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Ms. Basurto from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Basurto's classroom raised $507

Teaching Social Justice

My students need literature that teaches social justice issues and ideas.

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Ms. Basurto Pritzker School
Chicago, IL Grades 6-8

My Students

My students are at an age when engaging them critically in dialogue about how to make the world better is important. As future leaders, they must learn empathy and must learn not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

I teach middle school reading in a large urban school district.

Money is nonexistent. These amazing students go without new materials and engaging resources as a result. My students should not suffer, because lawmakers have not made funding education a top priority. The students I teach are intelligent and curious, and I love the school I teach in. Lack of funding does not prevent us from being a vibrant place full of learning.

My Project

I am asking for copies of a book that will teach students about the harshness of war and the tenacity of the human spirit. Students will read the book and participate in class discussions in small groups and other comprehension activities. They will create projects to promote peace.

Your contribution to my project does not just provide my classroom with books.

It also builds better citizens who will work to create a better world and who will promote peace. Thank you!

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

80 students impacted 6 donors
Ms. Basurto Pritzker School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chicago, IL View local requests 80 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Stolen Voices: Young People's War Diaries, from World War I to Iraq Zlata Filipovic, Olara A. Otunnu, Melanie Challenger (Editor), Foreword by Olara A. Otunnu • Barnes and Noble $12.17 32 $389.44

Materials cost

$389.44

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$430.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.93

Total project goal

$506.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $506.21

5 Donors

-$122.00

Donations toward project cost

-$103.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.30

match offer

-$384.21

Match offer toward project cost

-$326.58

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.63

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 $0.00

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