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Ms. Sicherman from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Sicherman's classroom raised $203

Native Americans Still Exist?!

My students need 12 books about Native Americans' lives today.

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Ms. Sicherman Children's Workshop School
New York, NY Grades 3-5

My Students

"Native Americans still exist?!" My heart sank when I heard this question toward the end of a fascinating, in-depth study of the Eastern Woodlands Native Americans' culture before 1492.

My students are 3rd and 4th graders at a small urban public elementary school in New York State.

They are an extremely diverse group, in terms of ethnic background, socioeconomic status, native language, and special education needs. My past classes have all loved learning about the native people who were the first inhabitants of our area, when it was all forest, wetlands, and seashore.

My Project

But as I hinted above, I've come to realize that a Native American curriculum that neglects the lives of native people today is fundamentally incomplete. Yes, my kids need to know about the lives of people on our continent before European contact. But that information by itself is woefully inadequate. The Native Americans living all across the country today deserve to be known, and my students should know them. Along with meeting native people through a local organization in our city, I want my kids to study Native Americans all over the U.S. with the help of the 12 books requested in this grant. By reading these books, discussing them, and writing about them, my students will come to know contemporary Native Americans as real, live people. My kids will understand that Ojibways, Pueblos, and other Native Americans are people like them in many ways, and different in others--but always real, and still here!

I am really excited to develop this new component of my social studies curriculum.

I want my students to know at a deep level who the Native Americans are today--not only who they used to be. The books in this grant will form the foundation for this learning.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

25 students impacted 6 donors
Ms. Sicherman Children's Workshop School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half 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

25 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Meet Christopher: An Osage Indian Boy from Oklahoma Genevieve Simermeyer, Katherine Fogden (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $12.94 1 $12.94
Meet Lydia: A Native Girl From Southeast Alaska Miranda Belarde-Lewis, John Harrington (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $12.94 1 $12.94
Meet Naiche: A Native Boy from the Chesapeake Bay Area Gabrielle Tayac, John Harrington (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $12.94 1 $12.94
The American Indian Experience Liz Sonneborn • Barnes and Noble $28.43 1 $28.43
Children of Native America Today Yvonne Wakim Dennis, Arlene B. Hirschfelder, Foreword by Buffy Sainte-Marie • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
New York Native Peoples Mark Stewart • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
Songs from the Loom: A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave Monty Roessel, Monty Roessel (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $3.47 1 $3.47
Native American Almanac Portrait Of Nati Hirschfelder, Marty Kreipe de Montano • Barnes and Noble $18.76 1 $18.76
Kinaalda: A Navajo Girl Grows Up Monty Roessel, Monty Roessel (Photographer), Foreword by Michael Dorris • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Shannon: An Ojibway Dancer Sandra King, Catherine Whipple (Photographer), Foreword by Michael Dorris • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Powwow George Ancona • Barnes and Noble $8.12 1 $8.12
Children of Clay: A Family of Pueblo Potters Rina Swentzell, Bill Steen (Photographer), Foreword by Michael Dorris • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93

Materials cost

$139.26

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Sales tax

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3rd party payment processing fee

$2.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$176.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.35

Total project goal

$202.70

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $202.70

6 Donors

-$202.70

Donations toward project cost

-$176.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.35

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