2012 Contest Results

National History Day in Georgia 2012- STATE Results

Thank you to Mercer University for hosting the state competition, and thank you to the 60 judges who volunteered time to evaluate the entries.  Thanks also to every teacher that prepared their students for this program.

The students below represent the top entries from the state on this year's theme "Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History".   (Students are listed by category of entry.):

Junior Papers

1st: “Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi”, Dar Patel, Howard Middle School (Macon), Donna Wells, teacher

2nd: “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: the Revolution of Documentary Photography During the Great Depression”, Emily Crenshaw, Midland Middle School (Columbus), Sue Funk, teacher

Honorable Mentions:

• “Russian Jews in the United States”, Victoria Williams, Episcopal Day School (Augusta), Bill Mundell, teacher
• “The Model T: Henry Ford Revolutionizes the Auto Industry”, Preston Brown, Jane Macon Middle School (Brunswick), Mark Fell, teacher

Senior Papers

1st: “The Reform of Theology by the Emergence of Calvinism”, Timothy Le, Mill Creek High School (Gwinnett County), Maria Keyes, teacher

2nd: “Bust and Boom: the Story of an Economy”, Alex Jagrowski, Jagrowski Homeschool (Alpharetta), Paula Jagrowski, teacher

Honorable Mention:

• “Out of the Ashes: the Triangle Factory Fire and Its Effect on American Labor”, Caroline Martin, Central High School (Macon), Jason Williams, teacher

Junior Individual Documentaries

1st: “Evacuation of Britain in World War Two”, Chandler Ciuba, Brookstone School (Columbus), Jane Goldfrank, teacher

2nd: “Elvis Presley: Influence of the King”, Elena Mayfield, West Side Magnet School (LaGrange), Charlotte Webb, teacher

Honorable Mentions:

• “A Non-Violent Revolution: India’s Steps to Independence”, Ritika Chandra, Midland Middle School (Columbus), Sue Funk, teacher
• “The Tuskegee Airmen: a Documentary”, Ashley Pointer, Howard  Middle School (Macon), Donna Wells, teacher
• “The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II”, Dominique Xavier McClinton, Glynn County Middle School (Brunswick), Kathryn Lewis, teacher
• “The Montgomery Bus Boycott”, Heavenleigh Daniel, Midland Middle School (Columbus), Sue Funk, teacher

Junior Group Documentaries

1st: “Worldwide Reaction to the Holocaust”, Caroline Sayers and Chatham Cabelka, St. Luke’s UMC School (Columbus), Chris Shelnutt, teacher

2nd: “The Salem Witch Trials”, Ramsey Cook, Karen DeYong, and Caitlin Baggett, Berry College Elementary and Middle School (Rome), Claire Howard, teacher

Honorable Mentions:

• “Lights, Camera, Politics! How Television Affected President John F. Kennedy’s Political Career”, Emily Flowers, Sara Doerr, and Sarah Jackson, Gardner Newman Middle School (LaGrange), Brandi Turner, teacher
• “It’s a ‘Reel’ Revolution: How Computer Animation is Changing How We Learn”, Mary Hird and Katie Crenshaw, Midland Middle School (Columbus), Sue Funk, teacher

Senior Individual Documentaries

1st: “Coke is It!” Marissa Gamboa, Covenant Christian Ministries Academy (Marietta), Hope Gamboa, teacher

2nd: The British Industrial Revolution: Reforming More than Just the Production of Goods”, Edward Sunder, Georgia Cyber Academy (Flintstone), Betsy Sunder, teacher

Senior Group Documentaries

1st: “The Pope of Pop: Andy Warhol the Revolutionary”, Yelim Youm and Austin Seidel, Columbus High School, Betsy Zachry, teacher

2nd: The Green Revolution: Blessing or Curse?”, Tosal Patel and Ashka Patel, Columbus High School, Betsy Zachry, teacher

Honorable Mentions:

• “The Rock and Roll Revolution”, Briana Achtman, Noah Egleston, and Justin Grimaldi, Mill Creek High School (Gwinnett County), Maria Keyes, teacher
• “Cogito Ergo Sum: a Metaphysical Revolution”, Kishan Pithadia, Gautam Chebrolu, and Sivakumar Venkatachalam, Columbus High School, Betsy Zachry, teacher

