National History Day 2006 Kansas Medalists
Gold Medalists
Alex Rankin, Landon Middle School, Topeka
Junior Historical Paper - "Dietrich Bonhoeffer, A Modern Martyr Taking a Stand Against the State Gone Mad"
Teacher - Jean Attebury
Received a gold medal and $1,000.
Timmia Hearn-Feldman, Lawrence High School, Lawrence
Senior individual performance - "'I Have the Heart and Stomach of a King': Queen Elizabeth I Taking a Stand in a Man's World"
Teacher - Michael Ortmann
Received a gold medal and $1,000.
Anna Hamilton and Sjobor Hammer, Topeka Collegiate, Topeka
Junior Group Documentary - "Lighting the Dark Places: Esther Brown and the Webb v. School District No. 90 Case"
Teacher John MacDonald
Received a gold medal and $1,000.
National History Day 2006 Special Honors
Outstanding State Entry - Junior Division
Daniel Mandel and Parker Featherston, Topeka Collegiate, Topeka
Junior Group Exhibit - "Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th: Taking a Stand for Racial Equality"
Teacher - John MacDonald
Received NHD medal
Outstanding State Entry - Senior Division
Maria Aikins, Melissa Query, Kaity Smith, and Gage McKinnis, Uniontown High School, Uniontown
Senior Group Performances - "The People's Poet"
Teacher - Norm Conard
Received NHD medal
Jamestown Award Winner
Samuel Huneke, Lawrence High School, Lawrence
Senior Individual Documentary - "The Vote that Saved the Country: Edmund Ross's Stand for Democracy"
Teacher - Michael Ortmann
Received monetary prize
Other Kansas Finalists at National History Day
Liza Farr, Zoey Limesand, Tess Frydman, and Alyson Frydman, Central Junior High School, Lawrence
"Let Everyone Be Ready to Die Like a Man: Jews Taking a Stand in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising,"
Teacher - Jennifer Ybarra
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