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Ms. Berardo from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creating Compassionate Students with Plays and Graphic Novels

Help me give my students the gift of literature that will teach them to empathize with imperfect protagonists and understand how world events and social pressure can impact us all.

  • $941 goal

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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

After introducing Maus Volume 1 to my students this year and seeing the way their hearts and minds opened up, I know that it is vital for senior students to continue deepening their empathy skills. By gaining a class set of Maus Volume 2, all students will be able to read more of Art Spiegelman's award-winning story and deepen their understanding of how trauma can affect anyone.

I also want to grow my class library to include the Odyssey and The Crucible, two titles which will challenge students to sympathize with imperfect main characters who have made big mistakes.

As they are challenged to consider what punishment is or is not "deserved" for these characters, they will reflect on the nature of our own society and why we would all benefit from a little more compassion in our social, academic, and justice systems.

Ms. Berardo
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Odyssey • Amazon Business $12.67 25 $316.75
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts • AKJ Education $10.22 25 $255.50
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale • AKJ Education $12.37 15 $185.55

Materials cost

$757.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$799.17

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$141.03

Total project goal

$940.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $940.20

7 Donors

-$539.14

Donations toward project cost

-$462.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.12

Matching donations from our partners

-$396.65

Match offers toward project cost

-$337.15

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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 $0.00

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