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Ms. Peacock from Birmingham, AL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Shakespeare Is For Kids Too!

My students need sixteen books of Shakespeare's plays as well as biographies about his life and the Globe Theatre.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Peacock's classroom raised $205

This project is fully funded

My Students

"Those children can't learn Shakespeare! They are too young," someone told me. I am determined to prove them wrong. My fourth graders CAN learn Shakespeare!

I teach fourth grade children who have been identified as gifted in an urban school system in Alabama.

These children come from fourteen different area schools, a majority being Title I schools. I see a different group daily for four hours. During this limited time I try to give them the opportunity to learn what they would not be able to experience in their regular classroom. There is no funding for gifted education materials. We have no money for any type of supplies or enrichment so I depend on donors such as those who support Donorschoose.org.

My Project

As teenagers, many students have become afraid of the classics. They have been told "Shakespeare is hard" or "Shakespeare is boring." Older children come to the classics with these preconceived notions. By introducing Shakespeare to my students while they are still in elementary school, they can build familiarity with the story before they struggle with the very old language. There are many great print resources and adaptations of Shakespeare for children that I can use to really bring the greatest playwright of all time to life for my students. My students need sixteen books of Shakespeare's plays as well as biographies about his life and the Globe Theatre so that they can have an opportunity to experience Shakespeare.

Can you imagine a group of third and fourth graders performing "A Midsummer Night's Dream" or perhaps "The Tempest?" If you choose to support my project, you will make this a reality in the lives of my students.

By funding this project, you will make it possible for my students to have a resource that would not normally be available to them.

Ms. Peacock Epic Elementary 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 will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Romeo and Juliet for Kids Lois Burdett, William Shakespeare • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Macbeth for Kids Lois Burdett, William Shakespeare • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Hamlet For Kids Lois Burdett, Foreword by Kenneth Branagh, Kenneth Branagh (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Tempest for Kids Lois Burdett, William Shakespeare • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Who Was William Shakespeare? Celeste Mannis, John O'Brien (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
Midsummer Night's Dream : For Kids Lois Burdett, Lois Burdett (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Child's Portrait of Shakespeare Lois Burdett, Firefly Books Black Moss • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Much Ado About Nothing for Kids Lois Burdett, Foreword by Denzel Washington • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Twelfth Night for Kids Lois Burdett, With Christine Coburn • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50
Macbeth for Kids (LIBRARY EDITION) Lois Burdett • Barnes and Noble $17.05 1 $17.05
Shakespeare for Kids: His Life and Times - 21 Activities Margie Blumberg, Colleen Aagesen • Barnes and Noble $13.76 1 $13.76
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Bruce Coville, William Shakespeare, Dennis Nolan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Shakespeare: His Work and His World Michael Rosen, Robert Ingpen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.92 1 $8.92
William Shakespeare and the Globe Aliki, Aliki (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Ten Tales from Shakespeare (Evergreen Classics Series) Charles Lamb, Charles, Mary Lamb, Jenny Bak (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $1.75 1 $1.75
DK Readers: Welcome to the Globe: The Story of Shakespeare's Theatre (Level 4: Proficient Readers), Vol. 4 Peter Chrisp, Linda Martin (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41

Materials cost

$129.95

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $10.59

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$177.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.52

Total project goal

$204.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $204.01

5 Donors

-$184.51

Donations toward project cost

-$177.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.02

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.50

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