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Ms. Moreno from Lompoc CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Bearing Witness: Remembering Civil Rights Leaders

My students need a class set of the book Ghost Boys.

  • $417 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.

My Students

Our school is a Title 1-eligible high school located near a military base. Many of our families move frequently. My particular 9th grade classes are part of the Freshman Academy whose purpose is to help lower achieving, struggling students acclimate to high school life. In beginning-of-the-year surveys, most of my students report that the read "zero minutes" per week outside of school. My goal is to supply them with access to culturally diverse, engaging young adult fiction and set them on a life-long path of reading.

My Project

The book Ghost Boys is told from the perspective of an African-American child who has been killed by police while playing in his neighborhood. His ghost meets both the daughter of the police officer, and the ghost of Emmett Till. The story of Emmett Till is intertwined with the modern story. Students will read this book in conjunction with the civil rights unit in their textbook.

A prominent theme in the book is that the living have an obligation to make change in the world to honor those who have been killed.

Part of this story involves the tradition of honoring the dead during the Dia de los Muertos. In the fall, before Dia de los Muertos, my students will study the stories of civil rights leaders of the past to "bear witness," as the story says, and keep their memories alive.

One of the last pages implores students to "Wake. Only the living can make the world better." Through reading this novel, discussion, writing, and sharing of historical biographies, students will help a new generation plan to make their world better.

Ms. Moreno
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ghost Boys • Amazon Business $11.72 25 $293.00

Materials cost

$293.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$26.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$354.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.51

Total project goal

$416.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$416.72

2 Donors

-$416.72

Donations toward project cost

-$354.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.51

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