2012 MICHIGAN HISTORY DAY STATE FINALS · State Finals Winners, ... proceed to the national finals at National History Day in Maryland in June. ... Child Labor Laws and How They Changed

National Finalists, Alternates, State Finals Winners, and Special Award Recipients

SPONSORED BY:

The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation

STATE FINALS HOSTED BY:

CLARKE HISTORICAL LIBRARY CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

ALSO SPONSORED BY: The Algonquin Club of Detroit & Windsor, Holland Area Historical

Society, The Michigan Society for the War of 1812

2012 MICHIGAN

HISTORY DAY

STATE FINALS

What is Michigan History Day?

Michigan History Day (National History Day in Michigan) is an educational program of the Historical Society of Michigan, the state’s oldest cultural organization. Michigan History Day is part of the National History Day program and is designed to encourage students in grades 4-12 to explore historical subjects related to a broad annual theme. The theme for 2012 was:

Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History

Michigan History Day offers a fascinating opportunity to learn through hands-on study. Students perform self-directed research on an individually chosen topic. Entries are presented through the allied disciplines of art, literature, music, drama, and visual communications, in addition to writing. The projects grow—participants are encouraged to expand and improve their work between each level of the competition. Entries may be in any one of seven categories. They include Research Papers (individuals only), Individual or Group Exhibits, Individual or Group Performances, Indi-vidual or Group Documentaries, and Websites. Groups may include two to five students. Students compete in one of three age divisions: Youth (grades 4-5), Junior (grades 6-8), and Senior (grades 9-12). Junior and Senior entrants are eligible to proceed to the national finals at National History Day in Maryland in June. Each category in a division is judged separately. Michigan History Day’s ultimate goal is to kindle an appreciation of the past among students of today. The motto of History Day says it all.

It’s not just a day,

It’s an experience!

The Historical Society of Michigan would like to thank the following major sponsors for

providing generous support to operate Michigan History Day:

The Richard and Helen DeVos

Foundation

ALSO SPONSORED BY:

The Algonquin Club of Detroit & Windsor Holland Area Historical Society,

The Michigan Society for the War of 1812

MICHIGAN HISTORY DAY 2012 SPONORS

CLARKE HISTORICAL LIBRARY

CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Youth Division — Grades 4 & 5

INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES

FIRST PLACE:

Child Labor Laws and How They Changed

Caitlyn Scornaiencki

Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie

School: Sault Area Middle School

GROUP DOCUMENTARIES

FIRST PLACE:

The Traffic Light: A Revolution in Traffic Control

Peter Filbrandt, Jacob Hunt

Hometown: South Haven

School: North Shore Elementary

SECOND PLACE:

The Battle of Gettysburg

Riley O’Brien, Parker Jensen



THIRD PLACE:

D-Day Invasion

Wyatt Galarowic, Jaxon Wilkie

Hometown: DeTour

School: DeTour Arts and Technology Academy

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS

FIRST PLACE:

The Columbian Exchange

Nikolas Wilbur

Hometown: Bay City

School: Mackensen Elementary

SECOND PLACE:

Revolution in Women’s Athletics Through Title IX at Lake Superior State

University

Ellen Marger


School: Washington Elementary

THIRD PLACE:

From Boy Scouts to Girl Guides: The Formation of Girl Scouts

Lindsey Niffenegger


School: North Shore Elementary School

GROUP EXHIBITS

FIRST PLACE:

Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield Emergencies Reform

Halee Marie Bosel, Jenna Rose Gerwatowski

Hometown: Tahquamenon

School: Tahquamenon Schools

SECOND PLACE:

D-Day: The Beginning of the End of Nazi Germany

Dillon Curtis, Kaaleb Ranta


School: Soo Township Elementary

THIRD PLACE:

World War I Weapons Technology Revolution

Seth Huffman, Hunter Clark

Hometowns: Tahquamenon

School: Tahquamenon Schools

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE

FIRST PLACE:

Elizabeth (Betsy) Griscom Ross: The Fabric of Revolution

Lindsay Meeker

Hometown: Hastings

School: Northeastern Elementary

SECOND PLACE:

