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Time Trek to Ancient Greece

My students need 18 non-fiction books entitled "Ancient Greece and the Olympics," and 18 fiction books entitled "Hour of the Olympics" to go with our ancient Greece unit.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Peacock's classroom raised $230

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My Students

What was the first myth you ever read or learned about? Was it about Pandora, or, maybe it was Poseidon? In today's world of No Child Left Behind, the study of ancient mythology is practically obsolete.

I teach sixty 5th grade students from nine area schools who have been identified as gifted.

There is no funding for gifted education in Alabama. Any materials we get are purchased from our own pockets. While the school in which I am housed has a library, there are not near enough resources for the unit I wish to teach.

My Project

My project is called "Time Trek." Students will travel back in time through a concept-based curriculum unit on the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Students will look through these civilizations through the conceptual lenses of culture, conflict, and identify. Mythology will equip my students to understand allusions in poetry and literature, as well as the daily newspaper and television. But mythology offers so much more: inspiration for many works of art (both written and visual), insight into human nature, a glimpse at an ancient people trying to make sense of phenomena they could not explain, and the source for many names and terms we use today. I am requesting 18 non-fiction books entitled Ancient Greece and the Olympics, and 18 fiction books entitled Hour of the Olympics to go with our ancient Greece unit. These books will help make it possible for my students to make real world connections to ancient mythology and their life of today.

My students will be surprised to find they're wearing shoes with the name of a Greek goddess (Nike), rooting for (or against) a team named after Greek gods (Tennessee Titans), and even listening to rock groups with mythological names (Styx).

By funding this project, you will make it possible for my students to have print resources that would not be normally available to them.

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Birmingham, AL
Grades 3-5
History & Geography
Literacy
Books
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Ms. Peacock Epic Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

Ancient Greece and the Olympics • AKJ Books $4.43 18 $79.74

Hour of the Olympics • AKJ Books $3.69 18 $66.42

Materials cost			$146.16
Vendor shipping charges			FREE
Sales tax			$11.91
3rd party payment processing fee			$2.19
Fulfillment labor & materials			$35.00
Total project cost			$195.26
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$34.46
Total project goal			$229.72
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Total project goal			$229.72
2 Donors			-$130.00
Donations toward project cost			-$110.50
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$19.50
Matching donations from our partners			-$99.71
Match offers toward project cost			-$84.75
Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$14.96
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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Time Trek to Ancient Greece

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