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Ms. Jensen from Carson City, NV is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning Who's Who in History

My students need biographies on historical figures in order to learn how to conduct research.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Jensen's classroom raised $290

This project is fully funded

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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

My classroom is a combination 2nd and 3rd grade classroom of gifted children. The students in my gifted classroom are able to process information at a higher level than most students their age.

In my classroom, we focus on exposure to science and math-based job opportunities, STEM projects, hands-on lessons, and project-based learning.

The students in my class need less repetitions than most kids their age need to master information, so we are able to move at a faster pace than their grade-level peers.

My Project

This set of biographies will help my students learn about important historical figures in depth.

Students will use the books in this set to build researching, writing, and public speaking skills.

At the beginning of the unit, the students choose a historical figure to research. They will read a book from this set to learn the background information needed about their historical figure.

Next, students will complete a research project and a research paper. The research papers will be combined into a class book -- along with illustrations done by the students -- that is bound and published. Once published, parents and family members can purchase a copy. We hold an "author night" where the students present their published book.

The final project for this unit is a presentation in which the students will dress up like the person they researched. We will turn our classroom into a "wax museum" of historical figures in which the students will practice their public speaking skills by presenting as the historical figure they researched. Unfortunately, without the books for the students to use for research, none of these activities are possible!

Ms. Jensen Mark Twain Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Who Was Amelia Earhart? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Abraham Lincoln? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Mark Twain? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Louis Armstrong? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Rosa Parks? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Susan B. Anthony? • Amazon Business $5.97 1 $5.97
Who Was Frida Kahlo? • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
Who Was Walt Disney? • Amazon Business $5.62 1 $5.62
Who Was Clara Barton? • Amazon Business $5.56 1 $5.56
Who Is Malala Yousafzai? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.40 1 $5.40
Who Was Anne Frank? • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39
Who Was Claude Monet? • Amazon Business $5.37 1 $5.37
Who Was Milton Hershey? • Amazon Business $5.21 1 $5.21
Who Was King Tut? • Amazon Business $5.13 1 $5.13
Who Was Marie Curie? • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
Who Was Jackie Robinson? • Amazon Business $4.84 1 $4.84
Who Was Ben Franklin? • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Who Was Babe Ruth? • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Who Was George Washington? • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Who Was Alexander Hamilton? • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Who Was George Washington Carver? • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Cleopatra (I Am #10) • Amazon Business $4.73 1 $4.73
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? • Amazon Business $4.58 1 $4.58
Who Was Neil Armstrong? • Amazon Business $4.40 1 $4.40
Who Is Barack Obama? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.39 1 $4.39
Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt? • Amazon Business $4.35 1 $4.35
Who Was Louis Braille? • Amazon Business $4.34 1 $4.34
Who Was Queen Elizabeth? • Amazon Business $4.24 1 $4.24
Who Was Roald Dahl? • Amazon Business $4.22 1 $4.22
Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? • Amazon Business $4.22 1 $4.22
Who Was Sally Ride? • Amazon Business $4.22 1 $4.22
Who Was Marie Antoinette? • Amazon Business $4.21 1 $4.21
Who Was Thomas Jefferson? • Amazon Business $4.12 1 $4.12
Who Was Harriet Tubman? • Amazon Business $4.11 1 $4.11
Who Was William Shakespeare? • Amazon Business $4.09 1 $4.09
Who Was Elvis Presley? • Amazon Business $3.97 1 $3.97
Who Was Helen Keller? • Amazon Business $3.86 1 $3.86
Who Was Henry Ford? • Amazon Business $3.77 1 $3.77
Who Was Alexander Graham Bell? • Amazon Business $3.58 1 $3.58
Who Was Muhammad Ali? • Amazon Business $3.29 1 $3.29

Materials cost

$197.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $15.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$246.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.45

Total project goal

$289.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $289.65

2 Donors

-$157.32

Donations toward project cost

-$133.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.60

match offer

-$132.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$112.48

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.85

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