From the Backwoods of Tennessee to the Alamo

Carter Smith

Hometown: Hastings


THIRD PLACE:

Mary Todd Lincoln: The Girl of the Bluegrass

Abby Bremer

Hometown: Hastings


GROUP PERFORMANCE

FIRST PLACE:

How Television Revolutionized Communication from 1940-1970

Zeina Akl, Gabrielle Bradley, Samantha Cobado, Caroline Haenicke

Hometown: Kalamazoo

School: The Gagie School

SECOND PLACE:

Women’s Suffrage

Bridgitt Cornish, Caity Weirick

Hometown: Kalamazoo

School: The Gagie School

THIRD PLACE:

Sit-ins: Stand Up by Sitting Down

Maddy Wise, Lauren Hodge



INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE

FIRST PLACE:

What Was Old Is New Again

Allison Elnora Ringold

Hometown: Ann Arbor

School: Ann Arbor Learning Community

SECOND PLACE:

Annie Oakley, Shooting Star

Claudia McLean

Hometown: Hastings


THIRD PLACE:

Pyramids

Muna Aljahmi

Hometown: Detroit

School: Universal Academy

GROUP WEBSITE

FIRST PLACE:

Tank and Anti-tank Innovations

Johnathan Ellis, Joe Nelson



Junior Division — Grades 6-8


NATIONAL FINALISTS:

We Shall Not Be Moved: How the Women's Emergency Brigade Revolutionized

and Reformed the United Auto Workers

Cecelia Adame-Goff

Hometown: Ann Arbor


Iranian Revolution: Realities of Change

Hannah Lane-Davies

Hometown: Kalamazoo

School: Kazoo School

ALTERNATE:

The Native American Boarding School Era: A Reform that Led to Cultural

Genocide

Lois Biggs

Hometown: Ada

School: Forest Hills Eastern Middle School

GROUP DOCUMENTARIES

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Dorothea Dix: Reaction Leads to Reform

Anna Ryzenga, Claire Schregardus

Hometown: Holland

School: Holland West K-7

1919 World Series Black Sox Scandal

Reid Bailey, Jake Long

Hometown: Traverse City

School: Traverse City West Middle School

ALTERNATE:

Germ Theory: A Historic Revolution

Addison Healey, Chamberlain Mathis

Hometown: Grand Rapids

School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Billie the Riveter: When Duty Called in ‘40s, Women Served

Mackenzie Brandel

Hometown: Whitehall

School: Whitehall Schools

From Divine Right to the Bill of Rights: Revolution that Transformed the British

Monarchy

Caroline Yapp

Hometown: Kalamazoo

School: The Kazoo School

ALTERNATE:

“And No Birds Sing”: The Story of Silent Spring

Emma Roth

Hometown: Ann Arbor


GROUP EXHIBITS

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Big Wheel: Big Changes

Amy Doster, Victoria Lynn, Joy Mecano


School: Northern Hills Middle School

The Triangle Fire: Reaction Led to Reform

Faith Slubowski, Norah Fanning, Alice Hanlon



ALTERNATE:

Behind the McArches: Revolutionizing America’s Eating Habits

Alan Larson, Lauren Geiger

Hometown: Whitehall

School: Whitehall Schools

PAPERS

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Revolt of the Admirals: Going Down with the Ship

Valentine Vena

Hometown: Plymouth

School: Parent Sponsored

The McCarthy Hearings: “An Age of Unreason”

Lily Krone

Hometown: Kalamazoo


ALTERNATE:

Prohibition of Alcohol: The Noble Experiment

Emma Gredanus

Hometown: Ada

School: Ada Christian School

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

The Revolution of the Weather Underground

Asia Korkmaz

Hometown: Ann Arbor


Father Miguel Hildago and the War for Mexican Independence

Owen Purdue



ALTERNATE:

