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Middle Tennessee History Day at
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For more information or questions please contact:

Dr. Becky McIntyre
Middle Tennessee District Coordinator
becky.mcintyre@mtsu.edu

Amanda Schaffer, Lauren Baud, and Jenn Kickliter
Middle Tennessee District Assistant Coordinators
histday@mtsu.edu
(615) 904-8334

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2012 WINNERS
Congratulations to all the participants of the district competition held on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University on February 24, 2012. Winners will advance to Tennessee's National History Day competition in Nashville, and then those placing 1st and 2nd at the state competition will be eligible to advance to the National Contest at the University of Maryland in June.
Special Award Winners:
Lon R. Nuell Award for Best Entry on Holocaust History
Sarah Stein
Meigs Middle Magnet School, Nashville, TN

Thaddeus M. Smith Award for Best Entry on African American History
Vikka Schweer
Franklin High School, Franklin, TN

Judy Butler Award for Best Entry in Science History
Ashley Keightly, Lennart Funke and Anna-Sophie Galley
Pope John Paul II High School, Hendersonville, TN

Award for Best Entry on a Theme of Women's History
Deanna Upchurch
Watertown Elementary School, Watertown, TN

Award for Best Entry on the Theme of the Middle East
Hayden Roche
University School of Nashville, Nashville, TN

Finalists by Category:
SENIOR (GRADES 9-12) INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS:

Third Place
Title: The Reform of Five Nations
Students: Cassandra Coleman,
School: Watertown High School, Watertown, TN
Teacher(s): Barbara Marks,

Second Place
Title: A Revolution in Warfare: The Airplane in World War I
Students: Mary Hill,
School: Independence High School, Franklin, TN
Teacher(s): Jenifer Wheeler,

First Place
Title: Antibiotics: A Revolution in Modern Medicine
Students: Emily Grayson,
School: Independence High School, Franklin, TN
Teacher(s): Jenifer Wheeler,

JUNIOR (GRADES 6-8) INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS:

Third Place
Title: Triangle Factory Fire: Reform in the Workplace
Students: Deanna Upchurch,
School: Watertown Elementary, Watertown, TN
Teacher(s): Shannon Queen,

Second Place
Title: Sitting Down to Stand Up: 1960s Revolution
Students: Ayana Freeman,
School: Meigs Magnet Middle School, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Patsy Buckner,

First Place
Title: Tobacco Night Riders and the Black Patch War
Students: Austin Craig,
School: Meigs Magnet Middle School, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Patsy Buckner,

SENIOR (GRADES 9-12) GROUP EXHIBIT:

Third Place
Title: The Reaction to the Cuban Missile Crisis in American Schools
Students: Ashleigh Porter, Alex Hargrove, Janey Kunberger,
School: Independence High School, Franklin, TN
Teacher(s): Jennifer Westner,

Second PlaceTitle: Brown vs. Board of Education
Students: Jessica Acuna, Cassie Lester,
School: De Kalb County High School, Smithville, TN
Teacher(s): John Isabell,

First Place
Title: A Revolution in Medicine: The Polio Vaccine
Students: Haven Poore, Naomi Derksen, Quinn Curtis, Olivia Seay,
School: Independence High School, Franklin, TN
Teacher(s): Jenifer Wheeler,

JUNIOR (GRADES 6-8) GROUP EXHIBIT:

Third Place
Title: A Small Town's Reaction to the Civil Rights Movement
Students: Lauren Curtsinger, Mary Turnage,
School: Valley Academy, Goodlettsville, TN
Teacher(s): Laurale Curtsinger,

Second Place
Title: A Salem Witch Story: Spectral Evidence Gone A-"rye"
Students: Annalevi Chavis, Miranda Dodson,
School: Siegel Middle School, Murfreesboro, TN
Teacher(s): Heather Warmuth,

First Place
Title: A Journey in Communication: The History of the Telephone
Students: Griffin Photoglou, Wesley Smith,
School: Meigs Magnet Middle School, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Jamie Schimenti, Lisa Bucchino,

SENIOR (GRADES 9-12) INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE:

Third Place
Title: Battle of Yorktown: American Revolution
Students: Megan Roberts,
School: Independence High School, Franklin, TN
Teacher(s): Jenifer Wheeler,

