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This novel will allow students to strengthen those skills while engaging with meaningful questions about identity, culture, resilience, and the lasting effects of historical injustice.\r\n\r\nBefore we started the novel, students researched the history of Indigenous boarding and residential schools in the United States and Canada. As they read Indian Horse, they are using that research to make connections between historical realities and the experiences portrayed in the novel. Through close reading, literary analysis, and classroom discussions, students are examining how Wagamese uses storytelling to deepen, complicate, and sometimes challenge our understanding of history. Ultimately, they will consider what literature can reveal about the human experience that historical facts and statistics alone may not fully communicate. The images I have provided show this close reading in action. Note that in two of the images, you catch students reacting to particularly jarring scenes in the novel.\r\n\r\nYour generosity has made it possible for students to engage with a powerful work of Indigenous literature while developing skills that will serve them well beyond this classroom. More importantly, you have helped create an opportunity for them to broaden their perspectives, question assumptions, and develop a deeper understanding of experiences different from their own. I am incredibly grateful for your investment in my students and for helping make this meaningful learning experience possible. 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We can't wait to break out the new ukulele strings next trimester in ukulele class. We are also looking forward to traveling with the drum on our choir trip over spring break this year. Your contribution means so much to all of us!","fullyFundedDate":1776367137957,"projectUrl":"project/the-beat-goes-on/10133388/","projectTitle":"The Beat Goes On","teacherDisplayName":"Ms. Neumann","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp10457812_orig.jpg?crop=691,691,x168,y312&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1772744954426","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/10457812"},{"teacherId":1862788,"projectId":10169507,"letterContent":"As part of my Intro to Multi-Ethnic Literature course, I am doing a unit that focuses on the first generation American experience. For this particular unit, we watched videos of firsthand accounts and read two of the selections from \"The Good Immigrant\" (\"How to Write Iranian-American, or The Last Essay\" by Porochista Khakpour and \"Dispatches from the Language Wars\" by Daniel Jose Older). Introducing common struggles that first generation Americans face every day has been eye-opening for my small town, low diversity students. They made poignant observations about classmates whose first language is not English, especially regarding the difficulties those students face in trying to \"fit in\" while retaining a valuable piece of their culture and identity. \r\nThis is the first unit, and I am already seeing the impact that the experience of taking this class is going to make on them.\r\nThank you so much for your generosity. You have helped to make a little slice of our world more tolerant and empathetic to the immigrant experience.","fullyFundedDate":1774471180878,"projectUrl":"project/support-diversity-education-in-my-classr/10169507/","projectTitle":"Support Diversity Education in my Classroom","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Budworth","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1862788_orig.jpg?crop=2400,2400,x0,y128&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1774897181323","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/1862788"}],"pageName":"schoolpage_68017","usesDonorsChoose":true,"infoPageType":"school","demographicsInfo":{"numStudents":468,"numTeachers":29,"percentFrplEligible":24,"percentAsian":1,"percentBlack":0,"percentWhite":89,"percentIndigenous":0,"percentLatinx":5,"showFreeAndReducedPriceLunchInfo":true,"showDemographicsInfo":true,"sourceTooltipString":"the National Center for Education Statistics","percentHawaiianImputed":0,"percentMultiracialImputed":2,"gradesServed":"9 - 12","studentTeacherRatio":"16.1:1","demographicsDataSource":"MDR School","equityFocus":false,"titleOne":false,"metroType":"RURAL","ncesMetroType":"RURAL_DISTANT"},"inStateSupporters":76.2,"schoolId":68017,"financialInfo":null,"twitterShareText":"Learn more about St Croix Central High School on @DonorsChoose:","schoolName":"St Croix Central High School","canonicalPageUrl":"schools/wisconsin/st-croix-central-school-district/st-croix-central-high-school/68017"}