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History and Stories for Urban Youth Who Have Learning Challenges

Help me give my students stories, texts, social studies and English Language Arts books that can be used by Latinx and African American students with learning challenges.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Ford's classroom raised $1,053

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

The students I work with are primarily Latinx and African American students who have mild to moderate learning and emotional challenges. They are in sixth and seventh grade and want to succeed in middle school Many of them have been excluded from access to all the dynamic fiction and non fiction stories that are presented to typical students. I want to give them access to a world of historical and fiction stories that can broaden their scope of the world and let them see themselves in the stories. Thank you.

Mr. Ford James Lick Middle School Grades 6-8

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Leveled Texts for Social Studies • Amazon Business $39.99 9 $359.91
Timeline: A Visual History of Our World • Amazon Business $28.19 1 $28.19
Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies (DK Timelines Children) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey from Bondage to Freedom • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic (Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, 4) • Amazon Business $19.18 1 $19.18
Hi-Lo Nonfiction Passages for Struggling Readers: Grades 4–5: 80 High-Interest/Low-Readability Passages With Comprehension Questions and Mini-Lessons for Teaching Key Reading Strategies • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Read & Understand with Leveled Texts, Grade 5 • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Timelines of History: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events That Shaped the World, 2nd Edition • Amazon Business $17.89 1 $17.89
DK Eyewitness Books: Aztec, Inca & Maya: Discover the World of the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas— their Beliefs, Rituals, and Civilizations • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The First Rule of Punk • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Antiracist Kid: A Book About Identity, Justice, and Activism • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Evan-Moor Writing Fabulous Sentences & Paragraphs, Grades 4-6, Homeschool & Classroom Workbook, Activities, Main Ideas, Topic Sentences, Figurative Language, Descriptive Details, Writing Skills • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Welcome Sign - Liberal Wall Decor Picture - Gift for LGBTQ, Queer, Gay, Bi, Lesbian, African American, Black, Latino - 8x10 Paper Plaque Art Poster Print for Home, Office, Store, Bar - Unframed • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Mark Twain World Civilizations and Cultures World History Workbook, Grades 5-8, Ancient History and Ancient Civilizations, 5th Grade Workbooks and Up, Classroom or Homeschool Curriculum • Amazon Business $12.48 1 $12.48
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, 1) • Amazon Business $11.28 1 $11.28
Hatshepsut: First Female Pharaoh: World Cultures Through Time (Primary Source Readers) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
How to Write a 5-Paragraph Essay Step-by-Step: Step-by-Step Study Skills • Amazon Business $10.81 1 $10.81
Hurricane Child • Amazon Business $10.63 1 $10.63
LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET • Amazon Business $10.32 1 $10.32
Niño Wrestles the World • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
New Kid: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $8.64 1 $8.64
Diego • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Return to Sender • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
What the Moon Saw • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Antiracist Coloring Book : Say No to Racism: This Single Sided Coloring Book includes 30 designs of anti racism and black pride quotes about standing up against color and race discrimination • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
A Good Kind of Trouble • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Ghost Boys • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
100 African Americans Who Shaped American History: Incredible Stories of Black Heroes • Amazon Business $6.54 1 $6.54
Who Was Frida Kahlo? • Amazon Business $5.68 1 $5.68

Materials cost

$781.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $71.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.72

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$894.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$157.91

Total project goal

$1,052.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,052.75

8 Donors

-$946.87

Donations toward project cost

-$809.84

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$137.03

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.88

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 $0.00

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