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Mrs. McNary from Phoenix AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Teaching Tolerance and Understanding Through Literature

My students need class sets of two stories (a Holocaust survivor memoir and a Greek play) as well as additional instructional materials.

  • $1,442 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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 Students

My students come from various backgrounds. While some students are well off, this is not the case for all of them. Many of our students are on free and reduced lunch programs. This makes for an interesting dynamic in the classroom.

Our school sits in the heart of our little community in Phoenix.

This school is a close-knit community with long-standing traditions. We are a school full of pride. We work together to build a wonderful atmosphere which binds everyone.

My Project

In a polarizing cultural climate, I am constantly trying to find ways to unite students through literature and writing. As a result, I am requesting class sets of two stories -- "Night" a Holocaust survivor story and "Medea" a Greek tragedy. In addition to these class sets, I am also requesting additional resources to use with my students to enhance their understanding of what we are reading in class.

It's possible to teach tolerance and understanding through literature given access to such materials.

With this project, I hope to engage students with stories from the past (both non-fiction and fiction) in a way that makes them active agents in their learning, gain an awareness of humanity, and foster positive societal norms.

Mrs. McNary
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Night • Amazon Business $12.25 50 $612.50
Medea • Amazon Business $7.47 50 $373.50
Medea: Essays on Medea in Myth, Literature, Philosophy, and Art • Amazon Business $54.60 1 $54.60
Looking at Medea: Essays and a translation of Euripides’ tragedy • Amazon Business $32.95 1 $32.95
Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others • Amazon Business $14.65 1 $14.65
Why?: Explaining the Holocaust • Amazon Business $11.56 1 $11.56

Materials cost

$1,099.76

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$78.63

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,224.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$216.16

Total project goal

$1,441.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$1,441.05

14 Donors

-$1,062.36

Donations toward project cost

-$903.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$159.35

match offer

-$378.69

Match offer toward project cost

-$321.89

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.80

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$0.00

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