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Mrs. Gardner from Southaven, MS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Past and Present Stories

Help me give my students biographical books so they can learn about influential people of the past and present.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Gardner's classroom raised $284

This project is fully funded

My Project

My students are very curious and love to learn new things. Biography books will give my students the opportunity to learn about the lives of our forefathers and present world changers.

For this project, I chose biographies of men and women of different nationalities to represent the cultures of my students.

I want my students to feel a connection to the past and know that they come from amazing role models. My hope is that my students feel proud and work hard to be amazing so they can be a role model themselves.

Mrs. Gardner Southaven Intermediate School Grades 3-5

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 directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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

48 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Who Is Queen Elizabeth II? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Walt Disney? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is Dolly Parton? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Sitting Bull? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Charles Schulz? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Theodore Roosevelt? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Amelia Earhart? • Amazon Business $5.70 1 $5.70
Who Is Malala Yousafzai? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.68 1 $5.68
Who Was Helen Keller? • Amazon Business $5.68 1 $5.68
Who Was Frida Kahlo? • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
Who Was Henry Ford? • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49
Who Was King Tut? • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49
Who Was Princess Diana? • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49
Who Is Jane Goodall? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.29 1 $5.29
Who Is Pelé? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.29 1 $5.29
Who Was Davy Crockett? • Amazon Business $5.29 1 $5.29
Who Was Susan B. Anthony? • Amazon Business $5.29 1 $5.29
Who Was Jackie Robinson? • Amazon Business $5.22 1 $5.22
Who Was Anne Frank? • Amazon Business $5.08 1 $5.08
Who Was Albert Einstein? • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
Who Was Jacqueline Kennedy? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Kobe Bryant? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Cesar Chavez? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Laura Ingalls Wilder? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Is Michelle Obama? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who is J.K. Rowling? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Rosa Parks? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Paul Revere? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Pablo Picasso? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Elvis Presley? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Marco Polo? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Steve Jobs? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Alexander Graham Bell? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Mother Teresa? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Babe Ruth? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Is Tom Brady? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Marie Curie? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Is Michael Jordan? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $3.47 1 $3.47

Materials cost

$194.83

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.64

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$241.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.60

Total project goal

$283.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $283.99

1 Donor

-$142.00

Donations toward project cost

-$120.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.30

match offer

-$141.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$120.69

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.30

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