Abi Wilberding
Writing/Humanities/English Teacher
Von Steuben High School
High School (16 to 18 years old)
Language Arts And English, Literature, Speaking and Listening, Writing, Other
: AP Seminar
Where I work and what I do: For the past nearly ten years, I’ve been teaching from New Zealand to Cuba, to Chicago. Right now I am grateful to be a high school teacher in Chicago Public Schools.
Professional interests: Progressive models of education, responsive instruction, social justice, interdisciplinary teaching.
More about me: I love exploring new cities and reading (just finished “Round House” and “Woman at Point Zero”). I graduated from Smith College with a B.A. in American Studies and Educational Theory and received an M.Ed from Loyola University Chicago. Before I taught at Northtown, I taught at a non-profit called GirlForward working to empower refugee girls, assisted teachers in Cuba through USAID, and ran an after-school program in New Zealand.
Abi Wilberding's collections
AIA: Art Challenging Urban Single Stories: Part 1
<p><strong><u>Overview</u></strong><br />By using Chimamanda Adichie's "The Dangers of a Single Story" as a lens, students will begin to analyze how urban artists draw awareness to single stories and challenge them through their artwork. <u><br /><br /></u><strong><u>Topics and Hashtags</u></strong><br />Urban Art, Stereotypes, Art, Social Action, Social Justice, Cities, City, Down These Mean Streets, Maristany #SAAMteach<br /></p>
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