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Ms. McNamara from Newark, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Honest History for my Students

My students need the book, A Young People's History by Howard Zinn and Rebecca Stefoff so they have an accurate account of United States history.

  • $1,987 goal

This project expired on July 5, 2017.

This project expired on July 5, 2017.

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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

Our school is located in the Ironbound section of Newark, NJ. Our facility is not only historic, but also thriving, vibrant, and host to a variety of programs which meet the needs of our multi-lingual, multi-ethnic students and their families.

With more than 90% of our students qualifying for free lunch, it is unreasonable to ask struggling households to purchase school supplies and textbooks.

My students are extremely motivated and love to speak their mind and give their opinion. The upcoming school year will be the second year in a row I will have the same group of approximately ninety 7th graders. From my experience with them in the 6th grade teaching World History, I can attest to their desire for more challenging material that pushes their limits and challenges them to understand, analyze, and question history, and in the process, better understand current events and shape the future.

My Project

This is not a typical history book! The best leaders of our country have always been the ones having the most compassion and open-minded approach toward decision making. However, many history textbooks do not completely prepare students to become these leaders due to the omission of key facts that ultimately silence certain American perspective. Obtaining "A Young People's History of the United States", Voices of People's History, and A People's History for the Classroom by Howard Zinn, will allow my students the opportunity to develop their critical thinking skills by reading and learning about U.S. History from a myriad of references and points of view, not just the confirmed outdated convention of history and often slanted perspective currently offered in most standard history textbooks. Building leaders begins with reading, opening avenues of expression and understanding. Students using this text will be able to read speeches and other primary sources which will expose and push them to not only challenge the status quo but to also believe in the spirit of diversity which built this nation and to become a stakeholder in it's future! Our students will learn this by exploring and being guided through this text.

I believe that learning about history in this way will help make them into active citizens that always ask questions and think about policies, laws, and events from as many perspectives as possible.

The lasting impact of this project will be the opportunity it affords my students to learn about U.S. History from a variety of vantage points.

Ms. McNamara East Side High School Grades 6-8

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More than three‑quarters of 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

180 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Young People's History of the United States: Columbus to the War on Terror (For Young People Series) • Amazon Business $10.85 80 $868.00
A Young People's History of the United States: Columbus to the War on Terror (For Young People Series) • Amazon Business $10.85 67 $726.95
Voices of a People's History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $17.50 1 $17.50
A People's History for the Classroom • Amazon Business $11.66 1 $11.66
A Young People's History of the United States • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$1,634.10

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 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$24.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,688.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$297.99

Total project goal

$1,986.60

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