 
National History Day
Winners from Kansas in 2008
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2008 MEDALISTS
Shelby Carpenter, Nyalia Lui, and Soren
Lamb received a gold medal for their junior group performance,
"Asa Philip Randolph, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Franklin Roosevelt:
Conflict and Compromise in Negotiating Executive Order 8802."
They are students at Topeka Collegiate and their teacher is Travis
Lamb. They share an award of $1,000.
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Sjobor Hammer received a gold medal
for her senior individual documentary, "Bones of Contention: Battling
for Human Dignity at the Salina Indian Burial Pit." She is a student
at Topeka High School and her teacher is Harry M. Peterson, Jr.
She received a $5,000 History Channel Award.
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NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2008 SPECIAL HONORS
Outstanding State Entry Junior Division:
Sophie Tate and Sophie
Laufer, for junior group exhibit, "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, teacher Chris Conne.
Outstanding State Entry Senior Division:
Michael Wollin, for his senior individual
exhibit, "Korematsu v. United States," Seaman High School, teacher Susan
Sittenauer.
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2008 OTHER FINALISTS
Morganne Wiltse, Emily
Risley, and Kelci Glover, for their junior group exhibit, "Elizabeth Cady Stanton," Wilbur Middle School, Wichita, teacher Barbara Brotton
Julian Mullican, Nicky
Henriquez, and Alex Chanay, for their
junior group documentary, "Deemed Necessary: The Wartime Internment
and Restrictions of Rights of Japanese Americans," Topeka Collegiate,
teacher Travis Lamb.
Patrick Elisha and Reston
Phillips, for their junior group documentary, "The Merging of
Black and White Jazz Groups, Locals 627 and 34: A Compromise Made for
a New Beginning in the Jazz Era," Topeka Collegiate, teacher Travis
Lamb.
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NHD Medalists | 2003
NHD Results | 2004
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