Junior Individual Exhibits

1st: “Kindertransport”, Harper Fine, Richards Middle School (Columbus), Lisa Cowart, teacher

2nd: “Oak Ridge, TN: the Revolution of Nuclear Production”, Thomas Dorminy, Sola Fide Home School (McDonough), Ann Dorminy, teacher

Honorable Mentions:

• “Space Shuttle: a Controversial Revolution in Space Exploration”, Tanner Bryson, Scholars’ Guild (Loganville), Jan Bryson, teacher
• “Carrier Pigeons: Reforming Communications Throughout History”, Sarah Yount, Scholars’ Guild (Loganville), Becky Yount, teacher

Junior Group Exhibits

1st: “The Fence that Divided America:  the Rise and Fall of the 18th Amendment”, Caitlyn Jordan, Alexis Haywood, Allison Haywood, Richards Middle School (Columbus), Lisa Cowart, teacher

2nd: “Looking through the Lens of History: the Revolution of the Camera”, Sachi Shastri, Emily Newsom, Putnam County Middle School (Eatonton), Penni Paradise, teacher

Honorable Mentions:

• “Tears of Gold”, Heather Hinton, Kennedy Stone, Midland Middle School (Columbus), Sue Funk, teacher
• “The Prince of Navigation: How One Man’s Vision Changed the World”, Devin Shyder, Madeleine Maeli, Jared Nash, Luke Neiman, Benjamin Koekler, Grace Classical Academy (Canton), Brandi Weekly, teacher
• “Here I Stand: the 95 Theses of Martin Luther”, Caymus Price and David Johnson, Richards Middle School (Columbus), Lisa Cowart, teacher
• “China’s Great Experiment”, Davis Brown, Ken Walton, Midland Middle School (Columbus), Sue Funk, teacher

Senior Individual Exhibits

1st: “Forged in Fire: Reacting to the Triangle Fire and Reforming U.S. Labor”, Mary Nosa, Collins Hill High School (Gwinnett County), Terrae Fogarty, teacher

2nd: “Reforming the Militia into the Continental Army”, Daniel Dorminy, Sola Fide Home School (McDonough), Ann Dorminy, teacher

Honorable Mentions:

• “The Feminine Mystique”, Anna Davenport, Columbus High School , Betsy Zachry, teacher
• “William Penn’s Plan of Union: Reforming Early American Politics”, Grace Brosofsky, Georgia Cyber Academy (Buford), Jamie Philipp, teacher

Senior Group Exhibits

1st: “The Berlin Wall: Reaction-Revolution”, Julia Shirley, Taylor Jolly, LaGrange High School, Aidan Blackwell, teacher

2nd: “Deaf  President Now! Revolution”, Tiffany Brice, Satoneya Wells, Robert W. Groves High School (Savannah), Angelina Muskin, teacher

Honorable Mentions:

• “Birth Control: Whose Body is it Anyway?”, Cynthia Norfolk, Kelcy Vidars, Columbus High School, Betsey Zachry, teacher
• “Cell Phones”, Anna Douglass, Victoria Liss, Rome High School, Andrew Blackburn, teacher
• “Luddites: Technophobes of the Industrial Revolution”, Merritt Williams, Sydney Gordon, Collins Hill High School (Gwinnett County), Terrae Fogarty, teacher

Junior Individual Performances

1st: “The FDA: Revolutions Keeping Us Safe”, Veronica Leggett, Midland Middle School (Columbus), Sue Funk, teacher

2nd: Katherine Wright and Her Participation in Solving the Problem of Flight”, Madelyn Mauck, Scholars’ Guild (Loganville), Becky Yount, teacher

Honorable Mentions:

• “The Little Rock Nine: the Struggle for Integration”, Kevin Scott, Midland Middle School (Columbus), Sue Funk, teacher
• “The Motion Picture Camera: Lights, Camera, Action”, Josiah Edwards, Midland Middle School (Columbus), Sue Funk, teacher
• “The Sierra Leone Child Soldiers: Fighting Other People’s War”, Mac Escalante, Oconee County Middle School (Watkinsville), Kathy Scogin, teacher

Senior Individual Performances

1st: ‘A House Divided’, Hayley Oliver, Scholars’ Guild (Loganville), Pam Oliver, teacher

2nd: ‘Reacting to a Revolutionary Ideology: Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection”, Kerum Kendall, Eagles Landing High School (Henry County), Nina Kendall, teacher

