Kansas History Day

2008 Results

These images were taken at the Awards Ceremony on Kansas History Day, Saturday, April 26, 2008, at the Washburn University in Topeka. Larger images are available by clicking on these thumbnails.

Junior Historical Papers

First Place: Jiemin Wei, "From Excluded to Included: The Ongoing Evolution of Chinese Immigrants in America," Overland Trail Middle School, Overland Park, teacher Paula Nordstrom; $100 scholarship from the Kansas Corral of Westerners.	Second Place: Faith Davolt, "Witchcraft Hysteria," Fort Scott Christian Heights, teacher Karen Schellack.
Junior Individual Exhibits

First Place: Cooper Self, "'I Like Ike' and His Compromise to Avoid Nuclear Conflict," Topeka Collegiate, teacher Lanny Moyer; $100 scholarship from the Smoky Hill Museum.	Second Place: Anna Kimmel, "Voice of the Prairie," Prosperity Elementary, Hutchinson, teacher Jean Conklin.
Junior Group Exhibits

First Place: Morganne Wiltse, and Emily Risley, and Kelci Glover, "Elizabeth Cady Stanton," Wilbur Middle School, Wichita, teacher Barbara Brotton; $200 scholarship from Fort Larned Old Guard.	Second Place: Sophie Tate and Sophie Laufer, "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," Central Junior High School, Lawrence, teacher Christine Connor.
Junior Individual Performances

First Place: Karly Hanna, "We're People, Too: Clarina Nichols' Fight for Feminism," Jardine Middle School, Topeka, teacher Judy Pierson; $100 scholarship from Kansas State Historical Society, Inc.	Second Place: Taylor Klene, "'The Children's Crusade': The Secret Weapon of Desegregation," Christ the King School, Topeka, teacher Kelly Kelley.
Junior Group Performances

First Place: Shelby Carpenter, Soren Lamb, and Nyalia Lui, "Asa Philip Randolph, Eleanor Roosevelt, and President Franklin Roosevelt: Conflict and Compromise in Negotiating Executive Order 8802," Topeka Collegiate, teacher Travis Lamb; $200 scholarship from Kansas State Historical Society, Inc.	Second Place: Theresa Schafer, Elizabeth Wallace, and David Cox, "57365," Fort Scott Christian Heights, teacher Karen Schellack.
Junior Individual Documentaries

First Place: Madison Schoen, "Breaking the Gustav Line: The Battle of Monte Cassino," Patton Junior High School, Fort Leavenworth, teacher Karen Gladhart; $100 scholarship from the Kansas Corral of Westerners.	Second Place: Nora Byers, "Bella Abzug," Central Junior High School, Lawrence, teacher Christine Connor.
Junior Group Documentaries

First Place: Nicky Henriquez, Alex Chanay, and Julian Mullican, "Deemed Necessary: The Wartime Internment and Restriction of Rights of Japanese Americans," Topeka Collegiate, teacher Travis Lamb; $200 scholarship from Kansas Association of Historians.	Second Place: Patrick Elisha and Reston Phillips, "The Merging of Locals 627 and 34: A Compromise Made for a New Beginning in the Jazz Era," Topeka Collegiate, teacher Travis Lamb.
Junior Group Websites

First Place: Sam Hirsch and Troy Ward, "Little Rock Nine-Conflict Over Compromise in Integration," Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, Manhattan, teacher Terry Healy; $200 scholarship from Kansas Council for the Social Studies.	Second Place: Jackson Hermann and Aleksander Eskilson, "Cold War Relations: Collaborating Through the Medium of Space," Shawnee Heights Middle School, Topeka, teacher Donna Sander.
Senior Historical Papers

First Place: Ben Goossen, "A Voice of Reason in Uncompromising Times: James Hanway's Kansas," Washburn Rural High School, Topeka, teacher Matt Mosher; $100 scholarship from the Kansas City Area Archivists.	Second Place: Julie Scherer, "Denying Personal Justice to the Japanese-Americans," Wamego High School, teacher Adam Topliff.
Senior Individual Exhibits

First Place: Michael Wollin, "Korematsu v. United States," Seaman High School, Topeka, teacher Susan Sittenauer; $100 scholarship from Kansas Museums Association.	Second Place: Rachel Van Horn, "Prague Spring 1968: Conflict Through a Failure to Compromise," Lawrence High School, teacher Michael Ortmann.
Senior Group Exhibits

First Place: Grace Bova and Grace Clark and , "From purple black, to pallid white: Racial Conflict In Jazz," Central Junior High School, Lawrence, teacher Christine Connor; $200 scholarship from the Butler County History Center and Kansas Oil Museum.	Second Place: Melissa Grosdidier and Ariel Johnson, "'Kill the Indian, Save the Man,'" Seaman High School, Topeka, teacher Susan Sittenauer.
Senior Individual Performances

First Place: Kristen Gish, "The Unpopular Vote," Lawrence High School, teacher Michael Ortmann; $100 scholarship from Kansas Heritage Center.	Second Place: Carina Fowler, "Alice Paul: Passionate Conflict and Strategic Compromise," Lawrence High School, teacher Michael Ortmann.
Senior Group Performances

First Place: Kai Mims and Reanda Mims, "Life of an Abolitionist: Spirit of a Fiddler," Fort Scott Senior High School, teacher Megan Felt; $100 scholarship from Kansas State Historical Society, Inc.	Second Place: Vanessa Zimmerman, Ezra Petersen, and Jill Snyder, "Mama's Lilly," Northfield School of Liberal Arts, Wichita, teacher Ken Spurgeon.
Senior Individual Documentaries

First Place: Sjobor Hammer, "'Bones of Contention': Battling for Human Dignity at the Salina Indian Burial Pit," Topeka High School, teacher Harry M. Peterson, Jr.; $100 scholarship from Kansas State Historical Society, Inc.	Second Place: Neel Desai, "Pushing for the Bomb: How America's First "Assistant President" Ushered in the Atomic Age," Shawnee Mission West High School, teacher Ron Walker.
Senior Group Documentaries

First Place: Michael Rodgers and Sarah Wolf, "Stalingrad: Stalemate on the Eastern Front," Northeast Magnet High School, Wichita, teacher Albert Conard; $400 scholarship from Kansas Council for the Social Studies.	Second Place: Kim Hurla and Ashley Franken, "We Shall Overcome: The Freedom Riders of 1961," Seaman High School, Topeka, teacher Susan Sittenauer.
Senior Individual and Group Websites

First Place: Casey Bear, Kelsey Wroten, Brittany Friedel, and Caitlin Compton, "The Unusual Enterprises of Dr. Brinkley," Gardner Edgerton High, teacher Derrick Abromeit and Ryan Plankenhorn; $200 scholarship from Kansas Council for the Social Studies.	Second Place: Christine Barragree and Kayla Clasen, "Victim or Rebel: The Cherokee Tribe During the Civil War," Bishop Carroll Catholic High School, Wichita, 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, 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, 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, received $75 for the Society for American Baseball Research Prize for their junior group exhibit, "Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey: Compromising for Equality."