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Mrs. Borkin from Milwaukee WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

A Puppet to Technology? Fahrenheit 451 Reveals Answer!

My students need 50 copies of "Fahrenheit 451" to explore the impact of technology and censorship on their own lives.

  • $645 goal

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

How much technology did you use when you were younger? Most likely, not anywhere near the amount of technology used by today's teenagers. While teens may be consumed by their electronic devices, do they truely understand the potential negative impact of the devices on their lives and the world?

My students attend an urban, public school in Wisconsin.

The students are energetic teenagers who want their educational experience to make connections to their world. They are 21st century learners living in an ever-advancing society due to the onslaught of technology.

My Project

My students need 50 copies of Fahrenheit 451. Fahrenheit 451 is a science fiction novel that forces readers to contemplate the role of technology, and the government, in their lives. As the fictional government burns books to withold knowledge, citizens become consumed by mindless technology to occupy their time. The citizens become puppets to the government and to their electronic devices. As my students' world grows bigger (or smaller) through their access to technology, they are also battling between remaining a "real life human being" versus becoming just a status on a social media site, and therefore a puppet to technology. Fahrenheit 451 forces readers to examine their own ties to technology and, ultimately, to the conclusion that real human relationships should never be replaced by a computer.

Fahrenheit 451 is an exteremely relevant and important book to read now.

Its focus on the use and abuse of technology is a topic that all teenagers need to think about before our world becomes too mindless.

Mrs. Borkin
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fahrenheit 451: A Novel • AKJ Books $10.21 50 $510.50

Materials cost

$510.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$548.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.73

Total project goal

$644.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $644.89

21 Donors

-$574.77

Donations toward project cost

-$505.66

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.11

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

-$20.12

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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