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Ms. Love from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Other Wes Moore: Examining Choices and Fate in Literature

My students need a class set of the memoir The Other Wes Moore to read and guide their discussion of the impact of choices.

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My Students

Our students have made mistakes in their past. They attend our transfer high school because they have fallen behind in their credit accumulation and need an accelerated and alternative path to get caught up and graduate on time.

Many of our students have been shuffled through systems their whole lives.

The prison system, the foster care system, and dysfunctional urban school systems have been the settings of their personal narratives. As a result, many struggle with reading, and it is a challenge to find literature that engages their attention and relates to their experiences.

My Project

The Other Wes Moore is a memoir that examines the choices we make, the circumstances we encounter, and how these factors affect our lives. The memoir reports on two parallel, yet wildly different lives, connected by a name that the author sees in the newspaper and recognizes as his own. "The other Wes Moore" was on trial for murder and robbery and the author decided to examine the circumstances that led his fellow Wes Moore to prison, while he was able to successfully uplift himself through the ranks of the army. The book raises important thematic questions about choices, our surroundings and the circumstances which shape our lives.

My students have a lot to learn from this novel, both about literature and about their own lives and the power they have to shape their own destiny.

We will combine our reading of the novel with in-depth analysis of the essential questions it asks about fate, choices and circumstance. Students will complete creative non-fiction essays and reflect on the power of choices and circumstance in their own lives. This unit will be an eye-opening, reflective, and rewarding learning experience.

Ms. Love Aspirations Diploma Plus 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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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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Brooklyn, NY 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

60 students impacted 17donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Other Wes Moore • AKJ Books $11.70 30 $351.00

Materials cost

$351.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$391.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.05

Total project goal

$460.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $460.31

16 Donors

-$455.89

Donations toward project cost

-$391.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.63

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.42

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