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Digging into Shakespeare: Copies of Othello Needed

Help me give my students copies of William Shakespeare's Othello to read in English class.

  • $360 goal

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My Project

Murder. Greed. Jealousy. Love. Betrayal. Sounds like the makings of a great soap opera, right? These ingredients also make for an excellent book. They are the critical elements of William Shakespeare's brilliant dramatic tragedy, Othello.

My students (most of whom qualify for the free-reduced lunch program) are just discovering the brilliance of William Shakespeare.

I plan to introduce students in my English class to Shakespeare this coming school year through his sonnets and play Othello. I believe my students will love Shakespeare's complexities and deep characters.

For this proposal, I am requesting copies of Shakespeare's tragedy, Othello, for my students to read. We will spend several weeks in class reading and analyzing the play, digging into commentary on race, class, and gender. With their own copies, students can make annotations as they read -- a valuable skill that will help them in college. Students will also act out scenes of the play and will analyze the characters' motivations. After all, the best way to understand Shakespeare is to get up on your feet and do it!

Reading Shakespeare will prepare my students for college by providing them with the skills needed to handle complex works of literature. It will also give them the cultural capital required for advanced study and the world beyond.

Ms. Gionti High School of Economics & Finance Grades 9-12

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More than three‑quarters 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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Othello (Folger Shakespeare Library) • Amazon Business $7.99 30 $239.70
Manga Classics: Othello (Modern English Edition) • Amazon Business $18.72 1 $18.72
Othello Graphic Novel (Saddleback's Illustrated Classics) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95

Materials cost

$271.37

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$305.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.90

Total project goal

$359.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $359.34

1 Donor

-$152.72

Donations toward project cost

-$152.72

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$179.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$152.72

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.95

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.95

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 $0.00

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