Junior Group Performances

1st: “Far from the Shamrock Shores: U.S. Immigration as a Reaction to Famine”, Katie Dionne, Harrison Caston, and Kristen McCole, The DaVinci Academy (Gainesville), Kelly Schollaert, teacher

2nd: “DNA Fingerprinting: the Revolution that Reformed the Forensic, Paternal, and Animal World”, Raegan  Perrine, Carley Edwards, Midland Middle School (Columbus), Sue Funk, teacher

Honorable Mention:

• “The Delaney Sisters”, Shy’Kerria Burns, Quave Curry, Twiggs Middle/High School (Jeffersonville), Becky Rouse-Curry, teacher

Senior Group Performances

1st: The Election of 1800: a Historical Musical”, Orin Lincoln, Cassie Cooper, Carlie Cooper, Richard Meyers, Trevor Whittington, Northside High School (Columbus), Elizabeth Housand, teacher

2nd: “John Brown’s Raid”, Ben Powell, Seth Holloway, Metter High School, Amy Hendrix, teacher

Junior Individual Website

1st: “Title IX: Forever Reforming the World of Sports”, Cassie Atchley, St. Luke UMC School (Columbus), Chris Shelnutt, teacher

2nd: “Women’s Suffrage”, Helen Sanders, St. Luke UMC School (Columbus), Chris Shelnutt, teacher

Honorable Mentions:

• “Narcissa Whitman: Revolutionizing Life in the West and the Native American Reaction to New Settlers”, Sydney Dowd, Scholars’ Guild (Loganville), Becky Yount, teacher
• “Ring, Ring: Communication Revolution”, Derek Huell, Midland Middle School (Columbus), Sue Funk, teacher
• “White Washing the 1936 Olympic Games: Hitler Avoids the World’s Reaction”, Eleanor Luciani, the DaVinci Academy (Gainesville), Kelly Schollaert, teacher
• “Steam Heat”, David Pharis, Midland Middle School (Columbus), Sue Funk, teacher

Junior Group Websites

1st : “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: How it Changed America”, Ashley Byrd, Ameena Ali, Hadiya Mahmood, Brookstone School (Columbus), Jane Goldfrank, teacher

2nd: “Steve Jobs: the Man Who Changed the World”, Kelly Howe, Aspen King, Putnam County Middle School (Eatonton), Wendy Grimes, teacher

Honorable Mentions:

• “Factories in the Industrial Revolution”, Maggie Luptrone, Brandi Ellis, and Haley Schell, Austin Middle School (Paulding County), Aimee Holcomb, teacher
• “The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln”, Peyton Benson, Madison Fleming, St. Luke UMC School (Columbus), Chris Shelnutt, teacher
• “Triangle Shirtwaist Factory”, Allie LaMadrid, Aliece Hamm, Glynn County Middle School (Brunswick), Kathryn Lewis, teacher
• “The Model T: Henry Ford Revolutionizes the Auto Industry”, Preston Campbell, Sam Lowe, St. Luke UMC School (Columbus), Chris Shellnut, teacher

Senior Individual Websites

1st: “Roman Empire and Christianity Split: the Iconoclastic Controversy”, Nikayla Wright, Georgia Cyber Academy (Marietta), Jamie Philipp, teacher

2nd: “Evolution: the Law of Natural Selection”, Katherine Butcher, Rome High School, Andrew Blackburn, teacher

Honorable Mentions:

• “8888 Uprising: the Reaction”, Anam Amirali, Collins Hill High School (Gwinnett County), Terrae Fogarty, teacher
• “Norman Rockwell: Revolutionizing American Art”, Katelyn Hensley, Scholars’ Guild (Loganville), Becky Yount, teacher

Senior Group Websites

1st: “Revolutionary Vanguard: the Bolsheveik Revolution”, Eden Hailemichael, Alyson Priest, Berkmar High School (Gwinnett County), Joni Jameson, teacher

2nd: “Alice Paul: Women’s Suffrage Movement”, Aliyah Curtis, Mon’quanika Milton, Robert W. Groves High School (Savannah), Angelina Muskin, teacher

Honorable Mention:

• “Civil Rights”, Anthony O’Baner, Candice Onukwue, Northside High School (Columbus), Elizabeth Housand, teacher