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Learning Literacy Through Doodling

My students need a class set of the Gareth Hinds graphic novel adaptation of The Odyssey.

  • $443 goal

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My Students

This project is for the classroom doodlers. It's for those who enjoy storytelling but would prefer to do it through pictures rather than words.

My school on the south side of Chicago is a Title 1 school.

Over 90% of the students are minorities and over 75% of the students are low income. My students are anything but the falsely stereotyped urban student body, however. I often have students who finish reading "The Hunger Games" or "The Fault in Our Stars" and are looking to become engrossed in another captivating text. These modern novels move them, not only because they express a depth of human emotions and allow adolescents to practice empathy and perspective building but also because they are written in a language they can decode to find those meanings. The graphic adaptations of "The Odyssey" by Gareth Hinds will provide the familiar "new" look and language of their favorite young adult books but carry the history and foundational literary themes and motifs that widen their current ideas about literature.

My Project

My students need a class set of the Gareth Hinds graphic novel adaptation of The Odyssey. "The Odyssey" is an essential text in the Western literary canon and is frequently taught in schools. One of the arguments against teaching the canon is that it is too distant from our 21st century students' lives, however, Gareth Hinds, a predominate graphic artist, makes these texts accessible and exciting for a new generation while allowing students a chance to study the marriage of the textual and visual arts in experiencing these stories for themselves. As part of our literacy class, we would explore the literary qualities of the graphic novel, including how the art itself tells a story. Then, students would have a chance to develop their own graphic adaptation of a Greek myth that they choose.

One of the most powerful things that schools can do is to excite young readers to learn about our past through stories.

By giving students access to graphic adaptations of "The Odyssey" and "King Lear," my students will be able to learn about artistic techniques used in graphic novels as well as get chunks of the original stories to analyze for literary qualities. This will hopefully encourage students to confidently approach and enjoy future canonical texts they will encounter in the future.

Mr. Farrell
Grades 6-8
    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

    This project will reach 31 students.

    6 donors have given to this project.

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Odyssey • AKJ Books $9.74 35 $340.90

Materials cost

$340.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$376.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$66.35

Total project goal

$442.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $442.36

6 Donors

-$442.36

Donations toward project cost

-$376.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.35

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