Southeast Tennessee History Day

Presented by the Departments of Education & History at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Sat., Mar. 10, 2012



Registration for the Southeast district will close on Fri., Feb. 24 at midnight.

All NHD websites to be entered in the contest will be locked on Fri., Feb. 24 at midnight.

All research papers to be entered in the contest should be postmarked by Fri., Feb. 24. Mail 4 hard copies to the address below:
Mail to:

Dr. M. A. McCoy
School of Education
Hunter Hall 312
Dept 4154
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37403

For further information, please contact your district coordinators:

M. A. McCoy, School of Education, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga at Merwin McCoy.




It's not too early! Encourage your students to begin work on their entries for the Southeast Tennessee National History Day (STNHD)/David H. Gray History Fair Competition. Open to Middle and High School students from Bradley, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, Rhea and Sequatchie Counties, this year's competition will be held at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Online registration for the 2012 STNHD competition opens Sun., Jan. 1, 2012 at Tennessee History Day and closes for the Southeast district on (Fri., Feb. 24)



CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2012 WINNERS!
Congratulations to all the participants of the district competition held on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on March 10, 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.
Senior (grades 9−12) Individual Website

1st place
Andrew Sabin
"Al Gore and the Revolution of the Information"
Maria Sabin, Teacher
Chattanooga/Red Bank Homeschool
Chattanooga, TN

Senior (grades 9−12) Individual Paper

2nd place
Cullen Pearson
"Henry Cavendish: a Revolution Deferred"
Cathy Pearson, Teacher
Pearson Higher Learning
Signal Mountain, TN

1st place
Michelle Chapman
"A Radiant Madness"
Lance McConkey, Teacher
Sequoyah High School
Madisonville, TN

Senior (grades 9−12) Group Performance

1st place
Chris Livingston and Johnathan Jones
"Huey Long: The Reformist with Revolutionary Ideas"
Lee Ann Cross, Teacher
Meigs County High School
Decatur, TN

Senior (grades 9−12) Individual Performance

2nd place
Jameson Barnes
"Alan Turing"
Duke Richey, Teacher
McCallie School
Chattanooga, TN

1st place
Brandie McConkey
"I Refuse to be Treated Like a White Woman"
Lance McConkey, Teacher
Sequoyah High School
Madisonville, TN

Senior (grades 9−12) Group Documentary

2nd place
BH Baxter and Caleb Bramblett
"The Rise and Fall of the KKK"
Dewey Esquinance, Teacher
Polk County High School
Benton, TN

1st place
Tucker Beard, Brandon Cummings, and Trace Kerns
"The Battle of Athens: A Revolution, Reaction & Reform in 1940's Politics"
Dewey Esquinance, Teacher
Polk County High School
Benton, TN

Senior (grades 9−12) Individual Documentary

1st place
Vivian Hughbanks
"Operation Valkyrie: Deadly Reaction to a Revolutionary Regime"
Sue Hughbanks, Teacher
The Woodbine School
Signal Mountain, TN

Junior (grades 6−8) Individual Website

3rd place
Nikki Harrill
"Revolution of the Constitution"
Traci Freeman, Teacher
Rural Vale Elementary
Tellico Plains, TN

2nd place
Katie Kirkland
"Evolution of the Telephone"
Joan McFall, Teacher
Vonore Middle School
Vonore, TN

1st place
Logan Garrett
"Integration of Professional Basketball: The Fight for Racial Justice"
Joan McFall, Teacher
Vonore Middle School
Vonore, TN

Junior (grades 6−8) Individual Paper

2nd place
Catie Nolan
"Chernobyl: The Nuclear Revolution"
Joan McFall, Teacher
Vonore Middle School
Vonore, TN

1st place
Zach Powell
"The Life and Legacy of Henry Ford"
Traci Freeman, Teacher
Rural Vale Elementary
Tellico Plains, TN

Junior (grades 6−8) Group Exhibit

2nd place
Raeanna Bradford and Kealsey Brummett
"Born Into Labor"
Joan McFall, Teacher
Vonore Middle School
Vonore, TN


1st place
Jared Jones and Noah McCourry
"Nuclear Weapons"
Joan McFall, Teacher
Vonore Middle School
Vonore, TN

Junior (grades 6−8) Individual Exhibit

3rd place
Kelley Moore
"Auschwitz: 'Voices from the Ground'"
Joseph Debity, Teacher
Tellico Plains Junior High
Tellico Plains, TN

2nd place
Alyssa Neuhoff
"Exploration of Space: A Dream Becomes History"
Linda Neuhoff, Teacher
Walden Home School
Signal Mountain, TN

1st place
Luke Ford
"Tracking the Cholera Outbreak of 1858 London: The Scientific Revolution of How Diseases Spread and How They Can Be Prevented"
Allyson Ford, Teacher
Ford Homeschool
Signal Mtn, TN

Junior (grades 6−8) Group Performance

1st place
Ally Williams, Mazie Hooper, and Cheyenne Thompson
"Reconstructing Medicine"
Traci Freeman, Teacher
Rural Vale Elementary
Tellico Plains, TN, Rural Vale Elementary

Junior (grades 6−8) Group Website
3rd place
Abby Lynn and Megan Martin
"Hans Device"
Traci Freeman, Teacher
Rural Vale Elementary
Tellico Plains, TN, Rural Vale Elementary

2nd place
Sam Land and Veronica Perez
"The Ongoing Fight Against Segregation"
Traci Freeman, Teacher
Rural Vale Elementary
Tellico Plains, TN, Rural Vale Elementary

1st place
Weston Hamilton and Tucker McDonald
"Did Eagles Really Fly?"
Traci Freeman, Teacher
Rural Vale Elementary
Tellico Plains, TN, Rural Vale Elementary