National History Day


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 28, 2008

Dr. Paul Teverow
(417) 625-3114

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - Several area students distinguished themselves in the recent National History Day in Missouri contest, held April 12 in Columbia, Mo.

National History Day in Missouri (NHDMO) is a yearlong history education program, sponsored by the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia, at the University of Missouri.

It forms part of National History Day, a nationwide program which since 1974 has encouraged young people to explore history and has taught hem to understand historical issues, ideas, people and events. Participants conduct in-depth research on individual topics related to an annual theme and present their findings in one of several formats -- exhibit, performance, documentary, web site, or research paper -- designed to foster creativity and imagination.

These presentations are evaluated at a series of local, state and national contests. The 2008 History Day theme is "Conflict & Compromise in History."

The 2008 state contest included 545 students from 78 schools, all award-winners at their respective regional contests. Listed below are state award winners and special prize winners from the Joplin region, one of nine in Missouri. For compete contest results, go to http://mo.nhd.org/ud/php/winnersPubResultsSTATE.php?cid=1.

For further information, please contact Dr. Paul Teverow, History Day Coordinator, Missouri Region 6 at (417) 625-3114.

 

 

Note: First and second place winners in each category are among Missouri's 30 delegates to National History Day, June 15-19, 2008 at the University of Maryland-College Park. Third place winners are alternate delegates.

 

Junior Individual Exhibits
3rd place (alternate)
Neosho, Mo., Neosho Middle School,
Zachary Aldrich
“Led by the Game from Conflict to Compromise”
Teacher: Julia Hulley

 

Junior (6-8) Group Exhibit
2nd place
Carthage, Mo., Carthage Junior High
Erin Marston
Janene Inman
“Religious Conflict sof 1947: Creating India’s Compromise”
Teacher: Sue Pitts

 

3rd place
Carthage, Mo., Carthage Junior High
Hailey Brownfield
Kendace Patterson
Libby Shanon
“A Conflict of Bread and Roses: The Lawerence Strike of 1912”
Teacher: Kathleen Swift

 

Junior (6-8) Web Site (Individual and Group):
2nd place
Diamond, Mo., Diamond Middle School
Spencer Lowden
Jeremy Robbins
Micah Alford
“Conflict and Compromise: The World Near Nuclear War”
Teacher: Heather Asbell

 

Senior (9-12) Paper:
2nd place
Carthage, Mo., Carthage High School
Christian Johns
“I Dissent: The Supreme Court and Japanese-American Internment.”
Teacher: Carolyn Tubbs

 

Senior (9-12) Group Exhibit:
2nd place
Carthage, Mo., Carthage High School
Silivinia Roman
Justine Leiser
“James Milton Turner: Overcoming Conflict to Promote Compromise for His People.”
Teacher: Carolyn Tubbs

 

Jewish History Prize:
Carthage High School,
Mariah Marsden, Maggie Scott, and Ethan Blacksher
“The Six Day War: A Conflict of Powers and Their Inability to Compromise.”

 

Williard Young World War II Prize:
Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School
Ji Yean Yoo,

Senior Individual Exhibit: “I Was Only Thirteen’ Japan and the Stolen Flowers of Korea.”

 

Junior (6-8) Individual Documentary
5th place
Carthage, Mo. Carthage Junior High
Siri Ancha, Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School
“On the Brink of Nuclear War”
Teacher: Scott Johnson

Junior (6-8) Individual Performance


4th place
Carthage, MO, Carthage Junior High
Brittany Golden
“New England Conflict, New England Compromise: King Philip’s War”
Teacher: Kathleeen Swift

 

5th place
Joplin, MO, Joplin Gifted Center
Julia Lewis
“Mary Mallon: Killer Cook or Helpless Victim”
Teacher: Pamela Page

Junior (6-8) Group Documentary


5th place
Seneca, MO, Seneca R-7 School
Logan Grady
Josh Barker
“Tet Offensive - The Turning Point in the Vietnam War”
Teacher: Julie Schwartz

Senior (9-12) Individual Exhibit


6th Place
Joplin, MO, Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School
Ji Yean Yoo
“I Was Only Thirteen: Japan and the Stolen Flowers of Korea”
Teacher: Scott Johnson

Senior (9-12) Group Exhibit


4th place
Seneca, MO, Seneca High School
Shelby Asbill
Ashley Linder
“Flying Above the Conflict: Breaking the Berlin Blockade”
Teacher: Cheryl Butterfield

Senior (9-12) Individual Documentary


4th place
Seneca, MO, Seneca High School
Stephen Henady
“Pursuing Our Rights: Overcoming Racial Segregation in the U.S. Military”
Teacher: Cheryl Butterfield

Senior (9-12) Web Site (Individual and Group)


4th place
Joplin, MO, College Heights Christian School
Tasha Stratton
“The Cuban Missile Crisis: Conflict in the Caribbean”
Teacher: Katie Strawn

 

5th place
Nevada, MO, Nevada High School
Nathan Conley
Matthew Stiles
“Illicit Diamonds: Conflict in Africa”
Teacher: Tina Sudkamp

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