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Ms. Raub from Philadelphia, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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History by Comics

Help me give my students a historical library that is more appropriate for their grade level.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Raub's classroom raised $583

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My Students

My students are in a Title I Philadelphia public school. I teach 7th and 8th grade Geography, Civics, and American History. I would like to engage my students through more modern literacy approaches so as to establish more student interest in history. I include more hands-on projects and interactive classroom stations as well as engaging supplemental reading including history comics.

I am creating a more modern classroom library so that my students will enjoy engaging reading experiences that include many different topics and reading mediums.

Students will enjoy independent reading as well as group reading and discussions related to the history of the United States, women in history, Black Americans in history, biographies, mythology, and past and current event novel series chapter books.

I want my students to have space to make hands-on history art projects to reinforce their learning experience and give a tangible focus for the lessons. Through these reflective and hands-on projects, I hope to make American history geographical education more tangible for my PBL students.

Students always learn better when they can relate to the subject and have something tangible to see and do.

My Project

My students may struggle to read and, therefore, may have difficulty keeping up with students who are reading at grade level. This book selection includes comics and other reading mediums that are easier to read. These texts are mature enough to keep their interest and are content appropriate for grade level achievement.

It is challenging to find books that are appropriately challenging for readers who are not at grade level but mature enough to keep their interest.

This selection of chapter books will encourage readers of all levels to pursue historical knowledge in social studies class. Comics and other books with more infographics make it much easier for a reading-challenged student to become engaged.

Ms. Raub Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The United States Constitution and Declaration of Independence (Set of 10 Pocket Edition Booklets) • Amazon Business $11.76 3 $35.28
History: From the Dawn of Civilization to the Present Day • Amazon Business $33.37 1 $33.37
Social Studies, Literacy, and Social Justice in the Common Core Classroom: A Guide for Teachers • Amazon Business $32.95 1 $32.95
Examining the Evidence: Seven Strategies for Teaching with Primary Sources (Maupin House) • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
What Was the Holocaust? • Amazon Business $5.99 3 $17.97
The Big Book of American Presidents: Fascinating Facts and True Stories about U.S. Presidents and Their Families • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
War To Constitution (Using Primary Sources To Teach U.S. History) (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $15.87 1 $15.87
Six Days in Cincinnati: A Graphic Account of the Riots That Shook the Nation a Decade Before Black Lives Matter (Comix Journalism) • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
For Which We Stand: How Our Government Works and Why It Matters • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Who Was? History of the World • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Oberlin: Origins and Onward! • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Jamestown Journey (Chester the Crab) (Chester the Crab's Comix With Content) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Government (Chester the Crab's Comix with Content) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Slavery's Storm (Chester the Crab's Comics with Content Series) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The Civil Rights Freedom Train (Comix With Content) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Lexington: Then and Now • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Reconstruction Junction (Chester the Crab's Comix With Content) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Lewis and Clark and Transportation for a New Nation (Chester the Crab's Comix With Content) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Go West Young Crab! (Chester the Crab's Comics with Content Series) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Heroic Folk (Chester the Crab's Comix with Content) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Revolutionary City (Chester Comix Choice Comix) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Founding Fathers (Chester the Crab's Comix With Content) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The World War One Web (Comix with Content) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The First Americans (Chester the Crab's Comics with Content Series) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
World War 2 Tales (Chester the Crab's Comix With Content) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Honest Abe • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Wonder Women (Chester the Crab's Comics with Content Series) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
War for Independence (Chester the Crab's Comics with Content Series) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Civil War, Vol. 2 (Chester the Crab's Comix With Content) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Constitution Construction (Chester the Crab's Comics with Content Series) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Revolutionary rumblings (Chester the Crab's comics with content series) (Chester the Crab's Comix With Content) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Civil War, Vol. 1 (Chester the Crab Comix With Content) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
George Washington Leads the Way (Mount Vernon Comix) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
What Was the Vietnam War? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Where Is Chichen Itza? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Confucius? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Catherine the Great? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Where Is Antarctica? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Walt Whitman? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Where Is the Congo? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is the Dalai Lama? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
What Was the Age of Exploration? • Amazon Business $5.68 1 $5.68
Where Is the Colosseum? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Midway: The Battle that Changed the Pacific War (World War II Comix) • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Guadalcanal Had It All!: Raiders, Destroyers and Banzai Charges (World War II Comix) • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Pearl Harbor and the Day of Infamy (World War II Comix) • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
They Called Themselves the Battling Bastards of Bataan (World War II Comix) • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
What Was the Bombing of Hiroshima? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
What Was the Berlin Wall? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Napoleon? • Amazon Business $3.59 1 $3.59

Materials cost

$458.12

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$494.99

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.35

Total project goal

$582.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $582.34

4 Donors

-$346.92

Donations toward project cost

-$294.88

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.04

Matching donations from our partners

-$235.42

Match offers toward project cost

-$200.11

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.31

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