Angeles","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"CA","name":"California"}}