Second Place
Title: The American Revolution: The Battle of Trenton from a Hessian Perpective
Students: Will Burge,
School: Independence High School, Franklin, TN
Teacher(s): Jenifer Wheeler,

First Place
Title: Mikhail Baryshnikov Continues the Evolution of Dance
Students: Bernadette Turnage,
School: Valley Academy, Goodlettsville, TN
Teacher(s): Laurale Curtsinger,

JUNIOR (GRADES 6-8) INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE:

Third Place
Title: Hardy Mitchener: A Tennessean's Reaction to a German POW Camp
Students: Noah Rutherford,
School: John Early Paideia Middle Magnet, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Katherine Hardwick, Kristina Deal, Tara Mielnik,

Second Place
Title: Diane Nash: Reforming Discrimination in Nashville TN
Students: La'Charsha Ward,
School: John Early Paideia Middle Magnet, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Katherine Hardwick, Kristina Deal, Tara Mielnik,

First Place
Title: The Boston Tea Party: A Child's Perspective
Students: Julia Walker,
School: Meigs Magnet Middle School, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Patsy Buckner,

SENIOR (GRADES 9-12) GROUP PERFORMANCE:

Second Place
Title: Great Depression
Students: Colin Harper, Meaghan Gray,
School: Battle Ground Academy, Franklin, TN
Teacher(s): Raymond Blair,

First Place
Title: Leaders in the Fight for Women's Rights
Students: Abigail Armistead, Brooke Griffin, Kayla Hawkins, Bethany Powell,
School: Watertown High School, Watertown, TN
Teacher(s): Barbara Marks,

JUNIOR (GRADES 6-8) GROUP PERFORMANCE:

Third Place
Title: Women's Suffrage
Students: Lucy Barz, Serena Helm,
School: Meigs Magnet Middle School, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): James Parsons,

Second Place
Title: The Hippie Way
Students: Lexi Cummins, Victoria Siddiqi, Allison Jennings, Amber Evans,
School: Walter J. Baird Middle School, Lebanon, TN
Teacher(s): Carrie Pfeiffer,

First Place
Title: Auschwitz: The World's Reaction to Mass Extermination
Students: Katie Campbell, Daisey Kludt, Mitchell Kludt,
School: Watertown Elementary, Watertown, TN
Teacher(s): Shannon Queen,

SENIOR (GRADES 9-12) GROUP WEBSITE :

Third Place
Title: Rev-Rev Revolution
Students: Joseph Decker, Timothy Jones, Nick Sackman, Daniel Stewart,
School: Watertown High School, Watertown, TN
Teacher(s): Barbara Marks,

Second Place
Title: The Industrial Revolution
Students: Brandon Johnson, Gage Garner, Clayton Wall, Jonathan Hensley, Jalen Grooms,
School: Watertown High School, Watertown, TN
Teacher(s): Barbara Marks,

First Place
Title: He Dreamt It, He Did It: The Disney Revolution
Students: Kaley Green, Breanna Knowles,
School: De Kalb County High School, Smithville, TN
Teacher(s): John Isabell,

SENIOR (GRADES 9-12) INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE:

First Place
Title: Prohibition
Students: Charles Long,
School: Battle Ground Academy, Franklin, TN
Teacher(s): Raymond Blair,

JUNIOR (GRADES 6-8) GROUP WEBSITE :

Third Place
Title: Ruby Bridges:An Individual in the Desegregation of Public School
Students: Taylor Gentry, Pari Yogesh, Maddie Lane,
School: Meigs Magnet Middle School, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Jamie Schimenti, Lisa Bucchino,

Second Place
Title: Elizabeth Blackwell: A True Doctor
Students: Kaleabe Truneh, Maryam Yousef, Nadiya Navas,
School: Meigs Magnet Middle School, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Jamie Schimenti, Lisa Bucchino,

First Place
Title: Ctrl the Future: The Personal Computer Revolution
Students: Drew Taylor, Amy Ouyang, Christian Tye Shanklin,
School: Sunset Middle School, Brentwood, TN
Teacher(s): Christopher Harrod,

JUNIOR (GRADES 6-8) INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE:

