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Ms. DeMartini from San Ramon, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creating Empathy Through Social Issue Book Clubs!

Help me give my students an understanding of social issues and the impact they have in society!

  • $761 goal

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Ms. DeMartini has another project! Donate to A Vibrancy to Learning! to help her classroom.

$320 - complete this project and be a hero

My Project

These books will be great for our 8th Grade Book Clubs! I have chosen books which include a variety of different social issues which include racial and ethnicity issues, immigration issues, physical and mental disability issues, family issues, loss issues and bullying issues. I have also carefully selected books from a range of reading levels to ensure struggling readers' needs are met, as well as readers who are exceeding grade levels! There truly is something for everyone!

What I love most about Social Issue Book Clubs is the empathy and connection fostered through the characters in our books!

Students are given a chance to understand, analyze, apply and share insights with one another. This not only encourages dialogue between students, but it also allows students to make similar connections, therefore strengthening classroom community!

Ms. DeMartini Pine Valley Middle School Grades 6-8

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San Ramon, CA View local requests 350 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Losers Take All: A Novel • Amazon Business $14.74 10 $147.40
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B • Amazon Business $9.99 10 $99.90
Long Way Down • AKJ Education $9.48 10 $94.80
Uglies • Amazon Business $7.99 10 $79.90
What to Say Next • Amazon Business $6.98 10 $69.80
The Honest Truth • AKJ Education $6.56 10 $65.60

Materials cost

$557.40

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$51.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.36

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$646.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$114.13

Total project goal

$760.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$760.89

1 Donor

-$646.76

Donations toward project cost

-$646.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$114.13

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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