Tuesday, March 11, 2014

National History Day winners announced

(From Southern News Service)

The results from the Missouri Region 6 History Day, held March 7 at Missouri Southern State University.
The theme for the event was “Rights and Responsibilities in History.” Winners from the regional contest, one of nine in Missouri, will have the opportunity to compete in National History Day in Missouri on April 26 at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Winners from the state competition may go on to the national contest in June at College Park, Md.
Junior (6-8) Paper – Individual only
First: Zoe Brown, Joplin, South Middle School
“Rights of Students vs. Responsibilities of School Board: Board of Education vs Pico”
Second: Rebecca Brown, Joplin, South Middle School
“Nancy Cruzan: The Right to Liberty, the Right to Privacy, the Right to Die?”
Third: Hera Schneider, Joplin, South Middle School
“Radium Girls: The Rights and Responsibilities of the Living Death”
Junior Individual Exhibit
First: Taylor Yuhas, Joplin, South Middle School
“Orphan Trains: The Rights and Responsibilities Regarding Orphan Children”
Second: Jacob Dunkin, Seneca, Seneca R-7 School
“The Civilian Conservation Corps: The Men Who Brought America Back”
Third: Summer Anderson, Seneca, Seneca R-7 School
“Rose Philippne Duchesne: Woman Who Prays Always”
Junior Group Exhibit
First: Tyler Gray and Nicholas Sloan, Joplin, South Middle School
“Stopped in their Tracks: The Great Railroad Strike of 1877; Turning Point in U.S. Labor Relations”
Second: Cecillia McPheron and Aleacia Bahler, Joplin, South Middle School
“The Klu Klux Klan: Effects on Rights, Society and Perspective”
Third: Jenna Martin and Kelsey Kerrigan, Joplin, South Middle School
“The Birmingham Church Bombing: How it Affected the Civil Rights Act of 1964”
Junior Individual Performance
First: Emma Eckhardt, Joplin, South Middle School
“Prohibition: You Can’t Drink the Problem Away!”
Second: Camryn Potts, Joplin, South Middle School
“Helene Benatar and the Responsibility Over the Rights of Jewish Refugees”
Third: Phoebe Watson, Joplin, South Middle School
“Child Laborers Gaining Rights and Responsibilities”
 Junior Group Performance
First: Taylor Mailes and Gracie Heckart, Seneca, Seneca R-7 School
“A Road to Achieving American Rights”
Second: Hallie Mitchell, Rachel Lacey and Audrey Shockley, Wheaton, Wheaton R-3 School
“Overwhelming Responsibilities: Ruby Bridges Stands for the Right to Desegregate Schools”
Third: Warren Aldridge and Aileen Aldridge, Joplin, North Middle School
“The Pullman Strike of 1894: Rights and Responsibilities in American Labor”
Junior Individual Documentary
First: Keaton Campbell, Joplin, South Middle School
“Kill the Indian, Save the Man: Indian Assimilation in America”
Second: Grace Jacobs, Joplin, South Middle School
“American Women in World War II: Propaganda on the Home Front”
Third: Savannah Huff, Joplin, South Middle School
“Patient Consent: A Medical Luxury of the 20th Century”
Junior Group Documentary
First: Katie Gray and Mari Katheryn Saunders, Joplin, South Middle School
“Nelson Mandela: His Fight Against Apartheid in South Africa”
Second: Landon Vowels and Hayden Higgins, Joplin, South Middle School
“Berlin Crisis of 1961: The Degradation of East German Rights on Account of Soviet Authority”
Third: Drake Weston and Jacob Holliday, Joplin, South Middle School
“The Gun Control Act of 1968 and its Effects on U.S. Rights”
Junior Individual Web Site
First: Sam Peterson, Joplin, South Middle School
“Ghost Dance Religion: The Right to Culture”
Second: Jillian Lopes, Joplin, South Middle School
“Heroes of the Holocaust: Irena Sendler”
Third: Michael Gray, Joplin, South Middle School
“Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Bombs Heard Around the World”
Junior Group Web Site
First: Jessica Zengel and Diane Wagler, Joplin, South Middle School
“Trail of Tears: Native Americans Forced to Relocate”
Second: Jacob Jones and Colin Lopes, Joplin, South Middle School
“Beyond Barbed Wire: Japanese Internment in America”
Third: Quinn Lasley and Eli Paden, Carthage, Carthage Junior High
“A City Demolished: The 1906 Earthquake and Fire”
Senior (9-12) Paper – Individual only
First: Mikaela Walker, Carthage, Carthage High School
“Slaughter in Rwanda: Ignored Rights and Responsibilities”
Second: Sam Heil, Joplin, home school
“Responsibility in War: Operation Catapult and the British Seizure of the French Fleet”
Third: Stacey Pettey, Carthage, Carthage High School
“Foreign Feet March: The Amazon Army Protests for Miners’ Rights”
Senior Individual Exhibit
First: Erin Snyder, Carthage, Carthage High School
“Four Days of Fire”
Second: Kenya Medlock, Carthage, Carthage High School
“John Scopes Trial: The Right to Teach Evolution”
Third: Joseph Klink, Neosho, Neosho Christian School
“The 2nd Amendment”
Senior Group Exhibit
First: Chloe Renfro, Annie Goodwin and Marisa Donica, Joplin, Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School
“To Vote or Not to Vote”
Second: Hannah Jones and Annie Lazure, Neosho, Neosho Christian School
“The Congo Free State and the Fight for Human Rights”
Senior Group Performance
First: Kayla Mason and Skyler Scates, Wheaton, Wheaton R-3 School
“Imprisoned for Sedition: Matthew Lyon Takes Responsibility for the Rights of Others”
Second: Chase Cantwell, Matt Hickman, Chris Yang and Yia Yang, Wheaton, Wheaton R-3 School
“Lincoln’s Rights and Responsibilities: The Emancipation Proclamation”
Senior Individual Documentary
First: Christopher Roberts, Carthage, Carthage High School
“Trail of Tears”
Senior Group Documentary
First: Matt Goolsby, Robert Peppers and Tyler Talley, Carthage, Carthage High School
“Order No. 11: Utilitarian Act of Tyrannical Terror”
Senior Individual Web Site
First: Molly Shannon, Carthage, Carthage High School
“Freedom’s Wheels are Rolling: The Right to Ride”
Second: Alec Fehring, Neosho, Neosho Christian School
“Nuremberg Infamy on Trial”
Third: Kayln Jordan, Joplin, Joplin High School
“Restricting the Rights of Parents in China”
Senior Group Web Site
First: Nazhath Sulthana and Farhath Sulthana, Joplin, Joplin High School
“From Farm to Factory: A Fight for Justice”
Second: Abby Burken and Treyton Moore, Carthage, Carthage High School
“You Have the Right to Remain Silent …”
Third: Brandon Splitter, Taylor Vaughn and Jason Ogle, Carthage, Carthage High School
“Wounded Knee: Silencing the Betrayed”

1 comment:

  1. What did South Middle School offer to their students that East and North didn't? The school district needs to assure EVERY middle school student the same opportunities. I would be willing to bet that the SMS students had a huge advantage somehow.

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