Kansas History Day - 2008
These images were taken at the Awards Ceremony on Kansas History Day, April 26, 2008, at Washburn University in Topeka.
Junior Historical Paper
First Place
Jiemin Wei, Overland Trail Middle School, Overland Park
Teacher - Paula Nordstrom
"From Excluded to Included: The Ongoing Evolution of Chinese Immigrants in America"
Second Place
Faith Davolt, Fort Scott Christian Heights, Fort Scott
"Witchcraft Hysteria"
Teacher - Karen Schellack
Junior Individual Exhibit
First Place
Cooper Self, Topeka Collegiate, Topeka
"'I Like Ike' and His Compromise to Avoid Nuclear Conflict"
Teacher - Lanny Moyer
Second Place
Anna Kimmel, Prosperity Elementary, Hutchinson
"Voice of the Prairie"
Teacher - Jean Conklin
Junior Group Exhibit
First Place
Morgan Wiltse, Emily Risley, and Kelci Glover, Wilbur Middle School, Wichita
"Elizabeth Cady Stanton"
Teacher - Barbara Brotton
Second Place
Sophie Tate and Sophie Laufer, Central Junior High School, Lawrence
"The Story That Has Not Been Told: Conflict and Compromise within Topeka's Black Community at the Time of Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education"
Teacher - Christine Connor
Junior Individual Performance
First Place
Karly Hanna, Jardine Middle School, Topeka
"We're People, Too: Clarina Nichols' Fight for Feminism"
Teacher - Judy Pierson
Second Place
Taylor Klene, Christ the King School, Topeka
"The Children's Crusade': The Secret Weapon of Desegregation"
Teacher - Kelly Kelley
Junior Group Performance
First Place
Nyalia Lui, Shelby Carpenter, and Soren Lamb, Topeka Collegiate, Topeka
"Asa Philip Randolph, Eleanor Roosevelt, and President Franklin Roosevelt: Conflict and Compromise in Negotiating Executive Order 8802"
Teacher - Travis Lamb
Second Place
David Cox, Theresa Schafer, and Elizabeth Wallace, Fort Scott Christian Heights, Fort Scott
"57365"
Teacher - Karen Schellack
Junior Individual Documentary
First Place
Madison Schoen, Patton Junior High School, Fort Leavenworth
"Breaking the Gustav Line: The Battle of Monte Cassino"
Teacher - Karen Gladhart
Second Place
Nora Byers, Central Junior High School, Lawrence
"Bella Abzug"
Teacher - Christine Connor
Junior Group Documentary
First Place
Alex Chanay, Julian Mullican, and Nicky Henriquez, Topeka Collegiate, Topeka
"Deemed Necessary: The Wartime Internment and Restriction of Rights of Japanese Americans"
Teacher - Travis Lamb
Received - $200 scholarship from Kansas Association of Historians
Second Place
Patrick Elisah and Reston Phillips, Topeka Collegiate, Topeka
"The Merging of Locals 627 and 34: A Compromise Made for a New Beginning in the Jazz Era"
Teacher - Travis Lamb
Junior Website
First Place
Sam Hirsch and Troy Ward, Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, Manhattan
"Little Rock Nine-Conflict Over Compromise in Integration"
Teacher - Terry Healy
Received - $200 scholarship from Kansas Council for the Social Studies
Second Place
Jackson Hermann and Aleksander Eskilson, Shawnee Heights Middle School, Topeka
"Cold War Relations: Collaborating Through the Medium of Space"
Teacher - Donna Sander
Senior Historical Paper
First Place
Ben Goossen, Washburn Rural High School, Topeka
"A Voice of Reason in Uncompromising Times: James Hanway's Kansas"
Teacher - Matt Mosher
Received - $100 scholarship from the Kansas City Area Archivists
Second Place
Julie Scherer, Wamego High School, Wamego
"Denying Personal Justice to the Japanese-Americans"
Teacher - Adam Topliff
Senior Individual Exhibit
First Place:
Michael Wollin, Seaman High School, Topeka
"Korematsu v. United States"
Teacher - Susan Sittenauer
Received - $100 scholarship from Kansas Museums Association
Second Place:
Rachel Van Horn, Lawrence High School, Lawrence
"Prague Spring 1968: Conflict Through a Failure to Compromise"
Teacher - Michael Ortmann
Senior Group Exhibit
First Place
Grace Bova and Grace Clark, Central Junior High School, Lawrence
"From purple black, to pallid white: Racial Conflict In Jazz"
Teacher - Christine Connor
Received - $200 scholarship from the Butler County History Center and Kansas Oil Museum
Second Place
Melissa Grosdidier and Ariel Johnson, Seaman High School, Topeka
"'Kill the Indian, Save the Man'"
Teacher - Susan Sittenauer.
