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Young Chautauqua

Young Chautauqua is a nationally recognized youth program in which young scholars portray historical figures. Through monologues and question-and-answer sessions, young scholars-in and out of character-engage the audience in lively discussions with people from the past, and then provide insight into historical study. The Young Chautauqua program is a valuable way to increase young people's understanding of, and engagement with, the humanities. Students in grades 4 through 12 throughout Colorado participate in our Young Chautauqua program.

Young Chautauqua is comprised of series of workshops of scholarship, research, rehearsal, and performance in which students bring history to life by immersing themselves in the writings and lives of historical characters. Young people select an inspiring person in history who possesses the qualities, values, and often life circumstances that they can identify with in their own life. Each student researches a character of their choice and portrays the character including their personality, ideology, and life-changing events that molded their character. This portrayal is presented in front of an audience of their peers.
 
Why
Program goals are to raise student interest and knowledge of American history; provide opportunities to practice research and public speaking; and provide opportunities for students to be mentored by professional historians and presenters. The program bulds self-esteem and reveals insight into life choices and challenges. It encourages confidence, self-esteem, good life choices, study skills, presentation skills, and critical thinking.

Young Chautauqua Scholars Schedule 2021

Under the Big Tent at Aims Community College 
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August 7, 2019: Wednesday   9:00 a.m.- 4:00p.m.
 
9:00-9:05                  Overview and Introductions
           
9:05-9:25                  West High School
                                    Letia Juarez as Jovita Adar
                                    Kathryn Broderius as Gertrude Elion
 
9:25- 9:45                 Central High School
                                    Bryanna Skelton as Alexander Hamilton
                                    Sydney Hudson as Margaret Brown
                                   
9:45-12:00               Chappelow K-8
                                     Jackson Chadwick as Theodore Roosevelt
                                    Elliott Hein as Steve Irwin
                                    June McGlaughlin as Clara Barton
                                    Ellis McGlaughlin as Mary Bowser
                                    Fatima Lone as Lucille Ball
                                    Kaitlee Marshall as Anne Sullivan
                                    Reymundo Ocampo-Flores as Napoleon Bonaparte
                                    Tessa Johnston as Nellie Bly
                                    Coen McCall as Stan Lee
                                    Dante Parlin as Bob Ross
                                    Aricin Wooten as Stan Lee
                                    Dylan Frederick–Law as Charles Darwin
                                    Paityn  Liscano-Garcia as Princess Diana
                                    Kaileen Rudolph as Lucille Ball
                                    Aiden Travis as Martin Luther King, Jr.
                                    Sarah Porter as Emily Dickinson
                                    Camila Leyva as Frida Kahlo
                                    Jeb Mathews as Marquis de Layfayette
                                        Will Mathews as C.S. Lewis
                                    Joy Perry-Grice as Irena Sendler
                                                                       
12:00-1:00               LUNCH
 
1:00-1:05                  Dos Rios
                                    Alexia Salcido Rascon as Nellie Bly
 
1:05-1:15                  Early College Academy
                                    Vince Wojurfin as General George Patton
 
 
1:15-1:20                  Trinity Lutheran
                                    Zeke Worjurfin as Nathan Hale
 
1:20 - 1:45                Heiman Elementary
                                    Savannah Zimmerman as Jane Addams
                                    Brennon Williamson as Wilt Chamberlain
                                    Arianna Ramirez as Emily Griffith
                                    Nate woody as Crazy Horse
                                    Tenley Oreskovich as Queen Elizabeth I
 
1:45-1:55                  Madison Elementary
                                    Dana Portillo as Katharine Lee Bates
                                    Nellie Lopez as Clara Brown
 
1:55 -2:00                 Maplewood Elementary
                                    Emily Massey as Michael Jackson
 
2:00-2:10                  McAuliffe Elementary
                                    Jaseline Gonzalez as Sally Ride
                                    Emma Farrar as Dian Fossey          
 
2:10-2:30                  Meeker Elementary
                                    Karley Romero as Ruth Wakefield
                                    Batool Alzayd as Fatimah Az-Zahra
                                    Madilyn Varney as Emily Griffith
                                    Alexandre Larson-Reyes as Albert Einstein
 
2:30-2:40                  Monfort Elementary
                                    Analiah Sanchez as Frida Kahlo
                                    Scarlette Howell as Betsy Ross
 
2:40-3:10                  Prairie Heights Middle School
                                    Ceyann Baruth as Emily Griffith
                                    Landon McCartney as Lou Costello
                                    Makai Mireles as Martin Luther King, Jr.
                                   
3:10-3:20                  Salida del Sol Academy
                                    Sabrina Ruiz as Anne Sullivan
 
3:20-3:25                  Shawsheen Elementary
                                    Story Suniga as Joan of Arc
                                   
3:25-3:30                  Tjardes School of Innovation
                                    Gabrielle Luce as Jane Addams
 
 
3:30-3:35                  University Elementary School
                                    Reagan Williams Bond as John F. Kennedy
 
3:35-3:45                  Brentwood Middle School
                                    Samantha Watson as Madeleine L’ Engle

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