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Mr. Magnuson from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Social Justice in Our History Classrooms!

My students need 45 books that improve literacy, while simultaneously serve as resources in our character development program.

This project is fully funded

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Mr. Magnuson Alliance College - Ready Middle Academy 8
Los Angeles, CA Grades 6-8

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

Do you remember learning about MLK? What about Lincoln? Were you moved by a young girl named Malala? My students are building literacy skills in our reading program, but equally important is building character. During "Social Justice Wednesday" the students learn, grow, and are inspired.

My students are a joy (and challenge) to teach.

While I leave work often exhausted, I feel privileged to teach such wonderful 6th graders. My class sizes are between 28-32 students per class and most of the student population resides in East Los Angeles. My class is truly made up of individuals from all reading levels. In one class we have a student with a 10th grade reading level. Moreover, in the same class I have another student who reads at a 1st grade level. This is what makes this project so vital, both for literacy but character building so students have the fortitude to value education and civic duty. My school is new (2nd year), our teachers and students are building the foundation for all following staff and pupils. This is a challenge, but a truly exciting one. The atmosphere is one of high-expectations, we prepare our students not only for high school, but for higher education. Our enrichment programs promote art, and all staff emphasis the importance of reading.

My Project

These resources will be utilized in several ways. Literacy is a key concern for our student's parents, and our entire staff. Providing access to culturally relevant and interdisciplinary reading materials will promote literacy school-wide. Character building and civic duty are intertwined with History, and these materials reflect our Social Justice program. Furthermore, our students need additional diverse non-fiction texts that speak to them through shared experiences, language, culture, and interests. History can be taught far more effectively through storytelling and student's connecting these stories to their own lives. We want to develop students who engage in history and are active learners. Lastly, through our D.E.A.R. program (drop everything and read), our students will be able to tap into more meaningful texts that can help foster life-long learning and the curiosity that all History classrooms strive to develop. Please help our young students in their journey to success!

1) Literacy Growth 2) Character Education 3) Developing Civic Duty 4) Culturally Relevant Reading Materials Our students live in an environment of both enormous cultural wealth, despite a sharp lack of economic opportunity.

Literacy and character development go hand in hand to mold students that are mentally tough, highly literate, and are civic-minded. Our school is a "College-Ready Academy" and part of our mission is to help students become the change that they want to see.

Equity Focus

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

300 students impacted 6 donors
Mr. Magnuson Alliance College - Ready Middle Academy 8 Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Los Angeles, CA View local requests

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

300 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) • Amazon Business $9.54 2 $19.08
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $15.27 1 $15.27
March: Book Two • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Grandfather Gandhi • Amazon Business $14.66 1 $14.66
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass (Paula Wiseman Books) • Amazon Business $14.45 1 $14.45
Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez/La Historia de Dolores Huerta y Cesar Chavez • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
Marching with Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women's Suffrage • Amazon Business $12.64 1 $12.64
Nelson Mandela • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx / La juez que crecio en el Bronx (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Forgiveness Garden • Amazon Business $11.41 1 $11.41
I am Rosa Parks (Ordinary People Change World) • Amazon Business $11.07 1 $11.07
I am Abraham Lincoln (Ordinary People Change World) • Amazon Business $10.03 1 $10.03
I am Jackie Robinson (Ordinary People Change World) • Amazon Business $9.83 1 $9.83
Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky • Amazon Business $9.18 1 $9.18
March: Book One • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Wonder • Amazon Business $8.41 1 $8.41
Rosa • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Inside Out and Back Again • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Sylvia & Aki • Amazon Business $6.71 1 $6.71
Guys Read: True Stories • Amazon Business $6.62 1 $6.62
Child of the Civil Rights Movement • Amazon Business $6.55 1 $6.55
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • Amazon Business $6.23 1 $6.23
Who Was Roberto Clemente? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Children of the Longhouse • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Jesse Owens? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Family Under the Bridge • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Harriet Beecher Stowe? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Jackie Robinson? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Dr. Seuss? • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39
Who Was Clara Barton? • Amazon Business $5.19 1 $5.19
Who Was Frederick Douglass? • Amazon Business $5.09 1 $5.09
Who Was Abraham Lincoln? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Rosa Parks? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Harriet Tubman? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Susan B. Anthony? • Amazon Business $4.87 1 $4.87
Who Is Muhammad Ali? (Who Was...?) • Amazon Business $4.73 1 $4.73
Who Was Nelson Mandela? • Amazon Business $4.69 1 $4.69
Who Was Gandhi? • Amazon Business $4.59 1 $4.59
Who Was Mother Teresa? • Amazon Business $4.54 1 $4.54
Who Was Anne Frank? • Amazon Business $4.49 1 $4.49
Who Is Malala Yousafzai? (Who Was...?) • Amazon Business $4.43 1 $4.43
The Whipping Boy • Amazon Business $4.06 1 $4.06

Materials cost

$359.79

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $32.92

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$428.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.55

Total project goal

$503.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $503.66

4 Donors

-$403.66

Donations toward project cost

-$343.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.55

match offer

-$100.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

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