University Announces History Day District 9 Winners
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., March 18, 2009 – About 500 junior high and high school students from across the region participated in the National History Day in Missouri District 9 Contest March 13 at Southeast Missouri State University.
Students completed for the chance to advance to the state National History Day competition April 4 in Columbia, Mo.
The theme for History Day 2009 was “The Individual in History,” and students competed in one of five categories: exhibit, media, performance, historical paper or Web sites.
An awards ceremony was held at the end of the day in Academic Hall Auditorium.
For information, contact the District 9 coordinator Dr. Joel Rhodes in the Department of History at Southeast Missouri State University at (573) 651-2715, or e-mail jrhodes@semo.edu.
| Elementary Exhibit-Individual | |
| Third Place |
"Elizabeth Blackwell: The First Woman Doctor" |
| Second Place | "Leo's Life: The Life and Times of Leonardo Da Vinci" Allen Lambel Teacher: Kimberly Ulmer Bell City Elementary, Bell City, Mo. |
| First Place | "Three Minutes That Changed America" McKenna Green Teacher: Melanie Tipton Risco R-2 Schools |
| Elementary Exhibit-Group | |
| Third Place |
"Elvis: The Rock and Roll King" |
| Second Place | "The True Texan" Ethan Pipkin and Drew Fortner Teacher: Melanie Tipton Risco R-2 Schools |
| First Place |
"From Street Arabs to Sons and Daughters" |
| Junior Paper | |
| Third Place | "Shinichi Suzuki: An Instrument of Peace" Penny Robinson Teacher: Jackie Brandtner Deer Creek |
| Second Place | "Walt Disney: A Legacy of a Man Who Made Dreams Come True" Mackenzie Chapman Teacher: Gladys Hency St. Ambrose School |
| First Place |
"General of the Armies: John J. 'Black Jack' Pershng: A Missourian Legacy" |
| Junior Exhibit-Individual | |
| Third Place | "From Tennessee to Texas" Corey Cradduck Teacher: Melanie Tipton Risco R-2 Schools |
| Second Place | "Vincent Van Gogh (Developing Exprssionism)" Bridget Morgan Teacher: Debra Skaggs St. Mary Cathedral School |
| First Place | "Liberty's I.O.U." Toby Miller Teacher: Michael Murphy Risco -2 Schools |
| Junior Exhibit-Group | |
| Third Place |
"An Element of Danger" |
| Second Place | "Dolley Madison" Leigh Glaus, Lauren Whistler and Kelsey Tollison Teacher: Gladys Hency St. Ambrose School |
| First Place |
"Setting the World On Fire: John Brown and the Abolition Torch" |
| Junior Performance-Individual | |
| Third Place | "John Brown: Martyr or Madman" Justin Shock Teacher: Micah Breece Gideon High School |
| Second Place | "The Miracle Worker" Morgan Pollnow Teacher: Paul Arnold Bloomfield Middle School, Bloomfield, Mo. |
| First Place | "Deal Me In" Rebekah Northern Teacher: Paul Arnold Bloomfield Middle School, Bloomfield, Mo. |
| Junior Performance-Group | |
| Third Place |
"Fight the Power" |
| Second Place | "Votes For Women: Two Individual & One Legacy" Kaylin Goins and Alexis Novak Teacher: Paul Arnold Bloomfield Middle School, Bloomfield, Mo. |
| First Place |
"The Legacy of Harriet Tubman: A Journey to Freedom" |
| Junior Media-Individual | |
| Third Place | "A Hero Who Never Appeared To Be One" Chelsie James Teacher: Paul Arnold Bloomfield Middle School, Bloomfield, Mo. |
| Second Place | "Jackie Robinson" Jonah Roop Teacher: Terry Maire Cape Christian School |
| First Place | "Formula for a First Lady" Kassidy Murphy Teacher: Michael Murphy Risco R-2 Schools |
| Junior Media Group | |
| Third Place | "Never Too Late: The Murder of Medgar Evers & the Rebirth of American Justice" Clay Evans and Brett Ruch Teacher: Paul Arnold Bloomfield Middle School, Bloomfield, Mo. |
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Second Place |
