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Ms. Waechter from Pittsburgh, PA is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Middle School History Detectives - Inquiry in Social Studies

Help me give my students quality inquiry-based projects for middle level social studies.

  • $275 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

My students are 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students in an urban public school. They are hungry to learn history in an engaging way.

I will use these activities from TPT to build my students' historical critical thinking, while helping them connect social studies to their lives.

The students will engage in mapping, current event analysis, research, and debates, all necessary skills in the 21st century.

Finally, as many of these students are without a regular teacher, I will be using these materials to supplement and provide engaging learning activities for their substitute.

Ms. Waechter Barack Obama Academy International Studies Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Pittsburgh, PA 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

175 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
$100 Gift Card for Educational Resources on TPT • TPT $100.00 2 $200.00

Materials cost

$200.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$233.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.12

Total project goal

$274.12

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $274.12

2 Donors

-$274.12

Donations toward project cost

-$233.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.12

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 $0.00

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