July Revolution

Ashley Peuler



GROUP PERFORMANCES

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

“Bread or Blood”: The Uprising of the French Revolution

Noor Sohail, Denise Bilbao, Emily Byrd, Emma Clark, Madalyn Slubowski



Blackwell’s Island: The Girl Who Feigned Insanity

Jacqueline Spiegel, Ellie Katz



ALTERNATE:

The Ford Effect

Cameron Larson, Carson Van Skiver



INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Indian Revolution, U.S. Reaction, United Reform: The Bloody Island Massacre

Sarah Kakoura



Movies: Inspiring New Ideas

Andrew Depree

Hometown: Holland

School: Holland West K-7

ALTERNATE:

The Wright Brothers: American Aviators

Matthew Gratowski

Hometown: DeTour

School: DeTour Area Schools

GROUP WEBSITES

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

The Reaction to John Brown's Raid on Harper Ferry

Shelby Hewlett, Ambika Agrawal, Rose Fields



The Baseball Diamond: The Only Jewel Wrapped in Chains

Jacob Hurwitz, Eli Cartier, Andrew Beck

Hometown: Kalamazoo


ALTERNATE:

Elvis Presley: The King of the Rock n' Roll Revolution

Zoe Larson, Kylie McDonald



Senior Division — Grades 9-12


NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Ernst Floeter, German POW: A Personal Reaction to WWII

Matt George

Hometown: Kalamazoo

School: Hackett Catholic Central

The Reign of Terror: Radical Revolution and Reaction

Justin Fragala


School: South Haven High School

ALTERNATE:

Rivers of Blood: The Rwandan Genocide

Nicole Tubacki


School: Traverse City Central High School

GROUP DOCUMENTARIES

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

From Red to Blue: Revolution and Contrast in the Former USSR

Dustin Rens, Nicholas Robinson

Hometown: Comstock Park

School: Comstock Park High School

9/11: A Cultural Demolition

Marwa Abdelmaguid, Tahany Alsabahi, Zunaira Tufail

Hometown: Dearborn Heights

School: Star International Academy

ALTERNATE:

War Dogs: The Hidden Truths

Lilliana Duyck, Heidi Slaktoski



INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Out of the Dark Ages

Marissa Ross



Jack Kilby and the Microchip: A Massive Revolution in Micro Technology

Matthew Kirk

Hometown: Novi


ALTERNATE:

Homeopathy: A Revolutionary Concept Reforms Western Medical Practice

Mariah Olsson

Hometown: Montague

School: Montague High School

GROUP EXHIBITS

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Defoe Rollover

Lauren Legner, Elizabeth Martin, Raeann Reynolds, Sarah Cramer

Hometown: Bay City

School: Bay City Central High School

WWI: How Technology Changed the Battlefield

Nicholas Goodrich, Aaron Missman, Lincoln Osborn



ALTERNATE:

Ten Hours or No Sawdust

Nathan Beelman, Jenna McLean, Zachary Nagel

Hometown: Saginaw

School: Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy

PAPERS

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

The Congo Reform Movement: Indeterminate Progress

Cameron Shabahang


School: Forest Hills Eastern High School

From the Couch to the Polls: How Television has Revolutionized Presidential

Campaigns

Summer Klomp

Hometown: Whitehall

School: Whitehall High School

ALTERNATE:

Prohibition

Alex Belica

Hometown: Grosse Pointe Park


INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Reacting to Revolutions, Reshaping Realities: Flappers, the Women Who Made

America Modern

Alayna Klco

Hometown: Whitehall

School: Whitehall High School

Crossroads: The Story of a Dedicated Student, a Troubled Delinquent, a

Muckraker, and a Camera to Turn It All Around

Edward Verdonk



GROUP PERFORMANCES

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Spies Among Us: From OSS to CIA

Gladys Gonzalez, Garrett Fragala


School: South Haven Public Schools

A Blast from Harriet’s Past! Abolishment of Slavery as a Reaction to Tubman’s

Work on the Underground Railroad

Juliana Hupp, Madeline Huhta, Rylee Maki

Hometown: Chassell

School: Chassell Schools

ALTERNATE:

