When I Grow Up ... Help Inspire Students with Biographies
Help me give my students updated biographies to learn about famous people - including scientists, inventors, writers, and entertainers - in an engaging way.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Moore's classroom raised $465
This project is fully funded
My Students
I am the librarian for two elementary schools, both filled with creative, fun kids who look to me as an “information specialist.”
They come from a variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, but in the library, they share excitement over new books.
According to KidsCount, 43% of students in our district are eligible for free and reduced lunch – 7 out of 15 elementary schools are Title I – and 15% receive special education services.
Many students cannot get to the public library, so their checkouts at the school library are their main access to books - both for pleasure reading and classroom projects.
My Project
After getting requests for biographies at both of my schools this year, spurred in part by the Netflix series “Who Was?”, I would like to add more recent books – including those about more diverse notable people – to our libraries.
As well as supporting curriculum, these biographies will entertain and inspire two schools full of kids.
One set of requests was generated by the Grade 5 “wax museum”; kids read about a famous person, write a report, and deliver the information to their fellow students and families while dressed as that person.
In addition, Grade 5 students will complete a “life mobile” project in February for Black History Month. Grade 2 students will be working on Women’s History Month presentations in March.
Author Chris Raschka has stated how biographies affected him as a student: "Of my first school library, I remember the shelf with the biographies best - I loved them. It didn't matter who the subject was. President, scientist, musician, artist, football quarterback, I read them all. Perhaps I liked them so well because I discovered that there was another way for me to have a real experience all on my own."
Most of the books start out describing the famous person's childhood and show how their interests then led to them becoming internationally-recognized experts in their field. They will remind my kids that it's possible to use their talents to change the world and help them discover new heroes and heroines.
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy
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$17.39
2
$34.78
The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle: The Cool Science Behind Frank Epperson's Famous Frozen Treat
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$16.99
2
$33.98
A Most Clever Girl: How Jane Austen Discovered Her Voice
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$16.89
2
$33.78
The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine
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$16.26
2
$32.52
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon
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$15.69
2
$31.38
Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (A Big Words Book)
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$11.69
2
$23.38
Oney Judge (Freedom's Promise)
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$9.95
2
$19.90
Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid-Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World (Children’s Music Books, Picture Books, Guitar Books, Music Books for Kids)
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$14.49
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$14.49
Who Was Bruce Lee?
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$5.29
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$10.58
Who Was Genghis Khan?
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$5.27
2
$10.54
Who Was Susan B. Anthony?
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$5.27
2
$10.54
Who Was Albert Einstein?
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$5.00
2
$10.00
Who Was Ben Franklin?
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$4.99
2
$9.98
Who Was Mister Rogers?
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$4.00
2
$8.00
Who Was Harry Houdini?
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$3.99
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$7.98
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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$3.99
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$7.98
Who Was Gandhi?
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$3.99
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$7.98
Who Was Galileo?
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$3.99
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$7.98
Who Was William Shakespeare?
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$3.99
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$7.98
Who Was Neil Armstrong?
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$3.99
2
$7.98
Who Was Isaac Newton?
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$3.99
2
$7.98
Who Was Marie Curie?
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$3.99
2
$7.98
Who Was Abigail Adams?
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$3.99
2
$7.98
Who Was George Washington Carver?
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$3.99
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$3.99
Materials cost
$359.66
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.39
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$395.05
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$69.71
Total project goal
$464.76
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$464.76
3 Donors
-$232.37
Donations toward project cost
-$197.52
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$34.85
match offer
-$232.39
Match offer toward project cost
-$197.53
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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