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Ms. Peacock from Birmingham, AL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Time Trek

My students need 20 copies of the Lightning Thief, 20 copies of It's All Greek to Me, and 11 books about Greek mythology for our Time Trek unit.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Peacock's classroom raised $427

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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 fifty 4th grade students from fifteen 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 pocket. 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. The books I am requesting will help make it possible for 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.

Ms. Peacock Epic Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #1) Rick Riordan • Barnes and Noble $7.19 20 $143.80
Z Is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet (Sleeping Bear Alphabets Series) Helen L. Wilbur, Victor Juhasz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.92 1 $12.92
Tales from the Odyssey, Part 2 of 2 Mary Pope Osborne • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Tales from the Odyssey, Part 1 of 2 Mary Pope Osborne • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
One-Eyed Giant (Tales from the Odyssey Series #1) Mary Pope Osborne, Homer, Troy Howell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy Padraic Colum, Willy Pogany (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
The Adventures Of Odysseus & The Tale Of Troy Homer, Padraic Colum, Willy Pogany (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Tales of the Greek Heroes Roger Lancelyn Green, Foreword by Rick Riordan • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Amazing Greek Myths of Wonder and Blunders Mike Townsend • Barnes and Noble $10.79 1 $10.79
She's All That!: A Look-It-Up Guide to the Goddesses of Mythology Megan Bryant • Barnes and Noble $10.04 1 $10.04
Oh My Gods!: A Look-It-Up Guide to the Gods of Mythology Megan Bryant • Barnes and Noble $10.04 1 $10.04
It's All Greek to Me (The Time Warp Trio Series #8) Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 20 $89.80
Mythology (Fandex Family Field Guides) Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras • Barnes and Noble $9.85 1 $9.85

Materials cost

$323.14

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $12.93

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$349.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.81

Total project goal

$426.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $426.73

1 Donor

-$426.73

Donations toward project cost

-$349.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$76.81

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