State NHD Winners

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 13, 2009

Dr. Paul Teverow
Regional Coordinator
(417) 625-3114

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - Several area students distinguished themselves in the recent National History Day in Missouri contest, held April 4 in Columbia, Missouri.

 

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 them 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 2009 History Day theme is "The Individual in History."

 

The 2009 state contest included 520 students from 85 schools, all award-winners at their respective regional contests. The 6 top entries from each category competed in final rounds to select Missouri’s delegates to the National contest. Listed below are state award winners, special prize winners, and finalists from the Joplin region, one of nine in Missouri. For complete contest results, go to http://whmc.umsystem.edu/nhd/nhdmain.html .

 

First and second place winners in each category are among Missouri's 55 delegates to National History Day, June 14-18, 2008 at the University of Maryland-College Park. Third place winners are alternate delegates.

 

Six entries that advanced from the March 6 Joplin regional contest were among Missouri’s delegates and alternates. They include:

 

Junior (6−8) Individual Exhibit
1st place
STUDENTS Eric Peer
Julia Lathrop and Better Babies
Carthage, MO, Home School
TEACHER(s) Julie Peer

Eric’s entry also won a special award presented by the American Association of University Women.

Junior (6−8) Group Exhibit

 

3rd place
STUDENTS Vada Harris, Sandra Wicklund
Sacajawea; Strong Woman Who Led the Way
Neosho, MO, Neosho Middle School
TEACHER(s) Julie Hulley

Junior (6−8) Web Site (Individual and Group)

 

3rd place
STUDENTS Caitlin Brock, Shea Dalton
Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Icon
Diamond, MO, Diamond Middle School
TEACHER(s) Heather Asbell

Senior (9−12) Group Exhibit

 

3rd place
STUDENTS Ashley Linder, Courtney Scott
Starving for Suffrage: Alice Paul and the
Great Mosaic
Seneca, MO, Seneca High School
TEACHER(s) Cheryl Butterfield

 

1st place
STUDENTS Michaela Joines, Abigail Miner
"The Man Who Raised America" − Dr. Benjamin Spock
Carthage, MO, Carthage High School
TEACHER(s) Kathleen Swift

Senior (9−12) Group Performance

 

1st place
STUDENTS Brittany Golden, Andrew Schesser
The Actions of Annie White Baxter: A Lasting Legacy for Women's Suffrage
Carthage, MO, Carthage High School
TEACHER(s) Kathleen Swift

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

 

3rd place
STUDENTS Craig Mitchell, Michael Weaver, Alex White
Oskar Schindler: Angel of the Jews
Carthage, MO, Carthage High School
TEACHER(s) Kathleen Swift

 

In addition, the Junior Individual Documentary submitted by Madelaine Chotrow, Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School in Joplin entitled “So This is the Little Lady Who Started This War?”, won the ARVARH STRICKLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN PRIZE.

 

Finally, Bethany Henry of Neosho, currently in her first year at The University of Missouri, served as this year’s National History Day in Missouri Intern. Bethany is a former History Day participant whose entry advanced to the National Contest.

 

For further information, please contact:
Paul Teverow
Professor of History and National History Day Coordinator, Missouri Region 6
Missouri Southern State University
Office 417-625-3114
Fax 417-625-3091
teverow-p@mssu.edu

 

 

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