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Ms. Calhoun from Tacoma, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Bring Diverse Mythology to Our 7th Graders!

Help me give my students incredible stories so they have the opportunity to engage with magical worlds that will enhance the Mythology unit we teach.

  • $632 goal

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My Project

7th grade is a formative time for students to become lifelong readers. Students are more likely to enjoy reading when they have texts that represent themselves, their culture, and their experiences. Although mythology may seem distant to our 7th graders, there has been some amazing work done by YA authors to share the stories of diverse mythology for middle grade students.

You may have heard of Rick Riordin and the Percy Jackson series, but did you know he collaborates with a range of diverse authors to bring to light even more stories centered around mythology?

My teaching partner and I want to bring these incredible stories to our 7th graders so they have the opportunity to engage with magical stories that will enhance the Mythology unit we teach. At the end of this unit, students will be creating their own original myths, and having mentor texts with diverse representation of mythology that students can reference and learn from will help students see themselves in story building, sharing, and the practice of creating mythology as a whole.

Funding this project will impact the entire 7th grade at Stewart Middle School, as they will all be reading one of these books every day throughout our mythology unit. To help support our students to see themselves represented, please donate to our Donorschoose! Thank you!

Ms. Calhoun
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lei and the Fire Goddess (Lei and the Legends) • Amazon Business $12.49 6 $74.94
Rick Riordan Presents: City of the Plague God-The Adventures of Sik Aziz Book 1 • Amazon Business $8.99 8 $71.92
Rick Riordan Presents: Paola Santiago and the River of Tears-A Paola Santiago Novel Book 1 • Amazon Business $8.99 8 $71.92
Rick Riordan Presents: Race to the Sun • Amazon Business $7.90 8 $63.20
Rick Riordan Presents: Storm Runner, The • Amazon Business $6.79 8 $54.32
Rick Riordan Presents: Dragon Pearl-A Thousand Worlds Novel Book 1 • Amazon Business $7.00 7 $49.00
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) • Amazon Business $4.93 8 $39.44
Aru Shah and the End of Time • AKJ Education $5.84 6 $35.04

Materials cost

$459.78

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $40.23

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.90

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$536.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.75

Total project goal

$631.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $631.66

12 Donors

-$502.42

Donations toward project cost

-$434.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.86

Matching donations from our partners

-$120.41

Match offers toward project cost

-$102.35

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.06

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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