school supply fund to highly engage

I am a teacher of Social Studies and my class rocks but to me history is just more than dates and names.  It is the stories of time.  Students do better when they can create and interact and connect the past to their lives.  To make it connect to them.  In my class, we do a lot of hands-on activities that result in finished products that show the world what they have learned.

Due to Sam Brownback's disasterous policies teachers no longer have budgets to bring the 'extras' needed to make their classroos COME ALIVE .  Teachers in our district have not had a raise in 8 years yet the bills continue to rise.  Because we love our students, we spend what is necessary to help foster student engagement. 

For the last 5 years, I had been teaching in a setting that did not allow for hands on project based learning.  Due to Sam Brownback and his hatred toward Kansas schools, my former program -which did such good for my students-was closed.  Since my program was closed, I was placed into a middle school US History class needing to start all over.

Teachers no longer get classroom budgets to help them enhance the learning experience.  I refuse to be 'that teacher' who reads everything strictly out of the book.  I want my students to experience activities ...not read about them.  As a result, i am asking anyone that feels a need, to help me fund my new classroom.

THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH.

I KNOW THERE ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT SHARE THE BURDEN OF EDUCATING THE FUTURE.

PAM