Announced for Missouri Region 6 National History Day Missouri Southern News Bureau FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2004 Contact: Dr. Paul Teverow (417) 625-3114 E-Mail: News Bureau Voice: (417) 625.9399 FAX: (417) 625.3142 |
JOPLIN, MO (SNS) -The Missouri Region 6
National History Day contest took place on the campus of Missouri
Southern State University on Friday, March 4, under the sponsorship of
the Social Science Department.
This year's History Day theme is "Communication in History:
the Key to Understanding."
Entries on any topic pertaining to this theme - in a global,
national, or local context - could be submitted in the form of a
research paper, an exhibit, a performance, or an audio-visual
documentary.
The top three entries in each category are eligible to compete
in National History Day in Missouri on Saturday, April 16.
For more information about the state contest may be found by
going the following website,www.umsystem.edu/whmc/nhd/nhdcontest.html.
The top two entries in each category at the state contest may compete in
the National Contest in June. For information about National History
Day, go to nationalhistoryday.com/
MISSOURI REGION 6 HISTORY DAY WINNERS, 2005 Communication in
History: the Key to Understanding
Note: In some cases, teams had fewer than 5 members and not
all three places (First, Second and Third) were awarded.
*JUNIOR DIVISION PAPERS
FIRST: Student: SARAH GOOLSBY School: CARTHAGE JH Teacher(s): KATHLEEN SWIFT & SUE PITTS Entry Title: "THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD: THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE" SECOND: Student: SAMANTHA FLESHER School: Carthage JH Teacher(s): Kathleen Swift & SUE PITTS Entry Title: JANE GOODALL'S RESEARCH . . . THIRD: Student: RYAN CARR School: CARTHAGE JH Teacher(s): KATHLEEN SWIFT & SUE PITTS Entry Title: MAYFLOWER COMPACT . . . * SENIOR DIVISION PAPERS FIRST: Student: LOGAN SKELLY School: JOPLIN HS Teacher(s): JANET MYERS & ANDY RITTER Entry Title: THE TELEGRAPH - PROVIDING THE KEY TO COMMUNICATION & UNDERSTANDING DURING THE CIVIL WAR SECOND: Student: CYBILL ESGUERRA School: JOPLIN HS Teacher(s): ANDY RITTER Entry Title: COMMUNICATING CIVIL RIGHTS: MARTIN LUTHER KING'S "LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL" THIRD: Student: MEAGHAN YOUNKER School: JOPLIN HS Teacher(s): ANDY RITTER Entry Title: ANSEL ADAMS: THE KEY TO NATURE'S BEAUTY *JUNIOR DIVISION EXHIBITS--Individual FIRST: Student: MATT MCCREARY School: JOPLIN GIFTED CENTER Teacher(s): PAMELA PAGE Entry Title: NELLIE BLY: THE WORLD'S REPORTER SECOND: Student: TAYLOR KENNEDY School: JOPLIN GIFTED CENTER Teacher(s): PAMELA PAGE Entry Title: THE NAVAJO CODE-TALKERS THIRD: Student: LAUREN JOHNSON School: JOPLIN GIFTED CENTER Teacher(s): PAMELA PAGE Entry Title: THE HISTORY OF LIFE MAGAZINE *JUNIOR DIVISION EXHIBITS --Group FIRST: Student #1: STEWART MICHAEL PENCE Student #2: AUGUSTUS WAYNE OBERG School: JOPLIN MEMORIAL MS Teacher(s): LYNN RAMSOUR