Neighborhood Bridges
CLASSROOM RESIDENCIES
Each year, ASC offers a limited number of classroom residencies we call Neighborhood Bridges. Classrooms throughout Chicago team up with ASC teaching artists to identify and explore themes rooted in the season. Teaching artists partner with classroom teachers to determine which areas of their curriculum can be investigated deeply with an arts-integration approach. Teachers should conclude each partnership with a tested model for arts-integrated lesson-planning and implementation which they can recreate and redevelop over time and across the curriculum. Partnerships are currently offered for intermediate and upper grade elementary classrooms and are organized around one ASC production in the fall, winter, or spring.Participating Classrooms Receive:
- Partnership – 20 residency hours with a professional theatre artist
- Exposure – Tickets and transportation for a single Adventure Stage performance and the opportunity to present the students’ learning on the Vittum Theater stage
- Resources – Learning Guide, Promptbook, lesson plans, and supplies
Neighborhood Bridges was developed by The Children’s Theatre of Minneapolis. Visit www.neighborhoodbridges.org to learn more or click here to view our press release. For more information about pricing and logistics, please contact Merissa Shunk, Director of Education, at 773.278.7471 ext. 173.
"Highlight of my year"
“It was a blast to learn so much about literature and theater. This Neighborhood Bridges Program is definitely one of the highlights of my eighth grade year.”
-Alice 8th Grader (Healy School)