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Ms. Orellana Lima from Milwaukie OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Teaching Central America

Help me give my students resources on Central American heritage and make the rich history and literature of the region visible.

  • $667 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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

I teach a group of young, diverse, resilient, and talented emerging Latinx bilingual leaders. These students have demonstrated their leadership skills by starting their own Latinx Leadership club at our school. My students have begun planning and implementing relevant programs and activities on campus and in the community. They have created a safe and inclusive space open for everyone in our school. The Latinx club is a place for community, collaboration, and acceptance. The Latinx club students are our future leaders.

My Project

More than four million Central Americans reside in the United States today, yet the lack of resources on Central American heritage in most schools make the rich history and literature of the region invisible. Central America is too-often portrayed as simply a strip of land on a map connecting North and South America. Students are left to imagine that their Central American heritage, or that of their peers, is insignificant. These materials will help fill the gap with resources for teaching about Central America at my school.

My goal is to encourage and support teaching about Central America in my school so that students can learn about this region, which has many ties to the United States through foreign policy, immigration, commerce, and culture.

Ms. Orellana Lima
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
El libro de estrategias de escritura: Guia completa para formar escritores habiles • Amazon Business $43.49 1 $43.49
El libro de estrategias de lectura: Guia completa para formar lectores habiles • Amazon Business $38.59 1 $38.59
Adiós Muchachos: A Memoir of the Sandinista Revolution (American Encounters/Global Interactions) • Amazon Business $26.95 1 $26.95
Imperialismo y revolución en Centroamérica (Colección Roque Dalton) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $22.56 1 $22.56
Waslala (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $20.95 1 $20.95
¿De dónde eres?: Where Are You From? (Spanish edition) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
EL CAMINO DEL CAFÉ (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.50 2 $17.00
Caravana al Norte: La larga caminata de Misael (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Caravan to the North: Misael’s Long Walk • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
The Lives and Times of El Cipitio • Amazon Business $16.32 1 $16.32
El Salvador Monografía (Colección Roque Dalton) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
La novia oscura: Novela (Esenciales) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
13 Colors of the Honduran Resistance: Trece colores de la resistencia hondureña (Letras) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Transportes González e Hija (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
All the Colors We Are/Todos los colores de nuestra piel: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color/La historia de por qué tenemos diferentes colores de piel • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Tiempos recios / Fierce Times (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.09 1 $14.09
The Massacre at El Mozote • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
La Luna Mango (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.65 1 $13.65
Allí donde el mar recuerda • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Mi papi tiene una moto (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
La Frontera: El Viaje Con Papa / My Journey with Papa (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $12.62 1 $12.62
A Place Called Milagro de la Paz • Amazon Business $12.45 1 $12.45
Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America (Voice of Witness) • Amazon Business $12.42 1 $12.42
Miguel Marmol • Amazon Business $12.12 1 $12.12
La calle es libre • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Amuleto / Amulet (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.62 1 $11.62
Undocumented: A Worker's Fight • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border • Amazon Business $10.94 1 $10.94
Viaje a la Tierra del Abuelo (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes/Los perros magicos de los volcanos • Amazon Business $9.76 1 $9.76
Caminar • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal • Amazon Business $7.42 1 $7.42
What Is the Panama Canal? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$516.21

Vendor shipping charges

$12.98

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.74

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$566.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$100.05

Total project goal

$666.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$666.98

4 Donors

-$459.66

Donations toward project cost

-$405.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.95

match offer

-$189.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$161.22

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.45

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

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$0.00

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