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Mrs. Hyland from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Hyland's classroom raised $808

Things Are Falling Apart!

I need sixty copies of Chinua Achebe's canonical masterpiece, "Things Fall Apart," in order to be able to teach it to my 10th grade class this fall.

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Mrs. Hyland Paul Robeson High School
Brooklyn, NY Grades 9-12

I have developed a curriculum that progresses by using "Things Fall Apart" as the foundational piece of study. The unit focuses on the premise of understanding cultural relativism in conjunction with the emotional evolution of a tragic hero. The purpose of this unit is to allow students to explore the relationship of human beings with each other and their environments across the globe and across time in order to gain persepective on the human condition beyond their own ethnocentric perceptions. While moving through the text, the students will work in intensive research groups, which will allow them to explore the realities of Nigerian culture. Furthermore, this research project will help them redefine the concept of research as something more than a "Google search" on the internet. They will conduct pertinent, text-based research using note cards, they write annotated bibliographies, they will write comprehensive outlines of their ideas, and then they will write a series of paper drafts that will ultimately be presented to the class as a means to broaden the base of the whole class' understanding. This close textual reading and research project is imperative to the progression of my curriculum, because the research skills the students learn through integration with the text will be used to scaffold larger and even more ambitious reading-oriented projects thereafter in my sequence. My school lost considerable funding as a result of horrific budget cuts in education. Hence, the English department was unable to order enough books to satisfy the needs of the student population at the school. Please stop "things from falling apart," and help me regain control of my curriculum in order to educate my students and engage them in a vigorous and exciting course of study.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

120 students impacted 4 donors
Mrs. Hyland Paul Robeson High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

120 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Things Fall Apart • AKJ Books $9.55 60 $573.00

Materials cost

$573.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $57.30

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$662.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$145.32

Total project goal

$807.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $807.32

3 Donors

-$389.32

Donations toward project cost

-$330.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.40

match offer

-$389.51

Match offer toward project cost

-$319.40

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.11

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.24

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 $0.00

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