Help me give my students a class set of books to read this new school year.
FULLY FUNDED! Mx. Joy Diaz Noriega's classroom raised $401
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.
My Project
Help our students get a class set of "A Long Walk to Water".
The stories in this book teach students about Africa, family, grief, survival, and children's experiences in times of war and military action.
Through this book, I intend to expose my students to experiences, identities, histories, and stories that could be different from theirs. By incorporating guided activities, peer read-alouds, reflections, and small group projects I will make space for them to expand their perspectives and knowledge about the stories in the book. I hope they make connections and critically think about the ways we are interconnected to others.
About the book:
"A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours' walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya's in an astonishing and moving way. Includes an afterword by author Linda Sue Park and the real-life Salva Dut, on whom the novel is based, and who went on to found Water for South Sudan."
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