The Washburn University History Department will hold the Kansas District 3 History Day 2009 contest Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Memorial Union Building on campus (see links to campus and Topeka maps, below). The 2009 competition theme is scheduled to be The Individual in History .
Kansas District 3 is now made up of the following counties: Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Lyon, Nemaha, Osage, Shawnee and Wabaunsee. (Also see Map of Kansas Districts)
The deadline for entry forms is by 4:30 pm Friday, January 23. Four copies of papers must also be submitted by that time and date. Additionally, web site participants will need to submit four cd-r's and four hard copies of process papers, annotated bibliograpies, and printouts of the site.
Competition fees: $5 per student and this year all district and state registration will be online and available for registration December 15. For more information regarding how to register on-line, go to ks.nhd.org/register. Note that the fee is per student, not per school or per entry.
First and second place winners in each category will be eligible to go on to the next level of competiton: State History Day on April 26 on the Washburn University campus.
Following is a list of 2008 District 3 winners.
Junior Papers:
1st: Melea Stone, "Brown v Board of Education: Conflict and Compromise in Racial Education," Cair Paravel-Latin School
2nd: Matthew Reynolds, "Conflict and Compromise of Martin Luther: A Journey to Salvation," Topeka Collegiate
Senior Papers:
1st: Kelsey Yadon, "The Red and Blacklist," Seaman High School
2nd: Ben Goossen, "A Voice of Reason in Uncompromising Times: James Hanway's Kansas," Washburn Rural High School
Junior Individual Exhibits:
1st: Aparna Dasaraju, "Camp Concordia: Enemy Soldiers on American Soil," Washburn Rural Middle School
2nd: Cooper Self, "'I Like Ike' and His Compromises to Avoid a Nuclear Conflict," Topeka Collegiate
Hon. Mention: Bailey Evans, "444 Days: The Iran Hostage Crisis" Topeka Collegiatel
Hon. Mention: Avery Calhoun, "Monkeys Make History: The Scopes Trial," Eisenhower Elementary, Fort Leavenworth
Junior Group Exhibits:
1st: Mason Shields and Kyla McNorton, "Conflict in Salem: From Gallows to Compromise," Logan Junior High
2nd: Thomas Coates and Dylan Cox, "Jackie Robinson: Striving for Equality," Topeka Collegiate
Hon. Mention: Elizabeth Gaule and Mikayla Gentine, "Soldier Memorial Window: Honoring Soldiers in a Place of Peace ," Washburn Rural Middle School
Hon. Mention: Parker Robb and Mitchell Walker, "No Quarter on the Border: Why Quantrill Killed 150 Men and Boys," Cair Paravel-Latin
Senior Individual Exhibits:
1st: Michael Wollin, "Korematsu v. United States," Seaman High School
2nd: Andrew Gutierrez, "A Stolen Kingdom: Hawaii," Seaman High School
Senior Group Exhibits:
1st: Melissa Grosdidier and Ariel Johnson, "'Kill the Indian, Save the Man,'" Seaman High School
2nd: Amber Brooks and Chelsea Roberts, "Teddy's Commission," Seaman High School
Junior Individual Performances:
1st: Karly Hanna, "We're People, Too: Clarina Nichols' Association with the Moneka Constitution," Jardine Middle School
2nd: Taylor Klene, "'The Children's Crusade': The March of the Children in Birmingham, Alabama," Christ the King School
Junior Group Performances:
1st: Shelby Carpenter, Nyalia Lui and Soren Lamb, "President Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Asa Philip Randolph," Topeka Collegiate
2nd: Becca Kaye and Haley Ramirez, "The German Compromise: Hitler's Rise to Power," Topeka Collegiate
Senior Individual Performance:
1st: Cassandra Blackwell, "James Lane: The Conflicted Life of a US Senator and the Compromises He Made," Seaman High
Junior Individual Documentaries:
1st: Madison Schoen, "The Battle of Monte Cassino," Patton Junior High, Fort Leavenworth
2nd: Sophia Holman, "Sent Away to Safety: Children of the Kindertransport," Washburn Rural Middle School
Junior Group Documentaries:
1st: 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
2nd: Nicky Henriquez, Alex Chanay and Julian Mullican, "'Deemed Necessary': The Wartime Internment and Restriction of Rights of Japanese Americans," Topeka Collegiate
Senior Individual Documentaries:
1st: Sjobor Hammer, "'Bones of Contention': Battling for Human Dignity at the Salina Indian Burial Pit," Topeka High
2nd: Josie Price, "'Kill the Indian, Save the Man': Americanization of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation," Seaman High
Senior Group Documentaries:
1st: Quinton Berggren and Spencer Nemnich, "The Sting pf Discrimination: Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)," Seaman High
2nd: Kim Hurla and Ashley Franken, "We Shall Overcome: The Freedom Riders of 1961," Seaman High
Junior Web Sites:
1st: Jackson Hermann and Aleksander Eskilson, "Cold War Relations: Collaborating Through the Medium of Space," Shawnee Heights Middle School
2nd: Kylie Hardman and Erika Hrenchir, "The KKK: Hooded Monsters of the Civil Rights Movement," Jardine Middle School
Senior Web Sites:
1st: Jean-Luc Chinal and Joe Coker, "The Tennessee Valley Authority and Its Impact on the Economy," Seaman High
2nd: Grace Kehler, "Conflicts with Capone," Seaman High
