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Ms. C. from Des Moines WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Media Sane, Media Savvy

My students need 23 media literacy books including Ethics and Digital Citizenship, Political Campaigns and Political Advertising: A Media Literacy Guide and Understanding Freedom of the Press.

  • $1,000 goal

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My Students

Our students are at the final step in their education before becoming adults and venturing off into the world. They come to our school from various ethnic, political, religious and economic backgrounds. Yet, they all have one common goal: learning.

Our students want to be prepared for the world they will inherit.

They are concerned about their environment and want to be active in their communities. They trust that their teachers will provide them with the skills they need to become good citizens and productive people.

My Project

The past year has brought us a plethora of "fake news," "alt-truth," and "post-truth" discussions that can feel overwhelming and daunting even for educated adults. Students search Google looking for news and entertainment without much thought as to the veracity and credibility of what they are viewing. Images pummel them from the Internet, their smartphones, television and on the streets. Sifting through the media mess requires tools for navigation.

If we want our students to be able to discern fact from fiction, reality from fantasy as they partake of any media, we need a variety of media literacy and media-focused books in our school library to make such skill-learning possible.

Yet, our library has NO media literacy books for either students or teachers to check out and use. With the addition of the titles above, our school library will be better equipped to supply materials to curious students and teachers wanting to add media literacy to their curricula. They will provide patrons with ways of critiquing and evaluating media so they don't get "caught up" in the insanity caused by over-saturation and the constant reversal of facts and lies. Our students need media literacy education and materials more than ever in order to navigate and evaluate the dynamic, and often uncertain media world they live in.

Ms. C.
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Screened Out: How the Media Control Us and What We Can Do About it (Media, Communication, and Culture in America) • Amazon Business $158.00 1 $158.00
Dictionary of Media Literacy • Amazon Business $64.00 1 $64.00
Accuracy in Media (Media Literacy) • Amazon Business $31.75 2 $63.50
Educating Students in a Media Saturated Culture • Amazon Business $50.00 1 $50.00
Understanding Freedom of the Press (Personal Freedom & Civic Duty) • Amazon Business $35.60 1 $35.60
Social Networks and Blogs (Mastering Media) • Amazon Business $34.65 1 $34.65
Entertainment and Gaming (Mastering Media) • Amazon Business $34.65 1 $34.65
Ethics and Digital Citizenship (Media Literacy) • Amazon Business $30.25 1 $30.25
Gathering and Sharing Digital Information (Media Literacy) • Amazon Business $30.25 1 $30.25
How Policy and Profit Shape Content (Media Literacy) • Amazon Business $30.25 1 $30.25
Reading the Media: Media Literacy in High School English (Language and Literacy) (Language and Literacy (Paperback)) • Amazon Business $27.95 1 $27.95
Media Literacy: Seeking Honesty, Independence, and Productivity in Today s Mass Messages • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
Body Shots: Hollywood and the Culture of Eating Disorders • Amazon Business $23.90 1 $23.90
The Onion and Philosophy: Fake News Story True, Alleges Indignant Area Professor (Popular Culture and Philosophy) • Amazon Business $21.95 1 $21.95
The Stewart / Colbert Effect: Essays on the Real Impacts of Fake News • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Choosing News: What Gets Reported and Why (Exploring Media Literacy) • Amazon Business $9.10 2 $18.20
Political Campaigns and Political Advertising: A Media Literacy Guide • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
The Fox Effect: How Roger Ailes Turned a Network into a Propaganda Machine • Amazon Business $10.83 1 $10.83
Lies, Incorporated: The World of Post-Truth Politics • Amazon Business $9.33 1 $9.33
Violence as Entertainment: Why Aggression Sells (Exploring Media Literacy) • Amazon Business $9.10 1 $9.10
Picture Perfect: Life in the Age of the Photo Op • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Big Push: How Popular Culture Is Always Selling (Exploring Media Literacy) • Amazon Business $8.70 1 $8.70
Encyclopedia of Politics, the Media, and Popular Culture • Amazon Business $8.62 1 $8.62
Selling Ourselves: Marketing Body Images (Exploring Media Literacy) • Amazon Business $6.69 1 $6.69

Materials cost

$743.14

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$65.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$849.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.88

Total project goal

$999.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$999.19

1 Donor

-$499.60

Donations toward project cost

-$439.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.95

match offer

-$481.95

Match offer toward project cost

-$409.66

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.29

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.64

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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