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Mrs. Tanaka from Honolulu, HI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Make It Right: The Power of the Human Spirit

Help me give my students books that show the power of the human spirit over adversity.

  • $1,364 goal

This project expired on July 4, 2024.

This project expired on July 4, 2024.

My Project

I teach disadvantaged AAPI students in an urban high school here in Honolulu, HI. Many of my students are of various cultural backgrounds, but they are all familiar with issues of adversity. The problem is, sometimes, they feel that they are alone, and think that it's "status quo" to stay in the same struggle.

The resilience and power of the human spirit, when challenged by adversity, helps an individual to seize their own strength and rise above what has been thrown to them.

The books that I have chosen for my students to read, discuss, and explore have this idea in mind. Controversial? Maybe. However, in a safe, inclusive environment, the discussion that these materials would spark could also mean the difference between feeling trapped, and feeling free.

Students of all reading levels could learn something from these texts, and they would fit in with our growing inclusive classroom library of AAPI and Black History, while also introducing some traditional literature. It is my hope that students will be able to reflect on these characters, and takeaway something that they find comfort in.

Mrs. Tanaka Pres William McKinley High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Honolulu, HI 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

160 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts • Amazon Business $12.00 35 $420.00
Boy: Tales of Childhood • Amazon Business $7.89 35 $276.15
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings • Amazon Business $7.72 35 $270.20
Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.99 10 $99.90

Materials cost

$1,066.25

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$46.92

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,159.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$204.56

Total project goal

$1,363.72

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