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Sounds of Dreams Deferred: Bringing Hansberry to Life

Help me give my students a classroom set of "A Raisin in the Sun" books, posterboard, and markers so they can create album covers for their own soundtracks wfor this powerful play, bringing the story to life.

  • 5 donors
  • $679 goal

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My students are amazing - they each bring something special to our classroom! I'm so excited for them to dive into "A Raisin in the Sun" with their own copies of the book. The posterboard and markers will let them get creative with their album covers, showing off their artistic sides while connecting to the story, while the speaker will give us a chance to share the choices each team has made to represent aspects of the play.

I can't wait to see what the kids will choose to represent each characters!!

They'll pick songs that capture Walter's ambition, Mama's strength, and Ruth's resilience. I can already imagine them debating which song perfectly represents the Younger family's apartment or the neighborhood tensions.

The classroom speaker is absolutely essential - it's what brings this whole project to life! When students share their soundtracks with the class, everyone gets to experience different interpretations and insights. There's something magical about hearing a song that perfectly captures a character or theme, and watching faces light up with recognition. These shared listening moments create such rich discussions and help students see the text through their classmates' eyes. The speaker will transform our room into a space where literature and music come together, making these characters and their struggles real and relatable for everyone.

Ms. Boccia J.H. Rose 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.

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Greenville, NC 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

90 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Raisin in the Sun - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.53 40 $261.20
JBL - CHARGE5 Portable Waterproof Speaker with Powerbank - Black • Best Buy Education $119.99 1 $119.99
Banral 24 Colors Alcohol Markers Set, Dual Tip Alcohol Based Art Marker for Artists Kids Adult Coloring, Permanent Illustration Sketch Pens for Drawing • Amazon Business $8.49 8 $67.92
Jack Richeson© Drawing Paper - 575 Sheets - 11 in. x 14 in. - 75 lb. • Nasco $51.20 1 $51.20

Materials cost

$500.31

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $39.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$576.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.79

Total project goal

$678.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $678.62

4 Donors

-$225.03

Donations toward project cost

-$194.28

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.75

match offer

-$450.06

Match offer toward project cost

-$382.55

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.51

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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