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Mrs. Deraps from Farmington, ME is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Activists in Training Need Books!

My students need copies of books that talk about the struggles of peoples around the world to gain access to basic human rights.

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My Students

My students are from a poor, rural area in a poor, rural state. Many of my students come from homes where their basic needs are not being met. However poor and dire some of their lives may be, my students are rich in their compassion for and interest in the peoples of the world.

Though these students do not have the latest and greatest gadgets and the best clothes, they have spirit and spunk.

They are genuinely angered and outraged when they learn that there are places in our world where children go without food and where parents are forced to give up their children. My students may not have all that they see on TV, but they love their families and want to make the world a better place. Simply put, they have hope and passion. I would love to capitalize on this interest in global affairs so they can enter their voices into the fight for basic human rights.

My Project

I am requesting the purchase of two sets of books to read with my sophomore English students. We are supposed to study World Lit, but are stuck reading Shakespeare. Not that Shakespeare's not great, but there's more to World Lit than the Bard. We just finished reading Elie Wiesel's Holocaust memoir Night. My students were taken aback by the cruelty and horror of the Holocaust. They want to learn more about what's going on in the world today, and I'd like to show them through these two book sets. Trash is about children growing up in a dump site in South American country, and Bamboo People is about a Burmese boy soldier. The other three requested books are to support and expand the learning in my classroom.

Most of my students will spend their lives in the mountains of rural Maine.

They may not leave in person, but they love to learn about the world through the books that we read in class. They are just finding their voices and are passionate about raising awareness about what's going on in the world. Though we cannot go to these countries and help in person, we are interested in involving our local community in learning more about the struggle for human rights. Please help us continue this course!

Mrs. Deraps Mount Blue High School Grades 9-12

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Farmington, ME 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Trash Andy Mulligan • Barnes and Noble $11.61 12 $139.32
Bamboo People Mitali Perkins • Barnes and Noble $13.76 12 $165.12
We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures With Amnesty International • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Free?: Stories About Human Rights Amnesty International • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom / El arbol de la rendicion: Poemas de la lucha de Cuba por su libertad Margarita Engle • Barnes and Noble $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$332.30

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.62

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$388.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.63

Total project goal

$457.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $457.53

2 Donors

-$20.00

Donations toward project cost

-$17.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$2.25

match offer

-$436.65

Match offer toward project cost

-$371.15

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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