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Mrs. Jones from Clarendon, AR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Art and Literature Combined with Graphic Novels.

My students need 40 copies of the graphic novel The Complete Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Jones's classroom raised $903

This project is fully funded

My Students

In the Arkansas Delta, many of my students do not have the opportunity to experience new things; it is not only my duty to teach them the rules of grammar and the literary canon, but to expand their horizons. Books like Persepolis are a gateway to understanding ourselves and the world we live in.

My students are some of the most enthusiastic and wonderful kids you could ever hope to teach, but live in a region of the state, the Arkansas Delta, where the mechanization of agriculture has led to fewer and fewer jobs.

As employment and population declines, so do resources available to students. I can't ask my students to purchase their own books; many come from homes where buying basic school supplies is a struggle. But our district struggles just as much to provide for its students, and unfortunately this year there is no room in our budget to add a new set of books to the Literacy program.

My Project

These copies of Persepolis will provide a multi-modal learning experience to my students, while improving vertical alignment between grade levels; these books will continue the memoir-based unit I taught last year with 9th graders, using the text I Am Malala, and will expose students to the literary genre of Graphic Novels, often neglected in the English Language Arts/Literacy classroom. The images of the novel will help engage reluctant readers and help them to visualize the story, while the deeply personal and relatable narrative of the author, Marjane Satrapi, will interest readers of all levels. The books, which follow the life of Satrapi as she grows up in Iran in the 1970's, flees during the Islamic Revolution, and later returns as an adult, allow students to reflect on topics like growing up, rejection, and being an individual in a society that demands conformity. The book has also been adapted into film, which gives auditory and visual students another way to engage.

This set of Persepolis will expose students to a tradition that dates back centuries in literature: the combination of art and the written word.

But unlike storied works such as Blake's Songs of Innocence/Experience, Persepolis is accessible to all of them, regardless of their reading level. It is a story about the difficulties of growing up, individuality, doubt, and triumph.

Mrs. Jones Clarendon High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Complete Persepolis • Amazon Business $16.79 40 $671.60

Materials cost

$671.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $55.41

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$767.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$135.37

Total project goal

$902.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $902.45

21 Donors

-$644.27

Donations toward project cost

-$550.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$93.94

match offer

-$255.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$216.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.18

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 $0.00

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