You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. Smith from Fairfax, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. Smith is requesting

That's Not Fair! Social Justice in the Classroom

My students need these 20 books to learn more about the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Smith's classroom raised $356

This project is fully funded

My Students

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." Martin Luther King, Jr. The "little children" in my 2/3 class need to learn about our struggle for Civil Rights in the U.S.

My students are 7, 8, and 9 years old.

At this age, they have a finely tuned sense of what is unfair, and discrimination is at the top of their list of unfair things. By learning about Civil Rights, they increase their empathy and expand their world, helping to ensure that Dr. King's words will continue to live on, and we will all be judged by the content of our character.

My Project

With these books in the hands of these children, we will be able to explore the injustices of the past and the triumphs of heroic leaders like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. We will see the extent of segregation and the power of peaceful protest. These young children will see the photos, hear the words, and experience the music of a movement that changed the way we live in this country. These children will be inspired to go forward and work for social justice in the communities of their future.

I believe that this important learning can change the lives of my students, and also those around them.

Their parents will be impacted, their families will be further educated, and perhaps others in the community will be inspired to work for civil rights, now and in the future.

Ms. Smith Manor Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Fairfax, CA View local requests 23 students impacted 8donors

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. Smith is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Civil Rights Movement • AKJ Books $19.76 1 $19.76
Civil Rights Movement • AKJ Books $26.15 1 $26.15
From Slave to Soldier • AKJ Books $2.91 1 $2.91
Civil Rights Marches • AKJ Books $19.76 1 $19.76
The Civil Rights Movement for Kids • AKJ Books $15.26 1 $15.26
Struggling for Civil Rights • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Freedom Song: Young Voices and the Struggle for Civil Rights • AKJ Books $17.06 1 $17.06
Round and Round Together • AKJ Books $9.45 1 $9.45
Oh, Freedom! • AKJ Books $9.45 1 $9.45
Freedom Riders • AKJ Books $13.83 1 $13.83
Escape from Slavery : Five Journeys to Freedom • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Slavery in America • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America Anne Kamma, P • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
The Underground Railroad and Slavery Through Primary Sources • AKJ Books $17.47 1 $17.47
Generations Of Somerset Place • AKJ Books $17.99 1 $17.99
Frederick Douglass • AKJ Books $15.52 1 $15.52
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom • AKJ Books $9.45 1 $9.45
Carter G. Woodson • AKJ Books $15.52 1 $15.52
People Could Fly: American Black Folktales • AKJ Books $9.49 1 $9.49

Materials cost

$246.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $22.51

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$302.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.33

Total project goal

$355.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $355.53

6 Donors

-$280.53

Donations toward project cost

-$238.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.08

match offer

-$75.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$63.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. Smith and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"CA","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":1,"name":"Early Education"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/thats-not-fair-social-justice-in-the-c/976701/","mayHaveReplacements":true,"numStudents":23,"isEquityFocusV1":false,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. Smith","isEquityFocus":false,"proposalHash":"-364376983","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":false,"photosPublished":true,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Fairfax","teachersOnPage":[245462],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":976701,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":4342,"schoolName":"Manor Elementary School","authorIds":{"245462":{"owner":"Ms. Smith","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[976701],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp245462_272x272.jpg?width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1511238181974","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":62638,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":["MTc5MTY5NQ==","NDI2NzQ0","MTU5MjQ1NA==","MTY0MjQ0Mg==","MTc5MDY3Mw==","MTc5MDIxNg==","MzA1NjAz"],"teacherId":245462,"schoolCounty":"Marin","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"CA","name":"California"}}