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Mr. Bonacore from New Castle DE is requesting art supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

The Art of Wampum Belts, Native American Culture

My students need pony beads and plastic needles for a lesson about Native American culture.

  • $199 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

As a teacher in a low-income/high poverty school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to keep things simple and provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences.

Art is such an important aspect to each students education.

I love to see students find art as an avenue to express themselves, also being able to create a project that crosses curriculum has a greater impact on their learning.

My Project

Our fourth grade students are doing a unit on Native American History. I found out they will be talking about Wampum belts. Wampum belts are used to keep record of important stories and ideas. I thought this would be a great opportunity to do a cross curriculum project and have the students create their own Wampum belts. This is a very fun project that I know the kids will love, it also will help reinforce the knowledge they are learning in their core curriculum. I love that the students will be introduced to a culture In a fun way .

Mr. Bonacore
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bead Box Set - Neon and Glow • Nasco $14.95 2 $29.90
Bead Box Set - Pearl • Nasco $14.95 2 $29.90
Bead Box Set - Pastel and Jelly • Nasco $14.95 2 $29.90
Bead Box Set - Soft Rainbow • Nasco $14.95 2 $29.90
Large Eye Plastic Needles - 34 • Nasco $1.60 3 $4.80

Materials cost

$124.40

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.44

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$168.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$29.77

Total project goal

$198.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $198.48

1 Donor

-$170.21

Donations toward project cost

-$168.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$28.27

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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