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Native Americans: Learning about the Past to Shape our Future
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Heather Stewart's classroom raised $373
This project is fully funded
My Students
My elementary school serves first through third graders. A huge passion of mine has always been around classroom climate.
I train and expect my students to be independent, hard-working and cooperative learners focused on setting and reaching their own individual goals.
I offer a variety of seating options including ergonomic stools, exercise balls, stools, tall stools, traditional chairs and cushioned benches to sit on everyday.
I opt to not use overhead fluorescent lighting. Instead I have provided over thirty lamps throughout the classroom to foster a more relaxing environment for learning.
We listen to instrumental music during our independent work times in the background.
My students know they are safe, loved and valued. We are family.
My Project
In third grade, my students begin to explore more complex concepts and ideas from civics, economics, geography, and history as they study the varied backgrounds of people living in Washington and the rest of the United States. Emphasis is on cultures in the United States, including the study of Native Americans.
Students examine Native American cultures from the past and in the present and the impact they have had in shaping our contemporary society. They begin to look at issues and events from more than one perspective.
We are lacking children's literature books to use within the 7 regions we are learning about: Southeast, Northeast, Great Plains, Southwest, Arctic, Northwest Coastal, and Northwest. Teaching through story is so critical. Much of this unit is non-fiction book driven, so I would like to expand it to fiction as well.
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Materials
Cost
Quantity
Total
She Sang Promise: The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader
• Amazon Business
$14.28
1
$14.28
DK Eyewitness Books: North American Indian: Discover the Rich Cultures of American Indians from Pueblo Dwellers to Inuit Hun
• Amazon Business
$14.02
1
$14.02
Native American History for Kids: With 21 Activities (For Kids series)
• Amazon Business
$12.75
1
$12.75
Getting to Know the Native American Indian Tribes - US History for Kids | Children's American History
• Amazon Business
$12.22
1
$12.22
Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message (Reading Rainbow Book)
• Amazon Business
$9.80
1
$9.80
Totem Tale: A Tall Story from Alaska (PAWS IV)
• Amazon Business
$8.79
1
$8.79
Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale
• Amazon Business
$8.34
1
$8.34
Between Earth & Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Moonstick: The Seasons of the Sioux (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback))
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
The Gift of the Sacred Dog (Reading Rainbow Book)
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Knots on a Counting Rope (Reading Rainbow Books)
• Amazon Business
$7.98
1
$7.98
The Rough-Face Girl
• Amazon Business
$7.81
1
$7.81
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back: A Native American Year of Moons
• Amazon Business
$7.81
1
$7.81
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
• Amazon Business
$7.81
1
$7.81
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky
• Amazon Business
$7.35
1
$7.35
Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest
• Amazon Business
$7.00
1
$7.00
A Boy Called Slow (Paperstar Book)
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
How the Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books)
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
Grandmother's Dreamcatcher
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
Many Nations: An Alphabet of Native America
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
The Legend of the Bluebonnet
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
The First Strawberries (Picture Puffins)
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
Rainbow Crow (Dragonfly Books)
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
The Earth under Sky Bear's Feet: Native American Poems of the Land
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
Tepees (American Indian Homes)
• Amazon Business
$6.95
1
$6.95
Pueblos (American Indian Homes)
• Amazon Business
$6.95
1
$6.95
Igloos (American Indian Homes)
• Amazon Business
$6.95
1
$6.95
Longhouses (American Indian Homes)
• Amazon Business
$6.95
1
$6.95
Children of the Longhouse
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
• Amazon Business
$4.63
1
$4.63
The Very First Americans (All Aboard Books)
• Amazon Business
$3.99
1
$3.99
Trail of Tears (Step-Into-Reading, Step 5)
• Amazon Business
$3.99
1
$3.99
Materials cost
$260.24
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$22.77
3rd party payment processing fee
$3.90
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$316.91
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$55.93
Total project goal
$372.84
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$372.84
-$282.00
Donations toward project cost
-$248.70
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$33.30
-$80.25
Match offer toward project cost
-$68.21
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$12.04
Excluded support for DonorsChoose
-$10.59
Still needed
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$0.00
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