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Ms. Graham from Santa Fe, NM is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read About the Civil Rights and Walk a Mile in My Shoes

My students need award winning books that explore the civil rights movement from many perspectives like Rosa Park's autobiography and Remember Manzanar.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Graham's classroom raised $518

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

On my quest to better understand bullying, I have uncovered the reality that many of my students have no background knowledge of the civil rights movement. Most students have heard of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. But the struggle that gripped the nation is unknown to them.

Beyond statistics, each student at our school has many challenges.

Though diverse backgrounds are represented, gangs, abuse, drugs, and illegal immigration are common undercurrents in many homes. Poverty is rampant. When asked at the beginning of the year how many students owned books at home, only a smattering of hands raised. When asked how many families owned multiple televisions, every hand waved with pride. Many of our students have given up on the printed page and seek to find information from their uninformed peers and quick soundbites delivered between "reality" television shows.

My Project

These award winning books will be the foundation of a unit on understanding the civil rights movement. Students will first read several picture books in a small group setting. They will be searching for main ideas that they want to know more about. Next, students will chose a book for further exploration of an important figure or landmark victory along the path towards change. Ultimately, students will produce a newspaper article that explains the important information of the topic they have chosen to research.

Not to sound cliche, but I do have a dream.

A dream where the community feels responsible to ensure quality education for all students. A dream where each person in a learning environment is free to safely explore her or his unique gifts and talents. Please help me to fulfill this dream.

Ms. Graham Edward A Ortiz Middle School Grades 6-8

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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.

Santa Fe, NM View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

140 students impacted 9donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
When the Children Marched • AKJ Books $25.60 1 $25.60
We Troubled the Waters • AKJ Books $13.24 1 $13.24
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Students on Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, and Me Jo • AKJ Books $11.80 1 $11.80
Remembering Manzanar • AKJ Books $11.10 1 $11.10
Remember Little Rock: The Time, the People, the Stories Paul • AKJ Books $13.28 1 $13.28
Remember: The Journey to School Integration Toni Morrison • AKJ Books $13.32 1 $13.32
My Brother Martin • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Marching for Freedom • AKJ Books $18.49 1 $18.49
Fight on • AKJ Books $13.32 1 $13.32
5,000 Miles to Freedom: Ellen and William Craft&apos • AKJ Books $14.76 1 $14.76
Freedom Riders • AKJ Books $14.02 1 $14.02
Dear Miss Breed • AKJ Books $17.01 1 $17.01
Darby • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Claudette Colvin • AKJ Books $14.76 1 $14.76
Freedom''s Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Henry''s Freedom Box • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
A Tugging String • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Rus • AKJ Books $14.02 1 $14.02
Nobody Gonna Turn Me ''round • AKJ Books $14.79 1 $14.79
Oh, Freedom! • AKJ Books $9.58 1 $9.58
Rosa Parks • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Yours for Justice • AKJ Books $14.02 1 $14.02
We Are One • AKJ Books $17.06 1 $17.06
Sweet Land of Liberty • AKJ Books $12.54 1 $12.54
Malcolm X • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez Kathleen Krull, Y • AKJ Books $12.58 1 $12.58
Freedom on the Menu • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
As Good as Anybody Richard Michelson, Raul Colon (Illustrato • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
My People Langston Hughes, Charles R. Smith Jr. (Illustrator • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Giant of Seville: A "Tall" Tale Based on a True Story Dan An • AKJ Books $12.54 1 $12.54

Materials cost

$398.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$439.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.59

Total project goal

$517.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $517.28

5 Donors

-$230.00

Donations toward project cost

-$198.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.80

Matching donations from our partners

-$284.11

Match offers toward project cost

-$241.49

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.62

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.18

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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