We can! We’re Storytellers Side by Side!
and created a variety of storytelling programs that:
Spark Creativity and Problem Solving
Tantalize Imaginations
Bring History to Life
Let Karen and Gale weave their storytelling magic for your audience.
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Karen Young Karen has been enthralling audiences with her historical "Peek Into the Past" and "Kid Tales From Around the World and Back in Time" storytelling programs since 1992. "Karen
Young brings to each group of children her warm smile, a twinkle
in her eyes and a magical way with words... to make her a Storyteller
Extraordinaire." |
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Gale Rublee Portman Drawing
upon her background "Her
stories made fun pictures in my head!" |
"I Want to Vote!" America's Women
Suffrage Story
A
cantankerous pioneer woman and her modern day great-great-granddaughter
remember the heroic work of suffragettes Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and St. Louisan Virginia Minor to legalize a woman’s right
to vote. “I WANT TO VOTE !” was their chant and it echoed
across America. “Peek into the Past” to a time when half of
the adults in America—the female half—had no Voice in their
government because they didn’t have the right to Vote.
Storytellers Side by Side Karen Young and Gale Rublee Portman bring this
momentous slice of history to life and juxtapose today’s politically
active woman and her commitment to children, education and the environment.
This 45-minute storytelling program can be followed by a short Q &
A, if requested.
Grades:
5-Adult
American History, Women’s Studies, Voting Rights
“By the end of the performance, the entire audience was enthusiastically chanting ‘I WANT TO VOTE!’ along with the storytellers.”
“The children will not forget the
information presented in this
storytelling way and did not even
realize they were learning so much
about history and citizenship.”
Conestoga
Carrie and Story Spirit Woman delight audiences with rip roaring tall
tales and heart warming legends. This spirited program is filled with
songs and stories told by America’s native peoples and the pioneers
who traveled West in wagons. “Peek into the Past” of the American
frontier with Storytellers Side by Side Karen Young and Gale Rublee Portman.
All Ages
Westward Expansion,
American and Missouri History
"Your stories were funny and exciting
and helped me imagine what it must
have been like back then.”
Little Red Riding Hood and Grandma are missing! Detectives Andersen and Grimm (Storytellers Side by Side Karen Young and Gale Rublee Portman) from the Once Upon a Time Detective Agency are hot on the trail of the suspects, but they need help. Small teams of students are deputized as “Story Detectives.” Using math and observation skills as the wacky fairytale suspects are questioned, clues are found and the mystery is solved.
Grades 2-5
Math, Critical Thinking, Communications Arts
This program is presented through:
Springboard to Learning/Young Audiences of St. Louis
have ever had!”
Elementary Teacher
“This program was entertaining and funny, plus my students used math and creative problem solving.” Elementary Teacher
Travel
through time and “Peek into the Past” to meet heroes, heroines,
giants and ordinary folk whose stories stretch across continents and cultures.
Ancient tales from Greece, Ireland and Asia. A tribal story from Africa
and a tall tale from America. Even a current urban tale. Together they
form a story map of the world from the beginning of time to today. This
animated and engaging program, featuring Storytellers Side by Side Karen
Young and Gale Rublee Portman, is filled with adventure, life lessons
and laughter.
Grades K-6
World Cultures, History, Language Arts
“I was amazed that all our elementary students—from the youngest to the oldest—were enthralled through the entire program.”