Help me give my students a multicultural library of books to educate them about different cultures. These books will help them value and accept diverse people around the world.
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 3rd graders have been profoundly affected by the Coronavirus pandemic and the civil unrest due to George Floyd's murder. They miss each other, their school, and learning face to face from me. Most of my students have had to borrow devices and hotspots from school to embark on distance learning.
A lot of my students need the free meals they used to get at school and now they come to our Grab and Go Center that gives out breakfast and lunch from Monday to Friday.
Most families in this community are struggling financially due to unemployment and poverty. In addition, they are frightened by the protests going on around the United States.
My Project
While we are engaged in distance learning, I will use these multicultural books to read aloud to my student. I will use these books to approach discussions about the need to eliminate racism in the world. The majority of my students are Latinos from Mexican, Central American, and South American backgrounds. I want them to learn about different cultures and to develop an appreciation for differences and similarities. We will have discussions about the books and talk about the things that we can begin doing in our classroom community to combat racism. I will also teach them that they can in turn also have these discussions at home with their families to create awareness of the discrimination and hopefully plant the idea that we can all do our part to stand against racism.
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
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)
• Amazon Business
$13.59
1
$13.59
I Am Enough
• Amazon Business
$13.28
1
$13.28
Genesis Begins Again
• AKJ Education
$13.13
1
$13.13
The Skin You Live In
• Amazon Business
$13.05
1
$13.05
Teach Your Dragon About Diversity: Train Your Dragon To Respect Diversity. A Cute Children Story To Teach Kids About Diversity and Differences. (My Dragon Books)
• Amazon Business
$12.95
1
$12.95
Ghost Boys
• AKJ Education
$12.40
1
$12.40
Waiting for the Biblioburro/Esperando el Biblioburro
• AKJ Education
$12.40
1
$12.40
Dreamers
• Amazon Business
$12.29
1
$12.29
Cuentos para niños que se atreven a ser diferentes / Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different (Punto de mira) (Spanish Edition)
• Amazon Business
$10.69
1
$10.69
Hair Love
• Amazon Business
$9.96
1
$9.96
¿Quién fue Roberto Clemente? (Who Was Roberto Clemente?)
• AKJ Education
$8.02
1
$8.02
Quien Fue Louis Armstrong? (Who Was Louis Armstrong?)
• AKJ Education
$8.02
1
$8.02
¿Quién fue Rosa Parks? (Who Was Rosa Parks?)
• AKJ Education
$8.02
1
$8.02
Skin Like Mine (Kids Like Mine)
• Amazon Business
$7.82
1
$7.82
Let's Talk About Race
• Amazon Business
$7.60
1
$7.60
I'm Just Me
• AKJ Education
$7.26
1
$7.26
Gifted Hands , Kids Edition
• AKJ Education
$7.19
1
$7.19
One Crazy Summer
• Amazon Business
$6.75
1
$6.75
Roberto Clemente
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
The Skin I'm in
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Martin Luther King Jr.
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
• AKJ Education
$6.29
1
$6.29
If You Come Softly
• AKJ Education
$5.83
1
$5.83
Native American Heroes Osceola, Tecumseh & Cochise
• AKJ Education
$3.64
1
$3.64
Jesse Owens
• AKJ Education
$3.64
1
$3.64
Materials cost
$650.14
Vendor shipping charges
$6.00
Sales tax
$59.49
3rd party payment processing fee
$9.75
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$755.38
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$133.30
Total project goal
$888.68
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$888.68
6 Donors
-$439.93
Donations toward project cost
-$381.44
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$58.49
match offer
-$439.93
Match offer toward project cost
-$373.94
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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