Help me give my students copies of the novel Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Gullo's classroom raised $1,281
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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
My students are curious, engaged, and eager learners with a drive to experience and explore. They come to me with deep abiding passions that pursue in myriad ways, whether it is Science Olympiad or Speech and Debate.
They are excited about learning and growing.
My Project
Last spring, several of my students joined a group called Diversify Our Narratives. They reached out to teachers asking them to increase the representation and diversity in what is taught. They asked us to pledge to include 50% of texts from BIPOC writers.
It's an excellent goal, but with British Lit it is also very challenging.
Often, what gets taught are the books we already have. With British Lit, that means that most of the books are canonical stalwarts by mostly dead white men.
Home Fires, a novel that one the 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction, is a reconceptualization of Antigone, set in modern day Britain. It recounts how Ameeza, Isma and Pravaiz navigate their fates. I believe this novel will bring the themes of Antigone into a modern context that will lend itself to rich and deep discussions in class.
More than three‑quarters of 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
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