2011 National History Day Finalists

~ Junior Division Finalist ~

~ Senior Division Finalist ~

Special Prize Winners Sponsors

SOMERSET PLACE FOUNDATION
African-American History
Junior Level - Group Exhibit
Emma Heisey, Kenzie Himelein-Wachowiak & Haley Boram
AC Reynolds Middle School, Asheville
"Loving For All"
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Senior Level - Individual Website
Chloe Hamilton
Charles D. Owen High School, Asheville
"Brown vs. Board of Education"
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Senior Level - Group Documentary
Berkley Churchill & Calin Jennings
Charles D. Owen High School, Asheville
"Robert Williams"
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Civil War History
Senior Level - Individual Exhibit
Meghan Decker
AC Reynolds High School, Asheville
"Slave State Free State"
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Senior Level - Individual Exhibit
Meghan Decker
AC Reynolds High School, Asheville
"Slave State Free State"
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MS. EMILY JOHNSON
Cold War/Vietnam Era
Junior Level - Individual Exhibit
Jordan Puckett
Emmanuel Lutheran School, Asheville
"Nixon's China Game: The Ping Heard Around the World"
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Senior Level - Individual Performance
Cassidy Cramer
AC Reynolds High School, Asheville
"Rosenburg v. United States"
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MS. MARTHA WALSTON
Cold War/Vietnam Era
Junior Level - Individual Exhibit
Jordan Puckett
Emmanuel Lutheran School, Asheville
"Nixon's China Game: The Ping Heard Around the World"
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Senior Level - Individual Performance
Cassidy Cramer
AC Reynolds High School, Asheville
"Rosenburg v. United States"
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MR.JOE MOBLEY
Great Depression/World War II Era
Junior Level - Individual Documentary
Jordan Williams
St. Peter's Catholic School
"Reactions to the Attack on Pearl Harbor"
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Senior Level - Individual Documentary
Rachel Woodul
Swansboro High School
"Nazi Medical Data - A Living Failure"
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DR.BRIAN SHORT
Medical History
Junior Level - Individual Exhibit
Clare McDonald
Woodlawnc School
"Assisted Suicide: The Dying Debate"
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Senior Level - Group Website
Alex Flohr, Hannah Babiss & Madison Dull
Woodlawn School
"Eugenics in America: The Story of Idiots, Imbeciles and Outcasts"
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NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY, INC.
North Carolina History
Junior Level - Group Website
Hannah Fletcher, Matt Fletcher & Haddon Fox
St. Nicholas of Tolentine (Home School)
"No Hope Lake? The Environmental and Land Debate Over Jordan Lake"
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Senior Level - Group Website
Emily Rundle, Molly Fox & Michaela Burns
Raven Ridge Christian Academy
"But Mamma, There's a School Next Door! The Charlotte-Mecklenburgt School Busing Debate"
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FRIENDS OF THE ARCHIVES
Use of Primary Sources
Junior Level - Individual Documentary
Celeste Campbell
Woodlawn School
"God or Gorilla: the Scopes Monkey Trial"
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Senior Level - Paper
Mary Frith
Charles D. Owen High School
"Debate and Diplomacy That Alerted History: Harry Truman and the Recognition of Israel"
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Southern History
Junior Level - Individual Documentary
Adam Wagner
AC Reynolds Middle School
"Black Mountain College:Redefining Liberal Arts Education"
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Senior Level - Group Documentary
Clark Peacock & Austin Mitchell
Wayne Early Middle College High School
"The North Carolina Fund: A Catalyst for Change Through Debate"
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ALTRUSA
North Carolina History
Junior Level - Individual Exhibit
Sally Hennessee
Carolina International School
"The Fight: Winning Women's Right to Vote"
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Senior Level - Individual Performance
India Thomas
Thomas Academy
"League of Extraordinary Women: Title VII and its Consequences for Women"
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Senior Level - Group Exhibit
Tara Kelly and Jessica Adams
New Hanover High School
"The Shadowed Debates of Women's Suffrage"
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NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI
Revolutionary War/Founding Era
Junior Level - Individual Performance
Adam dietrich
St. Peter's Catholic School
"William Eaton: Rowdy Diplomat vs. the Barbary Pirates"
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PRACTICORE, INC.
Innovation in History
Junior Level - Group Performance
Caroline Kraczon & Sarah Phipps
St. Peter's Catholic School
"Geocentric vs. Heliocentric: The Universal Debate"
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Senior Level - Individual Website
Nicole Keyser
Swansboro High School
"Dorthea Dix: Debate Over North Carolina's Treatment of the Mentally Ill"
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TRANSPORTATION HISTORY FOUNDATION
Transportation History
Junior Level - Group Exhibit
Elsa Haun, Amber Cross & Miranda Rash
AC Reynolds Middle School
"The Blue Ridge Parkway Debate: Controversy and Sacrifice"
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Senior Level - Group Exhibit
William Applewhite & Phillip McDaniel
CD Owen High School
"The Debate Over the Electric Car"
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Senior Level - Group Website
Christopher Diaz & Mason Roberts
North Brunswick High School
"The S.S. St. Louis and World Anti-Semitism"
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Exhibits
Junior Level - Group Exhibit
Annelle Staal & Jonah Connett
Southern Middle School
"Troops in Afghanistan"
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Senior Level - Individual Exhibit
Dana Neidinger
Woodlawn School
American Legal System
Junior Level - Group Exhibit
Le Anne Greene, Charlotte Harrell & Brittany Walston
Central Middle School
"Food Processing: The Great Debate"
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Senior Level - Group Exhibit
Fields Pierce, Will Young &William King
Cape Fear Academy
"The Dawes Act: Just Another White Lie on the Sioux Nation"
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