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Mr. Gfell from Blythewood SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Our Town in Our Class

My students need a few more copies of the classic play Our Town by Thornton Wilder so that we can have a complete class set. This way each student can have their own physical copy.

  • $191 goal

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My Students

My students are awesome. They come from a diverse set of backgrounds and situations but they are good kids. We have a few military families, some upper-middle-class families, single-parent families, large families, etc. I have classes full of athletic students, motivated students, bookworms, struggling readers, non-native speakers, etc. We have nice neighborhoods surrounding us, rural communities, strip malls, access to a major city with a major university, and public housing in our district. I like to think we are a typical American middle school with typical American teenagers.

My Project

Our students read this classic play, Our Town by Thornton every year as a part of our American Dream unit. This is a text that connects our ELA content with the social studies content that students study in the 8th grade. My students generally enjoy the play but every year a few of them fall in love with it.

It would be really special if each student could hold a physical copy of the script while reading and discussing in class.

These copies will comprise a class set that will also be shared with other 8th grade ELA teachers at the school. These copies will reach over 300 8th grade students every year.

Mr. Gfell
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Our Town: A Play in Three Acts (Perennial Classics) • Amazon Business $9.25 5 $46.25
Our Town: A Play in Three Acts (Perennial Classics) • Amazon Business $9.25 5 $46.25
OT:OUR TOWN. A Famous American Play in an Infamous American Town • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Our Town (Widescreen Edition) • Amazon Business $13.88 1 $13.88

Materials cost

$121.33

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $8.55

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$161.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$28.54

Total project goal

$190.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $190.24

1 Donor

-$95.12

Donations toward project cost

-$80.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.27

match offer

-$95.12

Match offer toward project cost

-$80.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.27

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 $0.00

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