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CHAUTAUQUA CHARACTER DATES PRESENTER APPROPRIATE GRADES CORE CONTENT
Atta Kul Kulla, Cheroke Peace Chief c. 1715 - 1780 Robert K. Rambo, Cullowee, NC Grades 4 - 12 Elementary, Middle, High School
Lucy Blakewell Audubon, A Kentucky Love Story 1787 - 1874 Kelly O'Connell Brengelman, Midway Grades 4 - 12 Elementary, Middle, High School
Daniel Boone, Pathfinder 1734 - 1820 Scott New, Berea Grades 4 - 12 Elementary, Middle, High School
George Rogers Clark, Revolutionary War Hero 1752 - 1818 Mel Hankla, Jamestown Grades 4 - 12 Elementary, Middle, High School
Anna Mac Clarke, African American Military Pioneer 1919 - 1944 Haley S. Bowling, McKee Grades 5 - 12 Elementary and Middle Schools Social Studies, High School Arts/Humanities and Social Studies
Henry Clay, Kentucky's Greatest Statesman 1777 - 1852 George McGee, Georgetown Grades 4 - 12 Elementary, Middle, High School
*Rosemary Clooney, Sentimental Journey 1928 - 2002 Bet Stewart, Cincinnati Grades 9 - 12 High School
Margaret Garner, Death Before Slavery c. 1833 - 1858 Erma Bush, Louisville Grades 8 - 12 Middle, High School
*Johnny Green, An Orphan's Survival 1841 - 1920 Ethan Smith, Cynthiana Grades 4 - 12 Elementary, Middle, High School
*Justice John Marshall Harlan, The Great Dissenter 1833 - 1911 Edward Smith, Cynthiana Grades 6 - 12 Middle, High School
Emilie Todd Helm, Rebel in the White House 1836 - 1930 Betsy Smith, Cynthiana Grades 5 - 12 Elementary, Middle, High School
*Billy Herndon, One Man's Lincoln 1818 - 1891 Robert Brock, Glasgow Grades 6 - 12 Middle, High School
Price Hollowell, Black Patch War Hero 1895 - 1975 Ethan Smith, Cynthiana Grades 5 - 12 Elementary, Middle, High School
Grandpa Jones, Country Musician and Comic 1913 - 1998 David Hurt, Berea Grades 5 - 12 Elementary Social Studies and Arts/Humanities, Middle School Arts/Humanities
Simon Kenton, Frontiersman 1755 - 1836 Mel Hankla, Jamestown Grades 4 - 12 Elementary, Middle, High School
Lily May Ledford, Coon Creek Girl 1917 - 1985 Sandy Harmon, Henderson Grades 4 - 12 Elementary, Middle Arts/Humanities
Abraham Lincoln, "I, too, am a Kentuckian" 1809 - 1865 Jim Sayre, Lawrenceburg Grades 4 - 12 Elementary, Middle, High School
John C. C. Mayo, Coal Baron 1864 - 1914 David Hurt, Berea Grades 9 - 12 High School
Dr. Ephraim McDowell, Frontier Surgeon 1771 - 1831 L. Henry Dowell, Nicholasville Grades 5 - 12 Elementary, Middle, High School
Mary Owens, Lincoln's Lost Kentucky Love 1808 - 1877 Barbara Flair, Greensburg Grades 5 - 12 Elementary, Middle, High School
Pee Wee Reese, Hall of Famer 1918 - 1991 Dick Usher, Benton Grades 5 - 12 Elementary, Middle, High School
Adolph Rupp, The Coach 1901 - 1977 Edward Smith, Cynthiana Grades 7 - 12
Miss Dinnie Thompson, No Ordinary Woman 1857 - 1939 Erma Bush, Louisville Grades 5 - 12 Elementary, Middle School
Dr. Thomas Walker, Pioneer Physician 1715 - 1794 Danny Hinton, Livingston Grades 5 - 12 Elementary, Middle, High School


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