Senior Individual Performance
First Place
Kristen Gish, Lawrence High School, Lawrence
"The Unpopular Vote"
Teacher - Michael Ortmann
Received - $100 scholarship from Kansas Heritage Center
Second Place
Carina Fowler, Lawrence High School, Lawrence
"Alice Paul: Passionate Conflict and Strategic Compromise"
Teacher - Michael Ortmann
Senior Group Performance
First Place
Kai Mims and Reanda Mims, Fort Scott Senior High School, Fort Scott
"Life of an Abolitionist: Spirit of a Fiddler"
Teacher - Megan Felt
Received - $100 scholarship from Kansas State Historical Society, Inc.
Second Place
Vanessa Zimmerman, Ezra Petersen, and Jill Snyder, Northfield School of Liberal Arts, Wichita
"Mama's Lilly"
Teacher - Ken Spurgeon
Senior Individual Documentary
First Place
Sjobor Hammer, Topeka High School, Topeka
"'Bones of Contention': Battling for Human Dignity at the Salina Indian Burial Pit"
Teacher - Harry M. Peterson, Jr.
Received - $100 scholarship from Kansas State Historical Society, Inc.
Second Place
Neel Desai, Shawnee Mission West High School, Shawnee Mission
"Pushing for the Bomb: How America's First "Assistant President" Ushered in the Atomic Age"
Teacher - Ron Walker
Senior Group Documentary
First Place
Michael Rodgers and Sarah Wolf, Northeast Magnet High School, Wichita
"Stalingrad: Stalemate on the Eastern Front"
Teacher - Albert Conard
Received - $400 scholarship from Kansas Council for the Social Studies
Second Place
Kim Hurla and Ashley Franken, Seaman High School, Topeka
"We Shall Overcome: The Freedom Riders of 1961"
Teacher - Susan Sittenauer
Senior Websites
First Place
Casey Bear, Kelsey Wroten, Brittany Friedel, and Cailin Compton, Gardner Edgerton High, Gardner
"The Unusual Enterprises of Dr. Brinkley"
Teachers - Derrick Abromeit and Ryan Plankenhorn
Received - $200 scholarship from Kansas Council for the Social Studies
Second Place
Christine Barragree and Kayla Clasen, Bishop Carroll Catholic High School, Wichita
"Victim or Rebel: The Cherokee Tribe During the Civil War,"
Teacher - Janet Berry
Teacher of the Year
Travis Lamb received the Kansas History Day Teacher of the Year Award. Lamb is a history and geography teacher at Topeka Collegiate School. He will be nominated for the National History Day Richard Farrell Teachers of Merit Award.
Special Prizes
Cassandra Blackwell, Seaman High School, Topeka
Received $50 for the Bleeding Kansas Award sponsored by the Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area for her senior individual performance, "James Lane: The Conflicted Life of a U.S. Senator and the Compromises He Made."
Ben Goossen, Washburn Rural High School, Topeka
Received $100 for the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City History Award for his senior historical paper, "A Voice of Reason in Uncompromising Times: James Hanway's Kansas."
Dylan Cox and Thomas Coates, Topeka Collegiate, Topeka
Received $75 for the Society for American Baseball Research Prize for their junior group exhibit, "Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey: Compromising for Equality."
