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Mrs. Cefalu from San Jose, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Our Odyssey of Learning about Greek Mythology

Help me give my students a fun and engaging way to learn about Greek Mythology.

  • $580 goal

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My Project

We are currently studying Joseph Campbell's monomyth or "The Hero's Journey". As you may know, this story pattern is used in literature all around the world. We have started by identifying The Hero's Journey in movies like Star Wars, and now we are moving towards applying it to classroom literature.

We will begin our unit on Greek Mythology, and we will be reading The Odyssey by Homer.

Our classroom textbook does not include all of the books from this epic poem, and the book format is too dense for my special education as well as my general education students. This is why we are asking for your help in obtaining these graphic novel adaptations that will be both full of content and very engaging for students to read.

Mrs. Cefalu Santa Teresa High School Grades 9-12

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More than a third 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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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Odyssey • Amazon Business $12.67 33 $418.11

Materials cost

$418.11

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$38.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$492.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.94

Total project goal

$579.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$579.58

9 Donors

-$573.40

Donations toward project cost

-$492.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.76

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.18

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$0.00

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