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Mr. Finer from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Graphic Novels to Tackle a Challenging Topic: the Holocaust

Help me give my students graphic novels about the Holocaust and other genocides (including in Spanish) to support their curiosity, learn the truth, and improve their reading skills while grappling with this important unit.

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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 Project

My students (and their teacher!) love graphic novels. No matter a student’s reading level, these books hook students on moving, personal stories, make challenging topics feel more accessible, and often have surprisingly sophisticated, teachable narrative structures. In my classroom library, graphic novels are by far the most frequently checked out books, not only by students in my classes, but kids who migrate to my room from across the school to check out books.

These graphic novels about the Holocaust, and other genocides, will be snapped up by interested students who are insatiably curious about the topic and desperately need accurate information.

Our third quarter unit in eighth grade English is all about the Holocaust, centered around the “Diary of Anne Frank,” and providing eager students supplemental, accessible reading has been a huge gap in the two years since our school first launched this unit.

These books will be used by ALL eighth graders at our school: two copies of each book are part of this request so that our other core eighth grade English teacher can also have copies available in her classroom. Spanish-language texts can be used by our newcomers. And I’m fully committed to the success of this project: this past summer I attended the four-day California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education summer institute at USC and attended a session focused on teaching with graphic novels. I continue to meet monthly with a cohort of educators focused on integrating the lessons and resources from the institute into our classrooms.

By supporting this project, you’ll not only be advancing student literacy and reading levels, you’ll be nurturing the truth in a time of disinformation.

Mr. Finer Animo Jefferson Charter Middle School Grades 6-8

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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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Maus I y II (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $21.69 2 $43.38
Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story • Amazon Business $20.41 2 $40.82
Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust • Amazon Business $18.99 2 $37.98
Anne Frank's Diary Graphic Adaptation • Amazon Business $18.04 2 $36.08
A Family Secret • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
El Diario de Anne Frank (novela gráfica) / Anne Frank's Dairy: The Graphic Adaptation (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.95 2 $29.90
The Faithful Spy • AKJ Education $13.86 2 $27.72
A Bag of Marbles: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale • AKJ Education $12.37 2 $24.74
Survivors of the Holocaust: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $12.00 2 $24.00
Lily Renée, Escape Artist: From Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book Pioneer • Amazon Business $11.81 2 $23.62
Courage to Dream • AKJ Education $10.94 2 $21.88
The Girl Who Sang • AKJ Education $10.82 2 $21.64
The Librarian of Auschwitz: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $7.97 2 $15.94

Materials cost

$403.66

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $36.93

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$476.64

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.11

Total project goal

$560.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $560.75

3 Donors

-$560.75

Donations toward project cost

-$476.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$84.11

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