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Ms. Richardson from Lansdowne, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Richardson's classroom raised $746

Growing a Garden of Readers... and Hopefully Writers

Help me give my students class sets of Salvage the Bones and the Autobiography of Malcolm X to inspire them to read, reflect, discuss, and write.

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Ms. Richardson Penn Wood High School - Green Ave Campus
Lansdowne, PA Grades 9-12

My Project

My tenth through twelfth grade students want to read about characters they can relate to and care about. I've found they learn more about history and the world around them through fictionalized accounts of real events or autobiographies of people they are curious about.

I would love to teach my students about Hurricane Katrina through Jesmyn Ward's novel, Salvage the Bones.

Although Hurrican Katrina is more recent history, my students were born after it occurred, and thus have no idea what happened and its impact. The story is told through a family who experiences it. The children in the family are teens who I believe my students can identify with, because they navigate issues my students face.

I'd also like to clear up misconceptions they have about Malcolm X by reading his autobiography. There are lots of lessons for my students to learn through his evolution, particularly the teen males, who are often more difficult to find books of interest. They want to know the truth behind the images they've seen and comments they've heard regarding Malcolm X.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

101 students impacted 8 donors
Ms. Richardson Penn Wood High School - Green Ave Campus Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Lansdowne, PA View local requests

Nearly all 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

101 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Salvage the Bones: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.26 28 $287.28
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley) • Amazon Business $10.19 28 $285.32
Homegoing • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55
All American Boys • Amazon Business $10.44 1 $10.44

Materials cost

$594.59

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$633.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$111.80

Total project goal

$745.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $745.31

2 Donors

-$737.95

Donations toward project cost

-$633.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$104.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.36

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 $0.00

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