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Ms. Jang from San Francisco, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Westward Expansion and Beyond

Help me give my students resources for their research papers for California history.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Jang's classroom raised $257

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My Project

My students are going to write an information book on California history, which includes different topics of research. The areas of research is the time of Westward Expansion, the Pony Express, the building and completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, and the Gold Rush.

I want to make more research resource books available to my students as they dive into historical fiction and nonfiction writing.

My students are driven and inspired. We will be focusing on the last part of our school year on California history. Help me send them back in time to see what California was like in the 1800's with this collection of books.

Ms. Jang Sherman Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half of 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

24 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About America's Westward Expansion • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
The Transcontinental Railroad (Pioneer Spirit: the Westward Expansion, 5) • Amazon Business $9.25 2 $18.50
Hal Leonard Go West! (A Musical Celebration of America's Westward Expansion) PRE • Woodwind and Brasswind $14.99 1 $14.99
Westward Expansion Primary Sources Pack • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Before FedEx, There Was the Pony Express - History Book 3rd Grade Children's History • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Homestead Act and Westward Expansion: Setting the Western Frontier (Spotlight on American History) • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
History Comics: The Transcontinental Railroad: Crossing the Divide • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
A Kid's Life During the Westward Expansion (How Kids Lived, 2) • Amazon Business $9.25 1 $9.25
A Primary Source History of Westward Expansion • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
They're Off! : The Story of the Pony Express • Amazon Business $8.83 1 $8.83
Stake a Claim!: Nickolas Flux and the California Gold Rush (Nickolas Flux History Chronicles) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Building the Transcontinental Railroad: A This or That Debate (This or That? History Edition) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
The Oregon Trail (Pioneer Spirit: the Westward Expansion) • Amazon Business $7.43 1 $7.43
Westward Expansion: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: History) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The California Gold Rush (A True Book: Westward Expansion) (A True Book (Relaunch)) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95

Materials cost

$169.74

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$15.53

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$217.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.44

Total project goal

$256.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$256.26

2 Donors

-$239.25

Donations toward project cost

-$217.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.42

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.02

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$0.00

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