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Ms. Christina Krasic from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Becoming Powerful Civic Actors

Help me give my students become thoughtful and active participants in democracy! Access to engaging current events will help them develop critical thinking and media literacy skills.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Christina Krasic's classroom raised $429

This project is fully funded

My Students

As eighth grade teachers in a low-income/high poverty school district, our students are faced with challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, we are always looking to keep things simple and provide our students with meaningful learning experiences.

Our students are full of enormous potential.

Our students come from a variety of different economic backgrounds with 100% of our students receiving free lunch. Our school is also very ethnically diverse schools. Students speak a multitude of languages including English, Spanish, Hindi, Urdu, Burmese, Arabic, Bosnian and many more. As diverse as our students are economically and culturally, they are also diverse in their academics.

My Project

To prepare students to be thoughtful and active participants in democracy, we must help them develop critical thinking and media literacy skills. These skills help students judge the reliability of information they encounter in the news, assess how their own biases influence their responses, and make careful decisions about how they share news through social media. Access to engaging current events provided by an Upfront subscription will do just that.

The goal of studying current events is more than helping students know what is going on in the world.

More importantly, it is about developing in students the capacity to reflect and deliberate on today’s world within a group that might be more diverse than they encounter outside the classroom. From this practice, students can develop the skills and dispositions they need to be thoughtful participants in society.

In addition, with the constantly changing landscape of education, if students are engaged in remote learning, it is important for them to have opportunities to process events that are happening in the news or impacting their lives, with the support of their learning community.

Ms. Christina Krasic DeWitt Clinton Elementary School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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 New York Times Upfront®, Grades 9-12 (min. 20 subscriptions per order) (Digital + Print) • Scholastic Magazines and Book Clubs $9.99 30 $299.70

Materials cost

$299.70

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.97

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$364.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.27

Total project goal

$428.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $428.44

3 Donors

-$428.26

Donations toward project cost

-$364.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.09

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.18

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 $0.00

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