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Ms. Paul from Concord CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

A Library Would be So Nice

My students need 25 copies of "The Things They Carried" so that we can read in class.

  • $391 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Our students need good books to turn them back onto reading! They have terrible vocabularies and the only way to improve is to read challenging materials.

Our students come from multi-ethnic, working class families.

The majority of our students are eligible for the free or reduced price lunch program. We are a title IV school with little to zero funding for books. My students are searching for education to enlighten and enliven them and to prepare them for college.

My Project

How better to bring the Vietnam War alive, than with the book "The Things They Carried"? It's such a beautifully written book full of just the right horror and pathos to get the kids into the complexities of this time period and have them look at the consequences of war both in foreign countries and at home.

We will be doing lots of writing and poetry to supplement this novel.

I hope after reading this book, my students will choose peace and remember the war our country is fighting right now.

Ms. Paul
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Things They Carried • AKJ Books $10.91 25 $272.75

Materials cost

$272.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $24.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$331.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.55

Total project goal

$390.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $390.35

3 Donors

-$390.35

Donations toward project cost

-$331.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.55

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