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The Way of the Historian: Japanese Feudalism and Imperialism

Help me give my students a series of books about feudal Japan and its shift to an imperial society to support their study of this time period in social studies.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Wiktor's classroom raised $187

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My Students

My students are a bright, enthusiastic group of 6th graders in Chicago. Our school is a diverse school in a large, urban school district. My students bring all their varied experiences into the classroom, making our discussions and interactions rich and thought-provoking.

Our school has a literacy-based curriculum where the focus is on providing authentic texts and authentic opportunities to engage with and share those texts.

Reading is the heart of our school, and our students keep it beating with their continued and growing love of books.

My Project

In 6th grade social studies, we are studying various events and eras that overlap across 1850 to 1900. Last year, in an effort to expand learning beyond the shores of America, I created a unit on Japanese Feudalism and Imperialism. In order for students to understand how Japan became an imperial power, they need to understand what life in feudal Japan was like first.

Our social studies curriculum is based on individual texts, rather than a textbook, and my students need a set of books about this time period to support their comprehension and spark their desire for inquiry into this topic.

These secondary sources will give students a grade-level appropriate introduction into various aspects of feudal and imperial Japan. Just like a large classroom library is key to our reading instruction, a well-developed content library is essential to our social studies instruction. With your help, these 6th graders will be well on their way to being historians of feudal and imperial Japan.

Ms. Wiktor Burley Elementary School Grades 6-8 Chicago, IL View local requests 62 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Shogun's Guide (How-To Guides for Fiendish Rulers) • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
National Geographic Countries of the World: Japan • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
101 Great Samurai Prints (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Long-Lost Secret Diary of the World's Worst Samurai • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Samurai's Tale • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Japan (Paperback) (Blastoff! Readers: Exploring Countries) (Exploring Countries: Blastoff! Readers Level 5) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Samurai: Japan's Noble Servant-Warriors (Graphic History: Warriors) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95

Materials cost

$126.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$158.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.04

Total project goal

$186.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $186.92

2 Donors

-$150.92

Donations toward project cost

-$128.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.64

match offer

-$36.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$30.60

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$5.40

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