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Mrs. Chapman from Altamont, KS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Voices From the Fringe

Help me give my students literature that will give my students an opportunity to hear the voices of minority American writers.

  • $1,232 goal

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My Project

Living in southeast Kansas, my students do not get a very diverse look at the world we live in. Their perspectives are often one-dimensional.

I want them to see our world through the eyes of others who are not like them.

I want them to be able to make comparisons and draw conclusions about the similarities and differences in the lives of culturally diverse people. These literary selections are chosen specifically to do that. I want them to have a chance to taste the flavors of different American experiences.

These voices from the fringe are different from the voices they hear in their everyday life and the voices they hear in much of the literature we study.

Mrs. Chapman Labette County High School Grades 9-12

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Altamont, KS View local requests

More than half 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

65 students impacted 15donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Bonesetter's Daughter: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) • Amazon Business $17.49 9 $157.41
Shell Shaker • Amazon Business $16.95 9 $152.55
Power: A Novel (Norton Paperback Fiction) • Amazon Business $15.95 9 $143.55
Woman Warrior • Amazon Business $14.05 9 $126.45
Educated: A Memoir • Amazon Business $11.70 9 $105.30
Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1) • Amazon Business $10.59 9 $95.31
A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club) • Amazon Business $9.49 9 $85.41
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption • Amazon Business $7.87 9 $70.83

Materials cost

$936.81

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $66.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,046.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$184.75

Total project goal

$1,231.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,231.66

13 Donors

-$1,131.10

Donations toward project cost

-$961.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$169.66

match offer

-$100.56

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.48

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.08

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