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Ms. Kell from Philadelphia, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Kell's classroom raised $471

Modern Slavery: Captive Girls and Women Around the World

My students need a selection of materials describing women's roles, dreams, opportunities and obstacles, to supplement our reading of Patricia McCormick's Sold.

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Ms. Kell Lankenau Magnet High School
Philadelphia, PA Grades 9-12

My Students

Government agencies estimate that a million or more women and children are trafficked into slavery each year. After reading the heart-wrenching fictional account of one such girl, in Patricia McCormick's Sold, how can my students learn more about women's global situations, now and in the past?

My students live in a big East Coast City.

They are mostly African-American, in 9th grade, funny, imaginative and intellectually curious. Our school is very small and in an isolated corner of the city; it is considered a magnet school and my students are determined to learn, achieve and get to and through college. They face obstacles, not the least of which is the severe budget crisis we (and many other districts) currently face. Over 60% of my students live below the federal poverty line.

My Project

I am impressed by the way my students empathize with Lakshmi's plight. Sold leaves them anxious to learn more about women and girls, past and present, around the world. Unfortunately, women's studies isn't big in our book room and our library is defunct. The titles I've chosen include Somaly Mann's account of her incredible fight against Cambodian trafficking, and Half the Sky, about an agency which lays out a worldwide agenda for addressing the abuse and neglect of girls and women. These two books will help students understand that they themselves can make a difference. Other books on my list will educate students about the global and historical nature of the problem, providing a wider lens and making students less likely to believe that 'it can't happen to me' or 'it doesn't happen here.' Abuse, trafficking and job discrimination can and do happen here, to anyone. I want to give students the tools to understand, recognize and address all forms of abuse and injustice.

Girls and women in the United States are luckier than women in other parts of the world, right?

WRONG! US teens, particularly African Americans, are frequently the targets of traffickers. What's more, thousands of US girls and women are victims of domestic abuse, sexual harassment and workplace discrimination. Unfortunately, this harsh treatment is so common that it goes unnoticed and unaddressed. My project will ensure that Lankenau ninth-graders notice and address global injustice.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

74 students impacted 18 donors
Ms. Kell Lankenau Magnet High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

74 students impacted 18donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian He • AKJ Books $11.10 6 $66.60
Half the Sky • AKJ Books $11.80 6 $70.80
19th Century Girls & Women • AKJ Books $5.88 6 $35.28
Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride • AKJ Books $25.90 4 $103.60
The Other Side of War • AKJ Books $20.72 4 $82.88

Materials cost

$359.16

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$399.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.51

Total project goal

$470.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $470.06

13 Donors

-$402.06

Donations toward project cost

-$357.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.01

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.00

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 $0.00

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