Jackie Robinson: Breaking Color Barriers to Integrate Sports

Ashlyn Kero, Laura Berg, Olivia Leukuma

Hometown: Hancock

School: Hancock Central High School

INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Germ Theory: Revolution in Medicine

Marah Erickson

Hometown: Chassell

School: Chassell Township School

Digital Music Distribution: Changing the World, One Download at a Time

Aaron Posega

Hometown: Hancock

School: Hancock Central High School

GROUP WEBSITES

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

French Revolution

Kayla Foley, Azaelea Collins



The Birth of a New Country: Bangladesh

Areeba Haider, Nora Husaini, Malak Kabalan



ALTERNATE:

Painting it Red: The Chinese Cultural Revolution

Raymond Surya, Daniel Timmerman

Hometown: Holland

School: Holland High School

Special Awards

Best Entry in Michigan History

Sponsored by Meijer

YOUTH: Revolution in Women's Athletics Through Title IX at Lake Superior State

University

Ellen Marger



JUNIOR: The Ford Effect

Cameron Larson, Carson Van Skiver



SENIOR: The Assembly Line and Automobiles

Sawsan Al-Marashi, Ebtisam Alobahi, Ashwak Alshami, Hailah

Nasser

Hometown: Detroit

School: Universal Academy

Best Entry in Arab World, Islam and the American Muslim Experience

Sponsored by the Arab American National Museum

JUNIOR: Iranian Revolution: Realities of Change

Hannah Lane-Davies

Hometown: Kalamazoo


Best Entry in Use of Oral History Sponsored by the Historical Society of Michigan

JUNIOR: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement: An Agent of Hope and Healing in

the New Country of South Sudan

Lauren Bowman

Hometown: Ada

School: Ada Christian School

SENIOR: Ernst Floeter, German POW: A Personal Reaction to WWII

Matt George

Hometown: Kalamazoo

School: Hackett Catholic Central

Best Entry in Use of Primary Sources Sponsored by the Michigan Archival Association

YOUTH: How Television Revolutionized Communication from 1940-1970

Zeina Akl, Gabrielle Bradley, Samantha Cobado, Caroline

Haenicke

Hometown: Kalamazoo

School: Gagie School

JUNIOR: Indian Revolution, U.S. Reaction, United Reform: The Bloody Island Massacre Sarah Karkoura



SENIOR: The Congo Reform Movement: Indeterminate Progress

Cameron Shabahang


School: Forest Hills Eastern High School

Best Entry in Use of Family History Sponsored by the Michigan Genealogical Council

YOUTH: What Was Old Is New Again

Allison Elnora Ringold

Hometown: Ann Arbor


JUNIOR: My Grandfather, My Hero, Our Freedom

Matthew Ankerson, McKenzie Ankerson



SENIOR: Revolution Until Victory

Abdelrahm Shoaib



Elly Peterson Award for Best Entry in Michigan Women’s History

Sponsored by the Michigan Women’s Studies Association

YOUTH: Rosa Parks Impacted History

Katherine Marger



JUNIOR: We Shall Not Be Moved: How the Women's Emergency Brigade

Revolutionized and Reformed the United Auto Workers

Cecelia Adame-Goff

Hometown: Ann Arbor


Sam Breck Award for Best Entry in Railroad History

Sponsored by the Michigan Roundtable,

Lexington Group In Transportation

(One Award)

ALL: Full Steam Ahead

Brad Benstein


School: Forest Hills Central Middle School

The Historical Society of Michigan would like to thank the following major sponsors for

providing generous support to operate Michigan History Day:

The Richard and Helen DeVos

Foundation

ALSO SPONSORED BY:

The Algonquin Club of Detroit & Windsor Holland Area Historical Society,

The Michigan Society for the War of 1812

MICHIGAN HISTORY DAY 2012 SPONORS

CLARKE HISTORICAL LIBRARY

CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Documents

2012 MICHIGAN HISTORY DAY STATE FINALS · State Finals Winners, ... proceed to the national finals at National History Day in Maryland in June. ... Child Labor Laws and How They Changed