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Throw The Book At Them! Help My Senior Law Class!

My students need 27 copies of "Stranger Beside Me" by Ann Rule, and single copies of 21 additional books about serial killers, murder and crime.

Teacher Ryder Duffey Carnahan STEAM

Saint Louis, MO Grades 9-12

I teach in a inner-city classroom where almost 90 percent of our students receive free and reduced lunch. Out the windows of our school we have sadly seen a robbery and an assault. A student on my mock-trial team was shot walking down the street--mistaken identity. Crime is a problem in crowded, poverty-stricken neighborhoods and our street law class takes a look at how to avoid being a victim and what true justice is. Street Law teaches my students about being part of the SOLUTION not what to do if arrested.

How can we have a law class without any books? We are looking at Supreme Court cases online, but criminal law is up next. It would be nice to have textbooks for the class, but we don't. And there isn't any money in the budget for them. I have called the local Bar Association and sent out letters to law firms trying to get the Street Law Textbook by Lee Arbetman. I am trying, reaching out to the community, but so far no luck. Who has 6000 dollars for textbooks these days? Meanwhile, every day 60 wonderful kids come into my class wanting to learn and dream of being lawyers and judges, and wanting to learn about the law. Some non-fiction novels would help introduce the subject of criminal law.

Reading builds skills and vocabulary, and a class book and some additional materials will start our small law library off. We have nothing right now! I want to capture the kids' interest and help them see they can make a difference in the world of justice. I try to teach them what a great job the police do when so many think all police are racist.

Your gift of books to our new "Law Library" will get us started. With my Donorschoose project requests, I can start to build a law library that is interesting and will further an interest in going to college to become a lawyer or police officer. I want my students to think about careers in law and being part of a system that protects others. You will make it possible for our first Street Law class to have some reading materials and something we can all work on and discuss together. Thanks.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

60 students impacted 4 donors

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Saint Louis, MO
Grades 9-12
Civics & Government
Literacy
Books
Nearly all students from low‑income households

Teacher Ryder Duffey Carnahan STEAM Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Saint Louis, MO View local requests

Nearly all 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

60 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total

A Serial Killer: David Berkowitz: Son of Sam/Son of Hope Stephen Cender, Kenneth Cender • Barnes and Noble $13.13 1 $13.13

There But For the Grace of God: Survivors of the 20th Century's Infamous Serial Killers Fred Rosen • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19

The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez Philip Carlo • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

The Night Stalker James Swain • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19

Zodiac Robert Graysmith • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19

Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho Harold Schechter • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19

Bodies We've Buried: Inside the National Forensic Academy, the World's Top CSI Training School Jarrett Hallcox, Amy Welch, Foreword by Bill Bass • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98

The Anatomy of Evil Michael H. Stone • Barnes and Noble $21.58 1 $21.58

Question of Murder: Compelling Cases from a Famed Forensic Pathologist Cyril H. Wecht, Dawna Kaufmann, Foreword by Ann Rule • Barnes and Noble $21.58 1 $21.58

Columbine Jeff Kass • Barnes and Noble $14.36 1 $14.36

What the Corpse Revealed: Murder and the Science of Forensic Detection (St. Martin's True Crime Library Series) Hugh Miller • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 Bryan Burrough • Barnes and Noble $12.80 1 $12.80

Mortal Danger: And Other True Cases Ann Rule • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19

Open Secrets: A True Story of Love, Jealousy, and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library Series) Carlton Stowers • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

In Cold Blood Richard Brooks, Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe • Barnes and Noble $7.49 1 $7.49

Serial Killers: Profiling the Criminal Mind • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49

In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences Truman Capote • Barnes and Noble $12.00 1 $12.00

The I-5 Killer Ann Rule, Andy Stack • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19

Small Sacrifices: A True Story of Passion and Murder Ann Rule • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19

Jeffrey Dahmer Story: An American Nightmare Don A. Davis, Donald A. Davis • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

Killer Clown: John Wayne: The John Wayne Gacy Murders Terry Sullivan, Peter T. Maiken, Peter Maiken • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85

Stranger Beside Me Ann Rule • Barnes and Noble $7.19 27 $194.13

Materials cost			$397.88
Vendor shipping charges			$39.79
Sales tax			$16.83
3rd party payment processing fee			$5.97
Fulfillment labor & materials			$9.00
Total project cost			$469.48
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			$103.06
Total project goal			$572.54
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal			$572.54
2 Donors			-$286.27
Donations toward project cost			-$234.74
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$51.53
match offer			-$286.27
Match offer toward project cost			-$234.74
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms			-$51.53
Still needed View calculation Hide calculation			$0.00

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