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Ms. Cullen from Woodland Hills CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Shining a Light on the Beauty of Diversity, through Literature

Help me give my students a new perspective on literature, through the use of a cultural diverse graphic novel.

  • $487 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

Fifth grade is a pivotal year for elementary students. It is an age where my students are old enough to face reality but young enough to be impressionable. This is the year students grow and develop as well as decide what kind of students they want to become. My fifth grade class is excited to learn; even in this distance learning world, they are ready to take on their academics and learn true responsibility and empathy for the world around them.

My students are engaged readers who enjoy reading about the real world through the use of graphic novels.

I'm enthusiastic about continuing to keep them engaged in creative ways, through literature.

My Project

Students will engage in empathy and understanding of diversity, through the use of a novel study of a graphic novel. The graphic novel, When Stars are Scattered, focuses on two brothers that are in the midst of a war zone and forced to live on a refugee camp in Kenya, not knowing whether their mom is alive. The story encourages the importance of family, empathy, and allows students to open their eyes to real world situations. Shining the light on diversity will allow students to enter a different world other than their own.

Ms. Cullen
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
When Stars Are Scattered • Amazon Business $10.84 32 $346.88

Materials cost

$346.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $31.74

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$413.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.03

Total project goal

$486.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $486.85

8 Donors

-$348.39

Donations toward project cost

-$310.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.25

match offer

-$122.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$103.70

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.30

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.48

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 $0.00

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