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Ms. Procek from Contoocook, NH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Procek's classroom raised $740

Modernizing American Literature

Help me give my students resources to discuss race in America through reading Mark Twain's "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson" and Britt Bennet's new novel "The Vanishing Half."

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Ms. Procek Hopkinton Middle High School
Contoocook, NH Grades 9-12

My Students

My 10th grade students are enthusiastic learners who want to read modern texts and talk about real world problems. Many of my students spent this summer exploring various poems, interviews, and articles about race throughout American history and in the modern day. I can tell that they are a group focused on social justice and equality, and I can't wait to see where our class conversations take us this year!

My Project

As we take a deep dive in our American Literature course, we'll be making connections about race throughout American history and in our modern day. While "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" has been the traditional go to Twain novel, "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson" deals with many of the same themes and uses less problematic language for a classroom environment where the goal is to make everyone feel welcome. Twain's novel is a fictional story about two babies - one black and one white - who are switched at birth and live vastly different lives in the post-reconstruction south until the switch is discovered in their adulthood. I would love to be able to teach "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson" to the grade level and offer Bennet's novel as an extension! "The Vanishing Half" is a story of two black sisters in the '60s who end up on different paths in life because one can pass as white and the other can't. Reading these two books that explore similar social constructs in two very different times will help students understand the long lasting impacts of racism. Additionally, it will help students analyze the social constructs of the world we live in today in hopes of creating a brighter, more equal future for all.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pudd'nhead Wilson • Amazon Business $5.99 85 $509.15
The Vanishing Half: A Novel • Amazon Business $16.20 5 $81.00

Materials cost

$590.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$629.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$111.00

Total project goal

$740.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $740.00

9 Donors

-$665.00

Donations toward project cost

-$565.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$99.75

match offer

-$75.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$63.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

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 $0.00

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