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

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Bring on the Books: Learning About the Holocaust Part 1

My students need a class set of Maus I and II to bring home and share their learning with their families.

  • $655 goal

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My Students

My students and I enjoy reading and analyzing all types of books, fiction and nonfiction alike. Books allow them to use their imaginations in order to create a picture inside their heads, and a good book can create lifelong learners and true critical thinkers. Some students like reading on their devices, but most students, believe it or not, like to actually have a book in their hand.

Students would love to share their knowledge of reading with their families to create a family reading literature circle.

Books are the windows to our souls and they allow us to imagine different worlds, think critically, analyze and evaluate different situations, and to empathize with others. They make us laugh and cry within only a couple of pages. They allow us to escape the reality of life and they say the things that we didn't even know that we wanted to say. These books would bridge the gap between home and school and allow students and their families to enjoy reading together during family reading nights.

My Project

Reading is one of the most important life skills for students to master; however, family time is crucial, as well. Why not combine the two and have a reading night where families can unite and read together with their children? This is the plan! By creating a classroom set of books, students can bring them home to read with their families and learn with their families. This will not only improve their reading skills, but it will create a family of readers.

The partnership between home and school is absolutely necessary for extended learning and student success; which is why creating a time where families can read together will bridge school to home and create memories to last a lifetime.

These books would benefit both parents and students in the learning process and create a partnership between home and school making everyone feel successful. Maus I and II is a graphic novel about the Jewish Holocaust that will be used to discuss not only the history of the time period, but what it was like to live and survive during that time, but also the lasting effects the time period had on generations after. It will improve reading skills, create lifelong learners and readers, and teach that there is more to life than the world we live in. These books will keep students and families engaged and their minds active, which will encourage not only reading, but family discussions about serious topics.

Ms. Toll
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Complete Maus, 25th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $23.79 20 $475.80

Materials cost

$475.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $43.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$556.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$98.20

Total project goal

$654.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $654.68

4 Donors

-$291.37

Donations toward project cost

-$280.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

match offer

-$325.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$276.36

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.77

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$38.18

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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