Inspiring Students As Global Citizens Through Global Texts
My students need 35 copies of "The House of the Scorpion".
$364 goal
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
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.
Every day I have the opportunity to open up my students' eyes to the world they live in through the texts that I teach. During their semester with me, their world expands from the town they've grown up in to the world at large. They get fired up about what they read, and can't wait to turn the page.
My students consist mainly of a minority population in an impoverished area.
Many of my students are a part of large, immigrant families who wanted better things for their children. The majority of my students are below grade level, but we are working on that. They are eager to learn and love coming to school knowing they are setting themselves up for a better future. My classes vary in size, but not in passion and heart. They love to engage with one another and discuss big issues in our world that affect them and others. They are dedicated to moving forward and doing their best.
Our school is a Title 1 school and we lack the resources to upgrade everyone's materials on a regular basis. We use technology to integrate as much current material as possible, but replacing books can be difficult. Our teachers are full of heart and dedication to helping our students succeed.
My Project
This novel, The House of the Scorpion, will be used in my World Literature classes to help teach globalization alongside the Common Core standards that apply to reading literature. Themes of identity, technology and dehumanization provide for compelling class discussion and activities.
Your donation will help students engage with a contemporary text that has themes and topics that are interesting to them.
They will get to hold a NEW book in their hands and know that they deserve the best-- not books that are falling apart or ruined. Reading this text together will cause them to grow as individuals as they discover who they are as people and some values they hold, while also learning to love reading- even when the text is required. It will be a very rewarding experience.
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