"John Pemperton" Landry Thurston and TK Burris Teacher: Kristy Barnes Bernie High School |
| First Place |
"The Father of Change" |
| Junior Web Site | |
| Third Place | "Bartolomeo Cristofori-A Legacy of Black and White Keys" Lauren Bollinger Teacher: Shelly Bohn Scott City Middle School |
| Second Place | "Dwight D. Eisenhower" John Chambers Teacher: Gladys Hency St. Ambrose School |
| First Place | "Lady Lawyer: Myra Bradwell's Figh for Equality" Tiffani Thompson Teacher: Michael Murphy Risco R-2 Schools |
| Senior Paper | |
| Third Place |
"Albert Einstein: The Man of Science" |
| Second Place | "The Man of the Renaissance" Jacob Clayton Teacher: Kristy Barnes Bernie High School |
| First Place | "Gunshots in the Grand Mosque: Juhayman al Uteybi and the Origins of Al Qaeda" Amanda Lalk Teacher: Michael Murphy Risco R-2 Schools |
| Senior Performance-Individual | |
| Third Place | "A Lion for a Day" Cassie Vise Teacher: Michael Murphy Risco R-2 Schools |
| Second Place | "Show Me My Way in Life, and I Will Build You a Shrine" Slayton Boone Teacher: Micah Breece Gideon High School |
| First Place | "Our American Minnie, Their American Goddess" Grace Powell Teacher: Michael Murphy Risco R-2 Schools |
| Senior Performance-Group | |
| Third Place |
"Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandel" |
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Second Place |
"Loyal To Their Flags: Two Virginian Vixens" Anna Godbey and Jordan Passley Teacher: Michael Murphy Risco R-2 Schools |
| First Place | "When You Put Your Hand to the Plow" Hannah Moore, Taylor Robinson, Alexa Grissom and Kassie Lawrence Teacher: Eva Rausch Gideon High School |
| Senior Media Individual | |
| Third Place | "Upholding the Honor of the Human Race" Tracie Manes Teacher: Michael Murphy Risco R-2 Schools |
| Second Place |
"Nothing Complicated About Ordinary Equality" |
| First Place | "The Hershey Bar Hero" Kelsey Murphy Teacher: MelanieTipton Risco R-2 Schools |
| Senior Media-Group | |
| Third Place | "Isaac Newton: Laws of Motion" Jade Peel and Kelci Prewitt Teacher: Lis Burkhalter Clarkton High School |
| Second Place | "Vlad The Impaler" Justin Cobb, Tesla Ingle, Kelsey Hon and Jodan McGowan Teacher: Kristy Barnes Bernie High School |
| First Place | "My Time is Nearly Up" Brittany Burnett and Justin Earnheart Teacher: Michael Murphy Risco R-2 Schools |
| Senior Web Site | |
| Third Place | "California Dreaming: The 'Crazy' Dream of Theodore Judah" Courtney Burnett Teacher: Michael Murphy Risco R-2 Schools |
| Second Place |
"Pablo Picasso: Defining Modern Art" |
| First Place | "Jesus Christ: The Resurrection of Christianity" Blake Trover and Blake Keasler Teacher: Kristy Barnes Bernie High School |
| Senior Exhibit-Group | |
| Third Place | "John Moses Browning: America's Finest Gunsmith" Jeremy Wiseman and Logan Blackburn Teacher: Lisa Burkhalter Clarkton High School |
| Second Place | "An Athletic Distraction" Luke Bixler, Josh Long and Ross Carter Teacher: Melanie Tipton Risco R-2 Schools |
| First Place |
"Color Line Controversy" |
| Senior Exhibit-Individual | |
| Third Place | "Goddess of Mercy: Minnie Vautrin and the Nanking Tragedy" Sierra Earnhart Teacher: Michael Murphy Risco R-2 Schools |
| Second Place | "The Pellagra Puzzle" Andrea McCord Teacher: Michael Murphy Risco R-2 Schools |
| First Place | "A Life Is Not Important Except in The Impact It Has On Other Lives: Jackie Robinson" Logan Randolph Teacher: Lori Randolph Clearwater High School |
| Outstanding Regional Project 2009 |
| "Leaving Tracks in Southeast Missouri" Brooke Shearrer Teacher: April Wilder Greenville Junior High School |
The winner of the sweepstakes trophy, awarded to the school with the most winning entries in the 2009 History Day Competition is: Risco R-2.