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Ms. Collins from Baton Rouge, LA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Freedom Project

My students need 45 copies of A Raisin in the Sun to improve their understanding of various forms of literature during the Freedom Project.

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My Students

My classroom consists of bright students from diverse backgrounds and cultures. My students love challenging themselves in and out of the classroom, are actively engaged in the arts and sports, and love intellectual rigor. Many of my students will be the first in their families to attend college.

I teach two classes of Gifted students and one class of students within in the Great Scholar Academy.

Our school is a large public high school within a large metropolitan area. Our school is a Title I school with 100% of our school's population on free or reduced lunch. My school's culture supports and encourages intellectual rigor.

My Project

I would like resources that support my students' understanding of various types of literature. My ninth grade students will use copies of A Raisin in the Sun for a project about on freedom. The play will be discussed and will be taught in conjunction with Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech and excerpts from Nafisi's "Reading Lolita in Tehran," Satrapi's Persepolis 2, and Valenzuela's "The Censors." Students will write essays and will create various visual arts projects on freedom. Students will work collaboratively in and out of the classroom to complete various assignments within the project.

This Freedom Project will have my students read diverse literature and will show them that literature comes in diverse voices, styles, and genres.

The Freedom Project will also promote collaboration and intellectual rigor.

Ms. Collins Woodlawn High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

More about Ms. Collins

Baton Rouge, LA View local requests

More than half 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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Raisin in the Sun • Amazon $5.30 45 $238.50

Materials cost

$238.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $20.87

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$292.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.70

Total project goal

$344.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $344.65

10 Donors

-$325.82

Donations toward project cost

-$284.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.37

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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 $0.00

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