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Mr. Cohen from Washington, DC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Born a Crime: Learning Literature Through Laughter and Culture!

Help me give my students a class set of Trevor Noah's Born a Crime!

  • $530 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

In our AP Language and Composition class, our students will learn what makes writing engaging, entertaining, and inspiring.

Trevor Noah's memoir, "Born a Crime", will introduce our students to rhetoric, humor, and narrative in ways that are both hilarious and thought-provoking.

Through collaborative group work, shared reading, classroom discussion, and personal reflection, our students will use "Born a Crime" as a model for discovering and sharing their own authentic voices, stories, and perspectives on the world. We've seen the power-sharing stories can have; thank you for helping make this project a reality!

Mr. Cohen
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood • Amazon Business $13.02 30 $390.60

Materials cost

$390.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $23.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.86

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$449.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.39

Total project goal

$529.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $529.29

1 Donor

-$509.15

Donations toward project cost

-$449.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.14

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 $0.00

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