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Mrs. Canales from Tulsa, OK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Canales's classroom raised $379

History Comes Alive Through Reading

My students need 16 historical fiction and nonfiction book sets for supporting our 5th grade social studies curriculum.

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Mrs. Canales Boevers Elementary School
Tulsa, OK Grades 3-5

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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 Students

It is one thing to learn about history from a textbook. It is another to learn it from historical fiction and nonfiction books. My students need your help unlocking the history of our country through reading books.

My students face many challenges.

At our Title 1 school, 70 percent of students receive free or reduced lunch. We have a large Hispanic and African American population. Our kids come from a lower middle class background where parents are struggling in this poor economy just to survive. It is important that they have as much exposure to good literature in school as possible. I don't just want to teach children to read, I want them to love to read. Reading affects all other subject areas in school, such as social studies. If students love to read, they will automatically do better in other areas of school.

My Project

I have requested historical books that will reinforce our 5th grade social studies curriculum. In 5th grade, we learn about explorers, the Colonial Period, Revolutionary War, and the Civil War. The books we need are a mix of historical fiction, biographies of famous historical people, and nonfiction books about what it would really be like to live during our nation's history. The social studies textbook can teach the facts, but these books will make history come alive for my students. Not only will these books help with social studies, but also with reading. I plan to do a "Living Wax Museum" project with the biography books. The students will pair up and study their historical figure, then dress up as that character and write a speech. We will invite other classes to enjoy our "living museum". The historical fiction and time period books will be used in reading in small groups.

These books will support learning about our nation's history for years to come in my classroom.

Your donation will help spark an interest in history for students who need more than just a textbook to learn. They will be able to move on to upper grade levels and have a good foundational knowledge of how our nation came to be.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

25 students impacted 12 donors
Mrs. Canales Boevers Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Tulsa, OK View local requests

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

25 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days Barbara Brenner, Jennie Williams (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 3 $17.91
If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution Kay Moore, Daniel O'Leary (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 4 $23.88
If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War Moore, Anni Matsick (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 3 $17.91
If You Lived in Colonial Times McGovern, Brinton Turkle, Brinton Turkle (Illustrator), June Otani (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 4 $20.48
If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America Anne Kamma, Pamela Johnson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 3 $17.91
Who Was Harriet Tubman? Yona Zeldis McDonough, Nancy Harrison (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 2 $8.52
Who Was Thomas Jefferson? Dennis Brindell Fradin, John O'Brien (Illustrator), Nancy Harrison (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 2 $8.52
Who Was Abraham Lincoln? Janet Pascal, John O'Brien (Illustrator), Nancy Harrison (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 2 $8.52
Who Was Ben Franklin? Dennis Brindell Fradin, John O'Brien (Illustrator), Nancy Harrison (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 2 $8.52
Who Was Ferdinand Magellan? Sydelle Kramer, Nancy Harrison (Illustrator), Elizabeth Wolf (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 2 $8.52
Who Was Marco Polo? (Who Was...? Series) Joan Holub, John O'Brien (Illustrator), Nancy Harrison (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 2 $8.52
Who Was George Washington? Roberta Edwards, Nancy Harrison (Illustrator), True Kelley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 2 $8.52
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Christopher Paul Curtis • Barnes and Noble $5.97 5 $29.85
Fighting Ground Avi • Barnes and Noble $5.12 5 $25.60
Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes, Lynn Ward (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 5 $29.85
Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt • Barnes and Noble $5.12 5 $25.60

Materials cost

$268.63

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.89

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$329.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.24

Total project goal

$378.79

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $378.79

9 Donors

-$373.89

Donations toward project cost

-$333.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.99

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.90

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 $73.89

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