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Ms. Gerken from Manderson, SD is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning to Celebrate Diversity

My students need multicultural and diversity materials, including books, CDs and DVDs.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Gerken's classroom raised $485

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are showing a huge interest in other people, cultures, civil rights, and diversities. I would like to enable their curiosity about the diverse world we all live in, knowing the more they are educated about others, the more acceptance and empathy they will, also, learn and show.

My middle school students are Oglala Lakota(Sioux)Native Americans living on one of the reservations in South Dakota.

They enjoy pow wows and other cultural traditions. I am discovering how much they also enjoy learning about other people in our multicultural world. Unfortunately, we are low in multicultural materials. I would like to add more materials in this area. I feel like it is extremely important, especially with the students showing so much curiosity about multicultural topics at this point.

My Project

Since my educational role includes teaching my own music and art classes, I would like to expand my lessons to include more multicultural music and multicultural art. Music and art seems to be the door that helps connect us all. Also, in my writing classes, I plan to include studying more civil rights issues, along with more diversity lessons, and presentations about the acceptance of others. I want to present these lessons to my students in order to give them the opportunities to learn and write about others, and let them express their own opinions about what they learn. I am requesting 2 CD's, several Civil Rights DVD's, and 16 multi-cultural books.

My students have shown a great interest in multicultural topics, civil rights, and diversity.

I see this as a great opportunity to, also, let them learn about empathy and gaining acceptance of others.

Ms. Gerken Wounded Knee District 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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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
CD DANCES AROUND THE WORLD • School Specialty Inc. $18.99 1 $18.99
KIDS MULTICULTURAL ART BOOK • Sax Arts & Crafts, Inc $14.95 1 $14.95
MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD CD COLLECTION----*Comments* • Teacher's School Supply Inc. $47.85 1 $47.85
From Totems to Hip Hop: A Multi-Cultural Anthology of Poetry • AKJ Books $14.06 1 $14.06
Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement - DVD • Best Buy $14.99 1 $14.99
Let Freedom Sing: Music Of CIVIL Right Movement • Best Buy $37.99 1 $37.99
Freedom Song: Young Voices and the Struggle for Civil Rights • AKJ Books $17.06 1 $17.06
Nelson Mandela • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Martin Luther King, Jr. • AKJ Books $4.40 1 $4.40
Gandhi • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Barack Obama • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
A Kid''s Guide to Asian American History: More than 70 Activi • AKJ Books $13.46 1 $13.46
Rising Voices • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
The Story of Ruby Bridges • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Sasha & Malia Obama • AKJ Books $21.09 1 $21.09
Celebrations Around the World • AKJ Books $22.20 1 $22.20
50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet • AKJ Books $11.06 1 $11.06
Anne Frank Disney DVD • AKJ Books $29.99 1 $29.99
Martin Luther King Jr. (20th Century) • AKJ Books $5.88 6 $35.28
Mahatma Gandhi (20th Century) • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88

Materials cost

$332.88

Vendor shipping charges

$20.66

Sales tax

$18.31

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$411.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.68

Total project goal

$484.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$484.52

5 Donors

-$217.26

Donations toward project cost

-$184.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.59

Matching donations from our partners

-$267.26

Match offers toward project cost

-$227.17

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.09

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$0.00

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