You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

See this teacher's page

This teacher needs your help!

Mr. Martinez from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Mr. Martinez is requesting

Sophocles: Introducing the Classics & the Ancient World

Help me give my students access to the ancient world! A classroom set of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles will welcome my students to the world of the Classics!

  • $449 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My goal is to acquire a classroom set of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. This set will help to introduce my students to the Classics and the ancient world. This timeless classic will help my students build a foundation of historical and literary knowledge from which they will analyze and compare tragedy from the ancient world to tragedy from the Christian world to tragedy from our age of technology and modernity.

This text will serve my classroom as a tool to explore the ancient Greek world from the genealogy of the Greek gods to the theater of the Athenian dramatists of the 5th century BCE.

Oedipus, a man of modernity who sets out to end a pandemic plaguing Thebes, discovers the truth of his own identity in the process. Through exploring this classic, my students will explore the play's portrayal of fate, freewill, self-fulfilling prophecy, truth, ignorance, knowledge, blindness, guilt, shame, violence, social exclusion, wisdom, pride, humility, identity, and pandemic.

Many of my students come from financially struggling communities, yet most of my students love most the Greeks. With your support, you can help these students engage with material that truly interests them.

Mr. Martinez Curie Metropolitan High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Mr. Martinez

Chicago, IL View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

999 students impacted 1donor

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Mr. Martinez is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Sophocles, The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone • Amazon Business $9.89 35 $346.15

Materials cost

$346.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$381.34

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.30

Total project goal

$448.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $448.64

1 Donor

-$448.64

Donations toward project cost

-$381.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.30

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Give the most requested basic supplies

See teacher requests

Give back to your community

Find opportunities to impact local needs by exploring a map of classroom projects near you.

See local area

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Mr. Martinez and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":true,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"IL","teacherPossessivePronoun":"his","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":4,"name":"High School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":0,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/sophocles-introducing-the-classics-th/8161851/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":999,"teacherScreenName":"Mr. Martinez","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-912154697","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":100.00,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"schoolCity":"Chicago","teachersOnPage":[9266164],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":true,"proposalId":8161851,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":3,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"authorIds":{"9266164":{"owner":"Mr. Martinez","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":1.0,"proposalsOnPage":[8161851],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp9266164_orig.jpg?crop=1944,1944,x0,y324&width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1699491875918","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":21,"teacherChallengeId":22227974,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":{"completingDonationAmount":269,"proposalURL":"project/pencils-for-our-classroom/9343073/","proposalTitle":"Pencils for Our Classroom!","proposalId":9343073},"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":9266164,"schoolCounty":"Cook","fullyFunded":true,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"IL","name":"Illinois"}}