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Mr. S. from CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Multicultural Novel for 7th Graders

The cost of 40 copies of Monster for this proposal is $383, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $383 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate 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.

I teach 7th grade language arts at an urban middle school, and am trying to write a multicultural curriculum that will engage my students. Specifically, I am looking to integrate the novel "Monster" into my classroom. "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers will anchor my unit on "Identity;" a theme which is fundamental for adolescents to explore in the academic context. The novel, about an African-American male falsely accused of a crime, deals with complex issues surrounding identity that will foster a meaningful classroom dialogue among my students. Additionally, the format of the novel (it is written as a movie script) is both engaging and an opportunity to expose students to a new genre of writing. I can get most of the material needed for the unit, but am unable to afford a class set (40) of books without your valuable help. [I have four classes of 32-36 students. I will use this as an in-class reading project, so buying 40 books will impact about 140 students]. This unit on identity is critical to my students' learning experience; once we have deconstructed our own identities through the unit (using this novel to ask provocative questions that guide us), I move the students onto placing their own experience in the broader societal context.

Mr. S.
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Monster • AKJ Educational Services $6.10 40 $244.00

Materials cost

$244.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$313.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.85

Total project goal

$382.50

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $382.50

2 Donors

-$364.88

Donations toward project cost

-$314.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.78

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$18.17

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