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For Immediate Release
April 14, 2003
LOCAL STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY COMPETITION
Results Announced From State Competition
LINCOLN, Neb.— Nebraska Wesleyan University
hosted nearly 300 elementary through high school students at the
23rd annual National History Day: Nebraska competition on Saturday,
April 12.
National History Day: Nebraska, sponsored by Nebraska
Wesleyan University, is a history competition for students in grades
6-12 and is associated with the National History Day program. Entries
were judged on the quality of research and presentation, as well
as their adaptation to the 2003 contest theme, "Rights &
Responsibilities In History." The first and second place state
winners in each category are now eligible to advance to the national
contest to be held June 15-19 at the University of Maryland-College
Park near Washington, D.C.
For more than twenty-five years the National History
Day Program has promoted systemic educational reform related to
the teaching and learning of history in America’s schools.
It has become a leading model of performance-based learning and
has proven an excellent way of furthering students’ knowledge
of history.
Those advancing to the national competition are:
Junior Historical Paper
1st Place: Abby Hildreth, Grade 8, Omaha; Paper
title: "Rights of Mill Workers in Lowell, Massachusetts";
Sponsoring Teacher: Paulette Rourke; School: St. Cecilia School
2nd Place: Clayton Damme, Grade 6, Talmage, Paper
title: "The Cuban Missile Crisis"; Sponsoring Teacher:
Jack Moles; School: Nemaha Valley
Junior Individual Exhibit
1st Place: Aaron French, Grade 8, Omaha, Exhibit
title: "Above All Else, I Will Not Play at God: the Rights
of Patients and Responsibilities of Physicians in Death"; Sponsoring
Teacher: Kent Day; School: Lewis & Clark Middle School
2nd Place: Megan Bottcher, Grade 6, Talmage, Paper
title: "The Women’s Suffrage Movement in America";
Sponsoring Teacher: Jack Moles; School: Nemaha Valley School
Junior Group Exhibit
1st Place: Alee Forsythe, Grade 8, Nate Burkman,
Grade 8, Emily Harrison, Grade 8, Deepa Joshi, Grade 8, Omaha; Exhibit
title: "The Native American Church: Freedom of Worship vs.
State Responsibilty"; Sponsoring Teacher: Judy Kniewel; School:
Morton Middle School
2nd Place: Amber Hegge, Grade 8, Stacie Guenther,
Grade 8, Crofton; Exhibit title: "The Other Side of World War
II: Japanese-American Internment Camps"; Sponsoring Teacher:
Madonna McCarthy; School: St. Rose of Lima
Junior Individual Performance
1st Place: Katie Rourke, Grade 8, Omaha; Title:
"Child Labor in the United States: The Textile Mills";
Sponsoring Teacher: Paulette Rourke; School: St. Cecilia School
2nd Place: Aaron Wrigley, Grade 6, Columbus; Title:
"Vietnam: Where Did You Stand?"; Sponsoring Teacher: Mary
Lou Green; School: St. Isidore School
Junior Group Performance
1st Place: Whitney Ebel, Grade 6, Taylour Kumpf,
Grade 6, Morgan Mancuso, Grade 6, Kelli Schumacher, Grade 6, Lizzie
Zabawa, Grade 6, Columbus; Title: "American Education: A Question
of Rights and Responsibilities"; Sponsoring Teacher: Mary Lou
Green; School: St. Isidore School
2nd Place: Dan Jensen, Grade 8, Don Bopp, Grade
8, Omaha; Title: "Jewish Rights During World War II and the
Responsibility of the People to Ensure Those Rights"; Sponsoring
Teacher: Paulette Rourke; School: St. Cecilia
Junior Individual Documentary
1st Place: Tabitha Lux, Grade 8, Crawford; Title:
"Taking"; Sponsoring Teacher: Moni Hourt; School: Glen
District 2
2nd Place: Kelcy Clark, Grade 6, Ainsworth; Title:
"Rosie the Riveter; Changing Women’s Rights and Responsibilities";
Sponsoring Teacher: Nicole Flynn; School: Ainsworth Middle School
Junior Group Documentary
1st Place: Michael Sholes, Grade 6, Kayla Albrecht,
Grade 6, Emily Zacharias, Grade 6, Riley Rudnick, Grade 6, Karlene
Wagner, Grade 6, Ainsworth; Title: "Conscription in America";
Sponsoring Teacher: Nichole Flynn; School: Ainsworth Middle School
2nd Place: Chelsea Bartholomew, Grade 6, Hannah
Bolte, Grade 6, Nicholas Daley, Grade 6, David Gokie, Grade 6, Taylor
Suess, Grade 6, Columbus; Title: "Rights and Responsibilities:The
Story of Molly Maguires"; Sponsoring Teacher: Mary Lou Green;
School: St. Isidore School
Senior Historical Paper
1st Place: Tim Rourke, Grade 11; Omaha; Title: "Tuskegee
Airmen"; Sponsoring Teacher: Tom Hainfeld; School: Creighton
Preparatory School
2nd Place: Gillian Price, Grade 11, Lincoln; Title:
"Bringing Social Justice to Farm Workers: Cesar Chavez, the
Delano Grape Strike And the Chicano Movement"; Sponsoring Teacher:
Jim Barstow; School: Science Focus Program
Senior Individual Exhibit
1st Place: Scott Steele, Grade 12, Pierce; Title:
"The Nuremberg Trials"; Sponsoring Teacher: Brenda Fleecs;
School: Pierce Junior/Senior High School
2nd Place: Eric Lueshen, Grade 12, Pierce; Title:
"My Lai; When War Becomes a Crime"; Sponsoring Teacher:
Brenda Fleecs; School: Pierce Junior/Senior High School
Senior Group Exhibit
1st Place: Kari Herbolsheimer, Grade 12, Matthew
Polt, Grade 12; Joshua Flesner, Grade 12; Pierce; Title: "Behind
Barbed Wire: The Rights and Responsibilities of the U.S.";
Sponsoring Teacher: Brenda Fleecs; School: Pierce High School
2nd Place: Brad Myers, Grade 10, Kacie Olberding,
Grade 10, Stuart; Title: "The Kinkaid Act: Rights and Responsibilities
of Settling Western Nebraska"; Sponsoring Teacher: Robert McEvoy;
School: Stuart Public School
Senior Individual Performance
1st Place: Michael Venteicher, Grade 12, Pierce;
Title: "Equal Justice Under Law: Brown v. Board of Education
– Topeka"; Sponsoring Teacher: Brenda Fleecs; School:
Pierce Junior/Senior High School
2nd Place: Daleelah Johnson, Grade 10; Lincoln;
Title: "Battling on Two Fronts: The Story of a Tuskegee Airman
As Told By His Wife"; Sponsoring Teacher: Jim Barstow; School:
Science Focus Program
Senior Group Performance
1st Place: Neil Rutledge, Grade 11, Jessica Millnitz,
Grade 11, Kelly Seacrest, Grade 11, Sam Berndt, Grade 11, Clint
Waltman, Grade 11, Lincoln; Title: "American Youth Perspectives
on the Vietnam War"; Sponsoring Teacher: Brent Toalson; School:
Lincoln Southeast High School
2nd Place: Erica Lueders, Grade 9, Johnson; Taylor
Pugh, Grade 9, Auburn; Title: "Roe v. Wade"; Sponsoring
Teacher: Lori Broady; School: Johnson-Brock
Senior Individual Documentary
1st Place: Megan Berg, Grade 11; Lincoln; Title:
"Sterilization in America: Ignoring Rights or Upholding Responsibilities?";
Sponsoring Teacher: Jim Barstow; School: Science Focus Program
2nd Place: Kari Langemach, Grade 11, Lincoln; Title:
"Loyalty Changed: Anti-German Sentiment during World War II";
Sponsoring Teacher: Jim Barstow; School: Science Focus Program
Senior Group Documentary
1st Place: Kristen Burson, Grade 11, Rachel Carlson,
Grade 11, Lincoln; Title: "Grassroots Change in 1980s America:
An Effort to Religion to the Public Schools"; Sponsoring Teacher:
Jim Barstow; School: Science Focus Program
2nd Place: Jon Oswald, Grade 11, Darren Brandl,
Grade 11, Madison; Title: "Responsibility to a Nation: FDR
and the New Deal"; Sponsoring Teacher: Kate Trindle; School:
Madison High School
Special Awards
Siemens Award Phone
Junior Award Recipient: Matthew Lauritsen, Grade
8, Beatrice, Individual Exhibit, Title: "Enron: Power Surge
and Power Outage of an Energy Giant"; Sponsoring Teacher: Stephen
Schmit School: Beatrice Middle School
Senior Award Recipient: Chad Sheeks, Grade 12, Arcadia,
Historical Paper; Title: "Positive and Negative Aspects of
Cloning"; Sponsoring Teacher: Brian Cargill
School: Arcadia Public School
The 8th Judicial Circuit Historical Society
Award
Award Recipient: Megan Berg, Grade 11, Lincoln,
Individual Documentary; Title: "Sterilization in America: Ignoring
Rights or Upholding Responsibilities?"; Sponsoring Teacher:
Jim Barstow; School: Science Focus Program
Sentry Civil War Roundtable Award
Junior Award Recipient: Laurel Butler, Grade 8,
Brock, Individual Performance; Title: "The Struggles and Achievements
of Clara Barton"; Sponsoring Teacher: Lori Broady
School: Johnson – Brock School
Senior Award Recipient: Sara Cartwright, Grade 10,
Brigid Lamoureux, Grade 10, Alexis Warman, Grade 10, Omaha; Group
Exhibit; Title: "Women’s Involvement in the Civil War";
Sponsoring Teacher: Carol Bauer; School: Roncalli Catholic School
Michael Berg Memorial Award
Award Recipient: Megan Berg, Grade 11, Lincoln,
Individual Documentary; Title: "Sterilization in America: Ignoring
Rights or Upholding Responsibilities?"; Sponsoring Teacher:
Jim Barstow; School: Science Focus ProgramNebraska
State Historical Society Award
Junior Award Recipient: Alee Forsythe, Grade 8,
Nate Burkman, Grade 8, Emily Harrison, Grade 8, Deepa Joshi, Grade
8, Omaha; Group Exhibit; Title: "The Native American Church:
Freedom of Worship vs. State Responsibilty" Sponsoring Teacher:
Judy Kniewel; School: Morton Middle School
Senior Award Recipient: Brad Myers, Grade 10, Kacie
Olberding, Grade 10, Stuart, Group Exhibit; Title: "The Kinkaid
Act: Rights and Responsibilities of Settling Western Nebraska";
Sponsoring Teacher: Robert McEvoy; School: Stuart Public School
Center for Great Plains Studies Award
Junior Award Recipient: Alee Forsythe, Grade 8,
Nate Burkman, Grade 8, Emily Harrison, Grade 8, Deepa Joshi, Grade
8, Omaha; Group Exhibit, Title: "The Native American Church:
Freedom of Worship vs. State Responsibilty"; Sponsoring Teacher:
Judy Kniewel, School: Morton Middle School
Senior Award Recipient: Kristen Burson, Grade 11,
Rachel Carlson, Grade 11, Lincoln, Group Documentary, Title: "Grassroots
Change in 1980s America: An Effort to Religion to the Public Schools";
Sponsoring Teacher: Jim Barstow; School: Science Focus Program
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