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Mrs. Stewart from Auburn AL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Building a Community of Empathy One Book at a Time

My students need books with characters who look like them and storylines that teach compassion.

  • $413 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My ninth graders definitely keep me on my toes, which is what I love about them! They can be enthusiastic, funny, and creative, or sometimes they're simply tired or frustrated by the things they see happening around them. But they're always willing to try new things and discuss big ideas. This open-mindedness is what makes teaching exciting.

I believe firmly that every child can love to read.

If they don't, they just haven't found the right book, yet. Some of my students can't read enough, while others can think of a million things they'd rather do than pick up a book. My job is to provide to surround them with great books and provide an environment that encourages reading.

My Project

Empathy is described by Dr. Michele Borba as, "seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another." Empathy is thought by many to be the key to forming healthy relationships with friends, family, and colleagues in the work place. Research shows, however, that through reading fiction, students can have increased empathy. They are able to make connections between the characters they read about and the people in their lives.

In this project, we will build community and develop empathy in our students through a shared reading experience.

Students will read novels, research topics that stem from these texts, and present their findings to their peers in a symposium type setting. The students will have an increased ability to infer thoughts and feelings of others.

Mrs. Stewart
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $12.59 4 $50.36
Sunny (Track) • Amazon Business $11.89 4 $47.56
The Poet X • Amazon Business $11.55 4 $46.20
Turtles All the Way Down • Amazon Business $14.48 3 $43.44
Love, Hate and Other Filters • Amazon Business $12.70 3 $38.10
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha) • Amazon Business $11.39 3 $34.17
The Heartbeats of Wing Jones • Amazon Business $10.84 3 $32.52

Materials cost

$292.35

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$23.83

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$350.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.87

Total project goal

$412.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$412.44

7 Donors

-$342.44

Donations toward project cost

-$291.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.37

match offer

-$70.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$59.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.50

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$0.00

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