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Mrs. McDowell from Roebuck, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literature That Leads To Citizenship

My students need the best literature to help them grow as people and understand the world around them. These include 24 novels and a set of informational texts.

  • $417 goal

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My Students

My high school students hear about the world from celebrities, musicians, and would-be philosophers from every walk of life. They need to read high quality literature to help them understand themselves and the people around them, to help them decide who they want to be.

Each day I am surrounded by inquisitive young adults who are asking questions.

Who am I? What is my role in this classroom? this school? this world? What do I want out of life? What can I contribute? These bright students are making decisions every day that will determine their futures and the future of our society.

My Project

Great literature helps readers understand human nature--our frailties, our strengths, our challenges, our possibilities. By having worthy books on hand for my students to read independently, I am helping them decide what kind of person, what kind of citizen they want to be. As they read literary texts that challenge and motivate them, they will understand the roles they can play in their world. They are bombarded with negative role models, self-promoting advertisements, and increasingly self-centered philosophies. If they can learn from literature how the human soul is satisfied, how one life affects many others, then they will make choices that will lead to better citizenship as well as more fulfilling lives for each student.

When my eager students finish work early, it is imperative that their minds be engaged in something worthwhile.

If you'll help me stock my classroom with these 25 high quality literature books, not a moment of their time will be wasted.

Mrs. McDowell Dorman High - Freshman Campus Grades 9-12

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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Roebuck, SC View local requests

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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Joy Luck Club • AKJ Books $11.68 1 $11.68
In The Time Of The Butterflies • AKJ Books $12.56 1 $12.56
The Metamorphosis • AKJ Books $4.34 1 $4.34
Fathers And Sons • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
9-10 Exemplar Informational Texts: Language Arts • AKJ Books $60.16 1 $60.16
The Things They Carried • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
1984 • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Brave New World • AKJ Books $10.94 1 $10.94
Flowers for Algernon • AKJ Books $6.53 1 $6.53
Flight • AKJ Books $10.22 1 $10.22
Kite Runner (Essential Edition) • AKJ Books $11.64 1 $11.64
Slaughterhouse Five • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) • AKJ Books $6.57 1 $6.57
Caramelo • AKJ Books $11.64 1 $11.64
Love in the Time of Cholera • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
A Room of One''s Own • AKJ Books $9.49 1 $9.49
Dawn • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
The Border Trilogy • AKJ Books $26.28 1 $26.28
The Poisonwood Bible • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Shipping News : A Novel • AKJ Books $11.68 1 $11.68
The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel • AKJ Books $10.94 1 $10.94
Grendel • AKJ Books $9.45 1 $9.45
Les Miserables • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Ethan Frome • AKJ Books $10.95 1 $10.95
Paradise Lost • AKJ Books $8.76 1 $8.76

Materials cost

$298.60

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$354.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.49

Total project goal

$416.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $416.62

5 Donors

-$137.50

Donations toward project cost

-$124.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.50

Matching donations from our partners

-$270.75

Match offers toward project cost

-$230.14

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.61

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.38

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