Entry Title: HIEROGLYPHS: WRITING OF THE ANCIENTS SECOND: Student #1: MARK ROBERTSON Student #2: KOBRIN SPECK School: JOPLIN GIFTED CENTER Teacher(s): PAMELA PAGE Entry Title: ON THE EDGE OF WORLD WAR III: THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS THIRD: Student #1: BLAKE HENRY Student #2: BO MAHR Student #3: TREVOR WALKER Student #4: SHELBY CUMMINS Student #5: School: NEOSHO JH Teacher(s): JULIE HULLEY Entry Title: VISUAL REVOLUTION; REVELATION OF RACIAL INJUSTICE *SENIOR DIVISION EXHIBITS --Individual FIRST: Student: MICHAEL MCCREARY School: JOPLIN HIGH Teacher(s): ANDY RITTER Entry Title: DEAREST LU: COMMUNICATIONS OF ERWIN ROMMEL SECOND: Student: RICHARD MINER School: CARTHAGE HS Teacher(s): KATHLEEN SWIFT & SUE PITTS Entry Title: THE MEDIA: PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS = PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING THIRD: Student: ASHLEY DAVIDSON School: JOPLIN HS Teacher(s): ANDY RITTER Entry Title: COMMUNICATING TO THE MASSES: THOMAS NAST *SENIOR DIVISION EXHIBITS --Group FIRST: Student #1: EMILY SNYDER Student #2: KATRINA WESTHOFF School: CARTHAGE JH Teacher(s): KATHLEEN SWIFT & SUE PITTS Entry Title: RED EMMA: THE LAW'S THE LIMIT SECOND: Student #1: NICOLE GREEN Student #2: BRIANNA RUSSO Student #3: EMMA KOCH School: CARTHAGE HS Teacher(s): KATHLEEN SWIFT Entry Title: JAZZ & BLUES: COMMUNICATION THROUGH MUSIC THIRD: Student #1: SYDNEY RAWLINS Student #2: ASHLEE ALLPHIN : School: EAST NEWTON HS Teacher(s): RENEE CEBULA Entry Title: SWAPPING BROOMS FOR RIFLES: WOMEN COMMUNICATING LOYALTY & LOVE IN THE CIVIL WAR *JUNIOR DIVISION PERFORMANCES --Individual FIRST: Student: CHRISTOPHER GRILLS School: IVA E. WELLS MS - SENECA Teacher(s): KAREN GRIMMETT Entry Title: WILLIAM FRIEDMAN: THE PURPLE CODE & THE MAN WHO CONQUERED IT SECOND: Student: AUTUMN LEWIS School: JOPLIN GIFTED CENTER Teacher(s): PAMELA PAGE Entry Title: NAVAJO CODE TALKERS THIRD: Student: MCKINZIE PAYTON School: CARL JUNCTION INTERMEDIATE Teacher(s): VICKI FARRILL/NITA HARTMAN Entry Title: VICTORIA WOODHULL: COMMUNICATING IN A MAN'S WORLD *JUNIOR DIVISION PERFORMANCES --Group FIRST: Student #1: KATHERINE BURR Student #2: ASHLEY LINDER Student #3: STACIA SARWINSKI Student #4: KELSEY GREEN School: IVA E. WELLS MS - SENECA Teacher(s): KAREN GRIMMETT Entry Title: VOICES OF WAR SECOND: Student #1: ETHAN BLACKSHER Student #2: WESTON HERRINGTON School: CARTHAGE JH Teacher(s): KATHLEEN SWIFT & SUE PITTS Entry Title: THE NAVAJO CODE TALKERS: THE KEY TO COMMUNICATION IN WW II THIRD: Student #1: COURTNEY SCOTT Student #2: JONATHAN DURBIN Student #3: RANDA BUTLER Student #4: JORDANNE WRIGHT Student #5: TAYLOR PARMLEY School: IVA E. WELLS MS - SENECA Teacher(s): KAREN GRIMMETT Entry Title: OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES: THE EYES & EARS OF THE UNITED STATE, 1941-1944 *SENIOR DIVISION PERFORMANCES --Individual FIRST: Student: LAURA KNUTZEN School: CARL JUNCTION HS Teacher(s): TERESA HARRISON Entry Title: