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I Can See Me in What I Read
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My Students
"Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world." —Nelson Mandela
My students come from many different backgrounds. I teach ESL students within my middle school classroom representing over 15 different countries. Many of our students are transient or refugees, and we have a number of students experiencing homelessness.
I am hoping this project will help my students to continue to celebrate the diversity within themselves and to feel empowered to succeed even when experiencing tumultuous times.
My Project
These books show an array of diverse characters and situations that reflect the diverse population in my classroom. I feel it is so important that students have book choices that not only reflect on their own experiences and culture, but that can teach them about others! Having good books with great stories that have characters that look and sound like my students can not only foster a life-long love of reading, but will build their self worth to know that they are important. I hope to build up my classroom library with titles that can reflect all of my student’s diverse backgrounds.
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Materials
Cost
Quantity
Total
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness
• AKJ Education
$13.13
2
$26.26
Malala's Magic Pencil
• AKJ Education
$13.13
2
$26.26
The Playbook
• AKJ Education
$10.94
2
$21.88
Outcasts United The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town
• AKJ Education
$7.29
3
$21.87
Does My Head Look Big in This?
• AKJ Education
$7.29
3
$21.87
He Said, She Said
• AKJ Education
$7.29
3
$21.87
All American Boys
• AKJ Education
$8.75
2
$17.50
Forged By Fire
• AKJ Education
$5.83
3
$17.49
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes
• AKJ Education
$14.59
1
$14.59
Ball Don't Lie
• AKJ Education
$7.29
2
$14.58
I Dissent
• AKJ Education
$13.86
1
$13.86
We Say #NeverAgain
• AKJ Education
$13.13
1
$13.13
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
• AKJ Education
$6.56
2
$13.12
Sold
• AKJ Education
$6.56
2
$13.12
The Girl from Aleppo
• AKJ Education
$11.67
1
$11.67
Mockingbird
• AKJ Education
$5.83
2
$11.66
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington
• AKJ Education
$3.64
3
$10.92
Boys Without Names
• AKJ Education
$5.10
2
$10.20
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
• AKJ Education
$7.29
1
$7.29
You Don't Even Know Me Stories and Poems About Boys
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Chains: Seeds of America
• AKJ Education
$6.29
1
$6.29
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
• AKJ Education
$5.38
1
$5.38
Materials cost
$327.37
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.91
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$362.28
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$63.93
Total project goal
$426.21
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$426.21
-$426.21
Donations toward project cost
-$362.28
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$63.93
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