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Keeping Up With Current Events

My students need 30 copies of Weekly Reader current events magazines. We will be discussing current events every week. My students will also be using the magazine to research the candidate platforms and learn about the election process.

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I teach social studies in a middle school with students who are often reading below grade level, therefore reading local or national newspapers are often intimidating to them. My students unfortunately do not keep up with current events.

Learning current events is an integral part of social studies because students make connections to the past (and better understand why we learn it). Current events will be part of the curriculum every week. This year, news of the election will be everywhere. I want my students to understand the election process and the candidates themselves.

Weekly reader is a kid friendly magazine that will help my students learn about current events without frustrating them. I want my students to grow up to be citizens who make informed decisions in the voting booth. They will be working on a project in which they will research the issues discussed in the news, debate, and finally vote for president themselves in a school-wide election. In addition, students will be making weekly reports on the national election.

You will make it possible for my students to have a resource for learning current events that they can understand, take home, and interact with. You will provide our students a stepping stone to becoming the educated and informed citizens we need for the future.

Mrs. M. MS 88 Peter Rouget Grades 6-8

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Brooklyn, NY 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

150 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Current Events • Weekly Reader $10.18 30 $305.40

Materials cost

$305.40

Vendor shipping charges

 $30.54

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$361.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$79.24

Total project goal

$440.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $440.24

1 Donor

-$212.21

Donations toward project cost

-$180.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.83

match offer

-$212.49

Match offer toward project cost

-$174.24

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.77

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 $0.00

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