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Ms. McCullough from Urbana IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Seeing Our Lives Through Literature

My students need literature they can connect to; that's why we need to read The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.

  • $541 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are AWESOME. My students are true thinkers. My students are hungry for knowledge--a specific type of knowledge. My students are primarily students of color. They feel invisible when reading literature. My students want to learn about themselves through literature. They want to identify with characters we read about. They are fed up because traditional canonical literature robs them of that experience. My students challenge me in ways that I never knew they could. My students are the future!

My Project

Why can't more students of color read about characters who look, think, and sound like them? I want my students to have the experience of being able to be excited when they're reading an assigned novel in school. I want students to feel empowered, to feel like they have a voice. I want them to feel like they have a place in life, especially in my classroom. If I had the honor of teaching the novel The Hate U Give, it will allow me to accomplish all of these things. I plan to explore the book in ways that allow students to think outside the box while analyzing a relatable and relevant text.

Ms. McCullough
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Hate U Give Collector's Edition • Amazon Business $14.11 30 $423.30

Materials cost

$423.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$459.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.11

Total project goal

$540.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $540.76

32 Donors

-$448.12

Donations toward project cost

-$383.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.97

match offer

-$90.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$76.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.64

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 $0.00

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