STRAPLESS TO WIRELESS: UNLOCKING THE SECRET OF HEDWIG KEISLER SECOND: Student: KATIE YORK School: CARTHAGE JH Teacher(s): KATHLEEN SWIFT & SUE PITTS Entry Title: ANNIE OAKLEY: COMMUNICATING THE IMAGE OF THE MODERN WESTERN WOMAN *SENIOR DIVISION PERFORMANCES --Group FIRST: Student #1: MOLLY FERRE Student #2: BLAIR CHRISENBERRY School: NEVADA HS Teacher(s): PEG MILLER Entry Title: REALIZING THE TRUTH: NEGRO SLAVE SPIRITUALS SECOND: Student #1: JAKOB FORSTE Student #2: KYLE PERRY Student #3: SHAYAN DEBOZORGHI Student #4: NATHAN WARD School: JOPLIN HS Teacher(s): MATT HARDING Entry Title: YEARNING FOR PEACE: ANTI-WAR SONGS THROUGH THE DECADES : *JUNIOR DIVISION DOCUMENTARY --Individual FIRST: Student: MATTHEW MARTIN School: CARTHAGE JH Teacher(s): KATHLEEN SWIFT & SUE PITTS Entry Title: APOLLO II: COMMUNICATING THE MOON TO THE MASSES SECOND Student: PRYCE NUTTING School: IVA E WELLS MS-SENECA Teacher(s): KAREN GRIMMETT Entry Title: JOSEPH STALIN: THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA THIRD Student: JOSEPH BROWN School: IVA E WELLS MS-SENECA Teacher(s): KAREN GRIMMETT Entry Title: TO BOMB OR NOT TO BOMB? UNDERSTANDING HARRY S TRUMAN'S DECISION *JUNIOR DIVISION DOCUMENTARY --Group FIRST: Student #1: MARIAH MARSDEN Student #2: JOSHUA MASON School: CARTHAGE JH Teacher(s): KATHLEEN SWIFT & SUE PITTS Entry Title: THE BLACK DEATH: HOW INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION KEPT IT KILLING SECOND Student #1: SAGAN GRASSKEMPER Student #2: SCOTT KNUTZEN School: CARL JUNCTION JH Teacher(s): VICKI FARRILL Entry Title: W. R. HEARST: THE "CHIEF" OF COMMUNICATION THIRD: Student #1: CARTER GREEN Student #2: MATT PENDERGRAFT School: IVA E. WELLS MS -- SENECA Teacher(s): KAREN GRIMMETT Entry Title: THOMAS EDISON: THE KEY TO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY *SENIOR DIVISION DOCUMENTARY --Individual FIRST: Student: JASON KNUTZEN School: CARL JUNCTION HS Teacher(s): TERESA HARRISON Entry Title: MEDIA MISCOMMUNICATION: UNDERSTANDING JOURNALISTIC BIAS SECOND: Student: ALAN LIU School: JOPLIN HS Teacher(s): ANDY RITTER Entry Title: THE RENAISSANCE: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES THIRD: Student: KRISTIN CARTER School: JOPLIN HS Teacher(s): ANDY RITTER Entry Title: THE ROSETTA STONE: THE KEY TO EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS *SENIOR DIVISION DOCUMENTARY --Group FIRST: Student #1: JASON DEVORE Student #2: ROBERT HAWK Student #3: ERIC OBERT School: JOPLIN HS Teacher(s): ANDY RITTER Entry Title: SMOKE SIGNALS: ADVERTISING OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY SECOND: Student #1: SHELLY PFEIFER Student #2: NATHAN MARTIN Student #3: FRANKIE SKAGGS School: CARTHAGE HS Teacher(s): KATHLEEN SWIFT & SUE PITTS Entry Title: CLOSING THE GAP: TRANSATLANTIC COMMUNICATION THIRD: Student #1: ALICIA BRADLEY Student #2: JOSH BENTLEY : School: DIAMOND R-4 HS Teacher(s): JERRY SKINNER Entry Title: AN UNCOMMON WAY |
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