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Mrs. Civi from Durham NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Community in Diversity

My students need small sets of novels that reflect the experiences of teenagers from a diversity of backgrounds.

  • $447 goal

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My Students

Students from a diversity of backgrounds, academic levels, and personalities make up our classrooms. Hear the students speak about themselves in a poem they composed together called, "Where I am From" in which each student contributed a line. Here are a few poignant lines:

"I am from Oodles of Noodles and hot sauce on everything,

From realizing watermelon seeds don't grow in your stomach

I am from worn wooden floors (warm and creaking beneath my feet)

From "Calmate O te calmo" and "leave your little brother alone"

I am from my grandmother who crossed the border

From the moment I saw my dad after too many years

I am from Cantu pomade and a zebra print bathroom

From Sharrod and Shamar

From Antonio and Ximena

From William and Meredith

I am from Nigeria, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica,

and from right here

From picking up a violin

I am from the perogies that fill the kitchen with a comforting smell

And pupusas made just the way I like them

I am from the moment that first tomato grew, and I ate it off the vine..."

My Project

Each of the novels has been selected because the protagonist is a student who examines their own identity in relation to the community in which they live. My own students will use these novels as a part of a study on diversity in their own community. Students will reflect upon how their own distinct experiences strengthen their community.

I want students to read about experiences beyond their own and to question their own identities and roles they play in their community.

Far too often students are reading about protagonists far removed from their own lives. I want to create a space through these novels to ask tough questions about identity, prejudice, stereotypes, and self-acceptance.

Mrs. Civi
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • Amazon Business $11.19 6 $67.14
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $10.79 6 $64.74
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $9.86 6 $59.16
The House on Mango Street • Amazon Business $8.75 6 $52.50
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time • Amazon Business $7.96 6 $47.76
Inside Out and Back Again • Amazon Business $4.74 6 $28.44

Materials cost

$319.74

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$24.94

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$379.48

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.97

Total project goal

$446.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$446.45

7 Donors

-$416.45

Donations toward project cost

-$353.98

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.47

match offer

-$30.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$25.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.50

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$0.00

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