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The Giver

Help me give my students The Giver by Lois Lowry. We will discuss Trail of Tears, Manifest Destiny, the Holocaust, Civil Rights, Government, current events, and the idea of a utopia while reading.

$188 goal

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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 Students

My role in Fresno Unified is to teach fifth grade California Core Standards to my gifted and talented students. They come from all over the district, including all social and economic levels. The strategy that I implement in my classroom to allow my students to be independent learners is called “Make a Difference.” The students wear lime-green activity/field trip t-shirts that are printed on the front with: “One person can make a Difference, and everyone should try” – John F. Kennedy. On the back of the t-shirt it is printed with “Manchester GATE”; “CCC, RRR, FFF”, which stand for “Commitment, Communication, Cooperation; Respect, Responsibility, Resourcefulness; Fun, Fail, Forward.” These concepts are taught across the curriculum throughout the year. At the conclusion of a lesson, we review as a class what strategies worked well. By the end of the year, the students are independent learners and leaders.

Using The Giver, novels to study government and the idea of utopia, the students will be learning to "Make a Difference" for themselves, their community, and the world.

My Project

Our class theme for the year is to "Make a Difference" through leadership skills of respect, responsibility, resourcefulness (RRR); commitment, communication, cooperation (CCC); Fun, Fail, Forward (FFF).

Through the analysis of past and present along with our reading of the novel, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, we will be learning the leadership skills of a responsible citizen and the idea of utopia.

While reading the novel, we will be discussing historical events: Trail of Tears, Manifest Destiny, Harriet Tubman, slavery, Malala, the Holocaust, MLK, and the Civil Rights Era, government, and current events.

Ms. Traskin

Grades 3-5

Manchester Gate Elementary School

Fresno, CA

California

More than half of students from low‑income households

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This project will reach 29 students.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

The Giver (Giver Quartet, 1) • Amazon Business $5.55 21 $116.55

Materials cost			$116.55
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$10.66
3rd party payment processing fee			$1.75
Fulfillment labor & materials			$30.00
Total project cost			$158.96
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$28.05
Total project goal			$187.01
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$187.01
1 Donor			-$62.34
Donations toward project cost			-$52.99
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$9.35
match offer			-$124.67
Match offer toward project cost			-$105.97
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$18.70
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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This teacher needs your help!

The Giver

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Give this project a boost!

My Students

My Project

Equity Focus

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Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes

How we calculate what's needed

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Give back to your community

Project Activity

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