Supporting Culturally Diverse Reading in the 6th Grade SS Classroom!
Help me give my students culturally diverse books to read on their own or to support learning goals in the classroom!
$1,986 goal
This project expired on October 10, 2025.
This project expired on October 10, 2025.
Celebrating 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 Project
These books will provide a culturally-diverse and rich reading environment for my 6th graders in my World Cultures and Geography class this school year! These items will make a difference in their learning by choosing titles that support the learning targets or encourage additional research by providing interesting reading materials. The goal of my project is to be able to include reading in a way that is supportive of the learning goals of my class. My students are deserving of these items because not only are they diverse themselves, but finding a way to reach them through literature helps create an inquisitive environment about cultures other than their own.
More than a third 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
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Saddleback Educational Publishing American History Graphic Novels, Set of 12 - Middle-High School - Adult
• School Specialty
$215.02
1
$215.02
Teacher Created Materials TIME FOR KIDS Social Studies Guided Reading, Grade 5, Set of 10
• School Specialty
$191.99
1
$191.99
Teacher Created Materials Countries and Regions Fiction & Nonfiction Text Pairs, Grade 2, Set of 6 - Early Childhood-Elementary - Toddler
• School Specialty
$73.12
2
$146.24
Teacher Created Materials TIME FOR KIDS Social Studies Books, Set of 8, Grades 6 to 8 - Grades 6-8
• School Specialty
$133.72
1
$133.72
History of the World 8-Book Set (Social Studies Readers)
• Amazon Business
$87.92
1
$87.92
World Map - Laminated
• Nasco
$12.33
7
$86.31
First Civilizations 6-Book Set (Social Studies Readers)
• Amazon Business
$61.32
1
$61.32
Cultures of the World Theme Book Library
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$42.50
1
$42.50
Mapmaking with Children: Sense of Place Education for the Elementary Years
• Amazon Business
$29.13
1
$29.13
Lioness of Punjab
• Amazon Business
$27.99
1
$27.99
The Interactive Constitution: Explore the Constitution with flaps, wheels, color-changing words, and more! (The Interactive Explorer, 1)
• Amazon Business
$21.14
1
$21.14
Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves
• Amazon Business
$19.99
1
$19.99
Under My Hijab Hardcover Book
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$19.95
1
$19.95
Shell Education 180 Days of Social Studies for Sixth Grade Book (51398)
• Staples
$19.09
1
$19.09
Malala’s Magic Pencil Hardcover Book
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$17.99
1
$17.99
Producers : The Drivers of the Economy | Production of Goods | Economics for Kids | 3rd Grade Social Studies | Children's Government Books
• Amazon Business
$17.92
1
$17.92
The Passover Guest
• Amazon Business
$17.66
1
$17.66
Little People, BIG DREAMS: American Dreams: A Treasury of 40 Inspiring Americans (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 97)
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
Exceptional Social Studies Titles for Intermediate Grades - Written in Bone - Reinforced Book
• AKJ Education
$16.78
1
$16.78
Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean: Remembering Chinese Scientist Pu Zhelong's Work for Sustainable Farming (Tilbury House Nature Books)
• Amazon Business
$16.27
1
$16.27
Dreams of Freedom
• Amazon Business
$16.06
1
$16.06
Ukraine - Social Studies for Kids, Ukrainian Culture, Ukrainian Traditions, Music, Art, History, World Travel for Kids, Holidays Around the World, ... Explore Europe Books: My Country Collection
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
Where We Live: Mapping Neighborhoods of Kids Around the Globe
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
The Story of Little Babaji
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
In the Garden with Dr. Carver
• Amazon Business
$15.98
1
$15.98
That Flag
• Amazon Business
$15.19
1
$15.19
Marwan's Journey
• Amazon Business
$14.60
1
$14.60
A Mind Like Mine: 21 famous people and their mental health
• Amazon Business
$14.09
1
$14.09
Brave with Beauty: A Story of Afghanistan
• Amazon Business
$13.99
1
$13.99
Game On in Ancient Greece (The Time Travel Guides, 4)
• Amazon Business
$11.42
1
$11.42
Ritu Weds Chandni
• Amazon Business
$11.33
1
$11.33
Animals of Tahiti - Explore Animals of Tahiti, Polynesian Islands, Polynesian Animals, Tahiti Book for Kids (Animals of the World Series)
• Amazon Business
$10.99
1
$10.99
What is the Holocaust - Social Studies for Kids, Holocaust for Kids, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jewish Studies, Elementary Grade Holocaust Studies (What Holiday is That? Series)
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean: Remembering Chinese Scientist Pu Zhelong's Work for Sustainable Farming
• Amazon Business
$9.95
1
$9.95
Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World
• Amazon Business
$9.59
1
$9.59
Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World
• Amazon Business
$9.11
1
$9.11
US Geography through Infographics (Super Social Studies Infographics)
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America
• Amazon Business
$8.81
1
$8.81
Social Studies Informational Text - Southeast Asia - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$8.75
1
$8.75
Social Studies Informational Text - The Middle East - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$8.75
1
$8.75
Barefoot Let's Celebrate! Special Days Around the World Picture Book, Paperback (9781782858348)
• Amazon Business
$8.49
1
$8.49
The Korean Cinderella (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback))
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Four Perfect Pebbles: A True Story of the Holocaust
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
The Dragon Prince: A Chinese Beauty & the Beast Tale
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Basketball Belles: How Stanford, Cal, and One Scrappy Player Put Womens Hoops on the Map
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Dia de Los Muertos
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery
• Amazon Business
$7.78
1
$7.78
The Egyptian Cinderella
• Amazon Business
$7.57
1
$7.57
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation
• Amazon Business
$7.51
1
$7.51
Grandfather Tang's Story (Dragonfly Books)
• Amazon Business
$7.15
1
$7.15
Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story (Albert Whitman Prairie Paperback)
• Amazon Business
$6.89
1
$6.89
History Comics: Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin: Civil Rights Heroes
• Amazon Business
$6.75
1
$6.75
Materials cost
$1,561.55
Vendor shipping charges
$72.72
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$23.42
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$1,687.69
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$297.83
Total project goal
$1,985.52
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