I am a 4th grade teacher in a New York City Public School. I have a large class this year and each one of my students has a strong desire to learn. I have been able to feed off my students' desire to learn and have created an in-depth study of the Native Americans that once lived in New York. My students have been discovering about the people who lived in New York first.
During this study of the various Algonquian tribes and the Iroquois Confederacy that lived in present day New York, my students have become very interested in the life of the Native Americans and life long ago.
In order to have enough resources to make this study work I have had to visit multiple libraries in the area and visited Barnes and Nobles myself. My students want to bring home these wonderful resources to share with their families. Unfortunately my students are not able to bring these library books home. My problem is that I do not have enough resources for each student to bring one home with them and because of the age and condition of the library books I am afraid of the books becoming damaged.
To solve this problem I would love to create a wonderful center in my classroom library with books of our very own. I want to create a Native American wing in our own classroom. Full of books that the students could take home with them and bring their love of learning home to share with their parents. I would love this center to include nonfiction books, historical fiction stories and Native American tales and legends.
I really hope that you have a strong desire to learn just like my students and can help us create a wonderful learning center in our classroom.
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Meet Kaya: An American Girl (American Girls Collection Series: Kaya #1) Janet Beeler Shaw, Bill Farnsworth (Illustrator), Susan McAliley (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.25
1
$6.25
Me Oh Maya: The Time Warp Trio Series #13 Jon Scieszka, Adam McCauley (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
1
$4.49
Sacagawea's Strength (Blast to the Past Series #5) Stacia Deutsch, Rhody Cohon, David Wenzel (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$3.59
1
$3.59
Grandmother Spider Brings the Sun: A Cherokee Story Geri Keams, James Bernardin (Illustrator), James Bernadin (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$7.15
1
$7.15
Pocahontas: Young Peacemaker (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Leslie Gourse, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
1
$5.39
Between Earth & Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places Joseph Bruchac, Thomas Locker (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.30
1
$6.30
Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes Carl Waldman, Molly Braun (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$19.75
1
$19.75
How Chipmunk Got His Stripes Joseph Bruchac, James Bruchac, Ariane Dewey (Illustrator), Jose Aruego (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Dancing with the Indians Angela Shelf Medearis, Samuel Byrd (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.25
1
$6.25
The Indian How Book Arthur Caswell Parker
• Barnes and Noble
$3.99
1
$3.99
Moonstick: The Seasons of the Sioux Eve Bunting, John B. Sandford (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Longhouse Cynthia Breslin Beres, Kimberly L. Kurnizki (Illustrator), Kimberly L. Dawson (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$25.65
1
$25.65
Children of the Longhouse Joseph Bruchac
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
1
$5.39
Life in a Longhouse Village Bobbie Kalman, Lewis Parker (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$7.15
1
$7.15
Iroquois: Longhouse Builders Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
• Barnes and Noble
$21.53
1
$21.53
Longhouses Raymond Bial
• Barnes and Noble
$6.25
1
$6.25
Wigwam and the Longhouse David Yue, Charlotte Yue (Illustrator), David Yue (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$13.50
1
$13.50
People of the Longhouse: How the Iroquoian Tribes Lived Jillian Ridington, Robin Ridington, Ian Bateson (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$7.15
1
$7.15
Wigwams. Longhouses and Other Native American Dwellings Bruce LaFontaine
• Barnes and Noble
$3.55
1
$3.55
Wampanoags Alice K. Flanagan, Brendan January (Editor)
• Barnes and Noble
First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story Retold by Joseph Bruchac, Anna Vojtech (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Rough-Face Girl Rafe Martin, David Shannon (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Legend of the Indian Paintbrush Tomie de Paola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator), Tomie de Paola (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$7.19
1
$7.19
Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians Aliki, Aliki (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
1
$5.39
Sootface: An Ojibwa Cinderella Story Robert D. San Souci, Daniel San Souci (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Native American Tales and Legends Allan A. Macfarlan (Editor)
• Barnes and Noble
$2.25
1
$2.25
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back: A Native American Year of Moons Joseph Bruchac, Jonathan London, Thomas Locker (Illustrator), With Jonathan London
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Materials cost
$218.40
Vendor shipping charges
$21.84
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.46
Fulfillment labor & materials
$17.00
Total project cost
$263.00
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$57.73
Total project goal
$320.73
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$320.73
2 Donors
-$309.42
Donations toward project cost
-$263.00
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