National History Day winners move on to state
04/03/2012
April 2, 2012
Contact: Jill Moberley, Public Information Officer
For Immediate Release
During the ninth annual DPS National History Day competition in March, projects were centered around a single theme: “Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History.” This year’s crop of entries spanned continents and centuries, addressing such diverse subjects as Woodstock, Picasso, the video game Pong, the assembly line, and Impressionism.
From an initial pool of more than 100 entries, 17 will continue on to state level competition, held April 28 in Columbus.
Students participate in History Day events at the district, state and national levels. Historians, educators and professionals in related fields evaluate students’ work in each state. Winners from district events will compete against 600 or more entries in the state event. Fifty will be selected to compete at National History Day, June 10-14, at the University of Maryland.
Originally sponsored by Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1970s, National History Day, with its competitions, awards and educational activities, has grown into a national event based in Washington, D.C.
For more information about the district event, contact NHD coordinator Teresa Troyer at 542-3344.
Winners are:
Senior Individual Exhibits
Belmont Chloe Rusnak Legacy of the Counterculture Revolution of the Sixties
Belmont Radzho Mazhitov The Vietnam Memorial: Finding Healing and Closure at the Wall
Senior Group Exhibits
Belmont Brooke Hardy, Halie Martin, Rayshawn Pounds The Assembly Line
Belmont Mara Gabriel Sanchez, Gabriela Sotelo, Sabina Mazhitova, Brandi Schwark, Cody Preston Architecture of Insanity: The Asylum Movement
Stivers Ariel Stollings, Markaila Granger The Reaction to Emmet Till’s Death
Senior Individual Documentary
Thurgood Marshall Kendrey White The Revolution of the Olympic Class Liners
Senior Group Documentary
Stivers Cory Snell, Aneva Moore, Valerie Daniel Learning from the Holocaust
Stivers Markita Cummings, Morgan Strahorn Impressionism: Artistic Evolution
Senior Individual Website
Thurgood Marshall Mitchell Cowan The Revolution of the M16
Thurgood Marshall Chris Ray Airplanes
Senior Group Website
Thurgood Marshall Asia Ray, India Ray Automobiles/Transportation
Junior Individual Exhibit
Stivers Adrienne LaChance Title IX: Reforming Womens College Athletics
Junior Individual Website
Stivers Myshellia Carter No Way!
Stivers India Foster Picasso: Revolution in Art
Stivers Ja’Lynn Joyce Brown vs. Board of Education
Junior Group Website
Stivers Joshua Steinbrugge, Ian Hartsough, Brone Olt Pong: The Start of a Revolution
Junior Paper
Stivers Emily Elam Woodstock: Change of a Generation
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