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Ms. Ingerson from Philadelphia, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Stories for Critical Thinking

Help me give my students access to Junior Great Books curricular materials that reflect their diverse cultural backgrounds.

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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 Students

My students live in a high poverty neighborhood in south Philadelphia. We are an extremely diverse group - we speak 7 different languages at home, and are from many different countries! We love reading and writing, but often struggle to bring more than a pencil to school. (And sometimes not even that.)

My students are fantastic readers and writers, but they don't always see themselves in the text we read.

We need diverse, complex texts to practice our literary analysis skills.

My Project

My students come from dozens of different countries and speak many different languages at home. In one section of fourth grade, I may have students from Nepal, Zambia, Mexico and China working together in a group.

We need books that reflect our diverse backgrounds, but that also promote critical thinking.

Our curriculum is limited in terms of both cultural representation and depth of content. Many books rely on token representation but do not actually bring in diverse authors or perspectives. Furthermore, Common Core standards require students to engage in symbolic and non-literal text meanings. Many of the stories provided in the curriculum do not have these levels of meaning.

Junior Great Books challenges students to engage critically in texts through debates and multiple readings of the same story, and will be a great supplement to our standard materials. They also include stories by diverse authors and different cultural traditions, from Ethiopia to Ukraine.

Ms. Ingerson Southwark Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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
Junior Great Books Series 4, Book One, Teacher's Edition • Junior Great Books $103.95 1 $103.95
Junior Great Books Series 4, Book Two, Teacher's Edition • Junior Great Books $103.95 1 $103.95
Student Book, Series 4, Book 1 • Junior Great Books $18.95 1 $18.95
Junior Great Books Series 4, Book Two, Student Book • Junior Great Books $18.95 1 $18.95

Materials cost

$245.80

Vendor shipping charges

 $19.66

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$299.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.79

Total project goal

$351.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $351.94

1 Donor

-$176.00

Donations toward project cost

-$149.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.40

match offer

-$175.94

Match offer toward project cost

-$149.55

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.39

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 $0.00

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