Third Place
Title: Manga After the Atomic Bomb
Students: Lane Crouse-Helford,
School: Siegel Middle School, Murfreesboro, TN
Teacher(s): Heather Warmuth,

Second Place
Title: Putting the Cold War on Ice
Students: Mitchell Mielnik,
School: John Early Paideia Middle Magnet, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Katherine Hardwick, Kristina Deal, Tara Mielnik,

First Place
Title: Cuban Missile Crisis
Students: Sam Slattery,
School: Meigs Magnet Middle School, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Jamie Schimenti, Lisa Bucchino,

SENIOR (GRADES 9-12) INDIVIDUAL PAPER :

Third Place
Title: From Rags to Jazz: How James Reese Europe Helped Kick-Start the Jazz Revolution
Students: Angela Henderson,
School: University School Of Nashville, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Patricia Miletich,

Second Place
Title: The Romantic West: Its Death and William F. Cody's Revival
Students: Malcolm Moutenot,
School: University School Of Nashville, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Patricia Miletich,

First Place
Title: "The Country Needed Men": The Story of Female Soldiers during the Civil War
Students: Olivia Brown,
School: University School Of Nashville, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Patricia Miletich,

JUNIOR (GRADES 6-8) INDIVIDUAL PAPER :

First Place
Title: Withdrawal of the Empire
Students: Dustin Hudgens,
School: Siegel Middle School, Murfreesboro, TN
Teacher(s): Heather Warmuth, Sonya Cox,

SENIOR (GRADES 9-12) INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY:

Third Place
Title: The Atomic Bomb
Students: Bindiya Patel,
School: De Kalb County High School, Smithville, TN
Teacher(s): John Isabell,

Second Place
Title: South Carolina and the American Revolution
Students: Alex Golla,
School: Battle Ground Academy, Franklin, TN
Teacher(s): Raymond Blair,

First Place
Title: Rosa Parks: Staying Seated to Take a Stand
Students: Vikka Schweer,
School: Franklin High School, Franklin, TN
Teacher(s): Casie Gaebler,

JUNIOR (GRADES 6-8) INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY:

Second Place
Title: Home Sweet Home: A History of Murfreesboro's Oaklands Mansion
Students: Kara Delbridge,
School: Siegel Middle School, Murfreesboro, TN
Teacher(s): Heather Warmuth, Sonya Cox,

First Place
Title: The True Children of Bangla
Students: Kristi Maisha,
School: Meigs Magnet Middle School, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Patsy Buckner,

SENIOR (GRADES 9-12) GROUP DOCUMENTARY:

Third Place
Title: The Battle of Franklin: A Reaction to Differences Between the Union and Confederacy
Students: Kelsey Layton, Alex Herman,
School: Independence High School, Franklin, TN
Teacher(s): Jenifer Wheeler,

Second Place
Title: Martin Luther: The Protestant Reformation
Students: Ali Techentin, Rain Darst, Chloe Boykin, Sierra Soto, Lexi Aguilar,
School: Independence High School, Franklin, TN
Teacher(s): Jenifer Wheeler,

First Place
Title: The Hollywood Ten: A Reaction to Communism
Students: Christine Hoffpauir, Alex Ryan,
School: Independence High School, Franklin, TN
Teacher(s): Jenifer Wheeler,

JUNIOR (GRADES 6-8) GROUP DOCUMENTARY:

Third Place
Title: Beating the Bloodhound Law: American Reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Students: Nic Savage, Jordan Blades,
School: Siegel Middle School, Murfreesboro, TN
Teacher(s): Heather Warmuth,

Second Place
Title: The Watergate Trial: A Trial to Remember
Students: Julianna Foster, Olivia Phillips, Rida Khan,
School: Meigs Magnet Middle School, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Jamie Schimenti, Lisa Bucchino,

First Place
Title: The Digitalization of Music
Students: Savannah Ramsey, Avery Schappert,
School: Meigs Magnet Middle School, Nashville, TN
Teacher(s): Jamie Schimenti, Lisa Bucchino,
Co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and the Department of History at Middle Tennessee State University.
 
History Day Competition Photos (2012)

Congratulations to all the winners. This year's competition was a great success! Good Luck at State. Make sure to watch for next year's competiton information.