My students need historical fiction & non-fiction books to read & use as research resources for their historical writing unit. Students will use books to read & analyze narrative and text features and create their own.
$249 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! 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.
Our school is tucked away in Echo Park, Los Angeles. The city providing a beautiful backdrop of diversity and exposure to a wide variety of attitudes, beliefs and celebrations of life. Our students come from all over Los Angeles to be a part of this Dance Charter school, who's mission is to serve lower-income community families and expose our students to a rigorous daily dance curriculum, that allows students to express themselves emotionally and physically through dance.
This group of students is particularly special because of their resilience, not only in school, but in life.
All my students are immersed in the general education classroom, pushing themselves to meet standards presented to them, despite having an array of disabilities that ranges from Autism, to Emotional Disturbance, & many having experienced severe trauma. These students push themselves, never giving up & always managing to uplift their peers & teachers with encouragement. They make the days meaningful.
My Project
Students will learn how to closely look at historical events and critically think about how they shape people and societies. Through access to these books, students will not only learn about historical events through fiction and non-fiction, but also will begin to practice their own historical fiction writing skills. They will use these books as inspiration, to show them ways in which we can create stories that come from the imagination, but are rooted in real life events.
One of the biggest core values that we teach at GCS is to understand what empathy is and how we can be more empathetic towards others.
These books are meant to begin sparking questions for students to ask themselves, "What would it have been like to be there during the Holocaust?" or "I wonder what people emotions people were experiencing during the Civil Rights Movement?" Students will use these books to probe their own ideas about major events that they feel have shaped our city, country, communities, and begin to write using these as inspiration.
The Civil Rights Movement for Kids: A History with 21 Activities (For Kids series)
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$14.85
1
$14.85
The Great Depression for Kids: Hardship and Hope in 1930s America, with 21 Activities (For Kids series)
• Amazon Business
$14.55
1
$14.55
The Search for the Golden Mission: A kid's fantastic journey of the 21 California missions
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$12.95
1
$12.95
Motivational Stress Ball Assortment - Teacher Peach Stress Relief Toys for Kids and Adults - Best as Inspirational Teacher Gift or Office Gift for Coworkers - 3 Pack, Purple (7 Colors Available)
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$12.95
1
$12.95
World War II for Kids: A History with 21 Activities (For Kids series)
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$12.56
1
$12.56
California's Missions: from A to Z
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$12.49
1
$12.49
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
• Amazon Business
$11.98
1
$11.98
Child of the Civil Rights Movement
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$7.99
1
$7.99
The Mystery on the California Mission Trail (5) (Real Kids Real Places)
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$7.99
1
$7.99
The Spanish Missions of California (True Books: American History (Paperback))
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$6.95
1
$6.95
What Was Ellis Island?
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$5.99
1
$5.99
What Was the Gold Rush?
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$5.99
1
$5.99
What Was the Holocaust?
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$5.99
1
$5.99
What Was the Great Depression?
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$5.99
1
$5.99
What Is Climate Change? (What Was?)
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$5.99
1
$5.99
What Was D-Day?
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$5.99
1
$5.99
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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$4.34
1
$4.34
What Was Pearl Harbor?
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$4.28
1
$4.28
Where Is the Amazon?
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$3.77
1
$3.77
Materials cost
$163.59
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$14.97
3rd party payment processing fee
$2.45
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$211.01
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$37.24
Total project goal
$248.25
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$248.25
4 Donors
-$248.25
Donations toward project cost
-$211.01
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