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Mrs. Krieger from Endicott NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Butterflies and Frankenstein

Help me give my students copies of “In the Time of Butterflies” and “Frankenstein in Baghdad.”

  • $898 goal

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My Students

I teach advanced English to high school students in upstate New York. Like so many communities across the country, our area has endured significant economic and demographic changes over the last couple of decades. Nonetheless, our families and students are resilient, determined, and eager to make the world a better place.

My students are writers and readers who will soon enter the world of college and work.

They want to make their mark in the world, and it's my job to prepare them.

My Project

This year my colleague and I ran a successful lunchtime reading club that featured social justice texts. Next year we would like our club to focus on texts from around the world.

Julia Alvarez’s “In the Time of Butterflies “ and Ahmed Saadawi’s “Frankenstein in Baghdad” will help to open up the world for our students.

Both texts present indelible cultural impressions. Alvarez gives us the story of four sisters from the Dominican Republic who fight against a corrupt regime while Saadawi creates a modern twist on an old monster that wanders the streets of Iraq not long after the US invasion.

We will meet to discuss the texts on different days this fall. It is my plan to hand out one of the books prior to summer break. Students will keep the books for their own libraries.

Mrs. Krieger
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
In the Time of the Butterflies • Amazon Business $13.20 30 $396.00
Frankenstein in Baghdad: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.87 30 $326.10

Materials cost

$722.10

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$762.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$134.63

Total project goal

$897.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $897.56

5 Donors

-$750.18

Donations toward project cost

-$750.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$15.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$12.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$132.38

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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