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Ms. Mauk from Fernley, NV is requesting classroom basics through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Re-Mapping the World: Centering Justice and Culture in Geography

Help me give my students an accurate view of the world in geography class by challenging outdated ideas through Lotería, collaborative mapmaking, and a Gall-Peters map that re-centers Indigenous, African, and Latinx voices.

  • $484 goal

This project expired on October 6, 2025.

This project expired on October 6, 2025.

My Project

My 7th grade students will begin a cross-curricular, project-based unit next fall exploring the question: How do shared spaces help build and support community? In collaboration with their ELA, math, and science teachers, they will examine how geography, identity, and access to space shape the communities we live in—and who is included or excluded. This project provides the tools to explore those ideas through a justice-focused lens, with materials that highlight historically marginalized voices from Indigenous, African, and Latinx communities.

My incoming 7th graders are high-achieving students in a rural Title I school who deserve learning experiences that reflect their voices, cultures, and potential.

The Gall-Peters map will help students examine traditional distortions in world geography. Games like Lotería and MAPOMINOES will make learning about culture and place hands-on and memorable. Books such as Africa Is Not a Country, We Are Still Here!, Separate Is Never Equal, and Yes! We Are Latinos will expose students to voices often missing from textbooks. Chart paper, markers, and headphones will support student-driven research, group mapping projects, and multimedia learning. With your support, my students will move beyond memorizing maps to become thoughtful, inclusive learners who understand the power of place, voice, and perspective.

Ms. Mauk Silverland Middle School Grades 6-8

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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

150 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
4 Board Game Bundle - Millennial Lotería: 4 Sets of FIESTA - Family Friendly Mexican BINGO (multiplayer card games, teen connection ages 13+) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $84.00 1 $84.00
AFMAT Sticky Easel Pads, 6 Pads, Chart Paper for Teachers, Large Self Stick Flip Chart Paper, 25 x 30 Inches, 30 Sheets/Pad, Flip Chart Paper with Sticky Back • Amazon Business $55.00 1 $55.00
National Geographic: North American Indian Cultures Wall Map - 23.25 x 35.75 inches - Art Quality Print • Amazon Business $44.99 1 $44.99
Konohan 32 Pack Headphones Bulk for School Student Classroom Set of Headphones Wire Headset Adjustable with 3.5 mm Jack for Adult(Multicolor) • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
Updated Peters Projection World Map | Laminated 36" x 24” Map | Developed by Arno Peters | Most Proportionally-Accurate Land Mass Depiction | Country Size & Scale is True, Unlike Most Maps | Major Countries, Cities, & Bodies of Water Labeled • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Sanford Mr. Sketch? Scented Watercolor Markers, Chisel Point Tip, Assorted Colors, 8/Pk • Quill.com $8.63 3 $25.89
MAPOMINOES North and South America – Fun and Educational Geography Card Game About Connecting North and Latin American Countries. for Kids Teens and Adults. Like Dominoes with maps. • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Wild Card Games MAPOMINOES Africa – Fun and Educational Geography Travel Game About Connecting Countries in Africa. for Kids Teens and Adults. Like Dominoes with maps. • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation • Amazon Business $11.04 1 $11.04
Yes! We Are Latinos: Poems and Prose About the Latino Experience • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Colonization and the Wampanoag Story (Race to the Truth) • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
Africa Is Not a Country - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29

Materials cost

$375.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

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 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$411.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.53

Total project goal

$483.56

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