National History Day

Winners from Kansas in 2005

NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2005 MEDALISTS

Anna Hamilton and Sjobor Hammer, "'Walking the Path of Duty': William Allen White and the Ku Klux Klan," Junior Group Documentary, Topeka Collegiate, Topeka, teacher Travis Lamb; received a second-place silver medal and $500.

NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2005 SCHOLARSHIPS

Margaret A. Tran, University of Maryland Scholarship. Topic: "The War of the Worlds," Senior Group Performance, Derby High School, Derby, teacher Kendal Warkentine

Elaina Murray, Case Western Reserve University Scholarship, "Antiheroic Antinovel: Catch-22 and its Influence on the Perception of Modern War," Senior Papers, Seaman High, Topeka, teacher Susan Sittenauer

NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2005 SPECIAL HONORS

Outstanding State Entry Junior Division:
Evan P. Fowler, Ben V. Hofmeier, Sam E. Hofmeier, and Andrew Jamison, "U.S. Combat Art: Communicating Eyewitness Accounts of Military History, A Key to Understanding the Essence of War," Junior Group Exhibits, Robert Goddard Middle School, Goddard, teacher Larry Mark

Outstanding State Entry Senior Division:
Rusty Manyo, "From Fort Scott, Kansas to the World: Gordon Parks Communicates Through Photography," Senior Individual Documentaries, Uniontown High School, Uniontown, teacher Norman Conard

NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2005 OTHER FINALISTS

Sean Weston, "Companies, Consumers, and Communication. How Understanding of the Consumer Has Changed, 1950-2000," Junior Papers, Eisenhower Middle Middle School, Manhattan, teacher Terry Healy

Robert Hamilton, "Dr. Samuel J. Crumbine: Communicating Public Health Reform in Kansas," Junior Individual Performance, Topeka Collegiate School, Topeka, teacher Lanny Moyer

Natasha LaForce, "Energy Rightly Applied Can Accomplish Anything," Junior Individual Performance, Reno Valley Middle School, Hutchinson, teacher Heather Sazama

Laura Parkinson, "Nellie Bly: 'Bring Da Broom Along'," Senior Individual Performance, Lawrence High School Lawrence, teacher Michael Ortmann

Timmia Hearn Feldman, "Unlocking the Door: Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan's Key to Communication," Senior Individual Performance, Central Junior High, Lawrence, teacher Dari Hilbert

Samuel Huneke, "The Nurnberg Rallies: Communication of the Nazi Order," Senior Individual Documentary, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, teacher Michael Ortmann

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