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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 2013 was:
Turning Points in History: Peoples, Ideas, Events 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 • Individual or Group Documentaries • 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!
Youth Division
INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES FIRST PLACE:
Motown: A Turning Point in the American Music Industry Melody Korkmaz Hometown: Ypsilanti School: Ann Arbor Learning Community
SECOND PLACE:
McDonald’s Turns Tables from Homemade to Takeout Braley Johnson Hometown: Twin Lake School: Ealy Elementary
THIRD PLACE: The Soo Locks- How it Changed Shipping Forever
Caitlyn Scornaiencki Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie School: Washington Elementary School
GROUP DOCUMENTARIES FIRST PLACE:
Walt Disney’s Snow White: A Turning Point in Animation Terra Buckley, Trent French, Katelyn Varney Hometown: South Haven, South Haven, Covert School: North Shore Elementary School
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS
FIRST PLACE:
Olga Korbut: Gymnastics Takes a Tumble Jaden Mikkelson Hometown: White Hall School: Ealy Elementary
SECOND PLACE:
How the Soo Locks Changed the Upper Peninsula Spencer Hazley Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie School: Lincoln Elementary School
Youth Individual Exhibits Continued THIRD PLACE:
How the Battles in the Pacific Led to Dropping the Atomic Bomb Aidan Hammond Hometown: Galesburg School: The Gagie School
GROUP EXHIBITS
FIRST PLACE:
Gerber: Changing the Way Babies Eat Luci Nieboer, Vanessa Christensen Hometown: Muskegon School: Ealy Elementary
SECOND PLACE:
Franklin’s Flashy Lightning Rod Makayla Frappier, Hannah Coneset Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie, Dafter School: Soo Township Elementary
THIRD PLACE:
The Treaty of 1820 and Chief Shingabawossin Kalista Perron, Korinn Perron Hometown: Brimley School: Brimley Elementary School
PAPERS
FIRST PLACE:
The Wright Brothers Inspiring Invention Bonnie Li Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie School: Soo Township Elementary
SECOND PLACE:
Women’s Suffrage and How They Won the Right Shannen McIntyre-Quinn Hometown: Kalamazoo School: The Gagie School
THIRD PLACE:
A Look at World War One: A Story of Heroes Matthew Artuso Hometown: Lansing School: New Covenant Christian School
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES FIRST PLACE:
“La Pest”: How the Black Death Changed the World Eve Bradley Hometown: Portage School: The Gagie School
SECOND PLACE:
The Man Who Put the World on Wheels Christian Shaman Hometown: Richland School: The Gagie School
THIRD PLACE:
Elizabeth Blackwell- The First Woman Doctor Juliann Meeker Hometown: Hastings School: Northeastern Hastings Elementary School
GROUP PERFORMANCES
FIRST PLACE:
Opening the Doors Avery Anssin, Elise Postma, Kimberlee Klifman Hometown: South Haven School: North Shore Elementary School
SECOND PLACE:
Amelia Earhart Taylor Zoerner, Faith Cryderman, Onelle Cryderman, Hailey Fetterhoff Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie School: Soo Township Elementary
THIRD PLACE: The Brothers of Change
Simon Holley, Jack Fredericks, Matteo Brosco Hometown: Kalamazoo School: The Gagie School
INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES
FIRST PLACE:
9/11’s Impact on Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan’s Security and Borders Katie Marger Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie School: DeTour Area Schools
Youth Individual Websites Continued SECOND PLACE:
Drums at Saratoga: Turning Point in War Ameerah Burton Hometown: South Haven School: North Shore Elementary School
THIRD PLACE:
Turning Points in How Wars are Fought Dillon Curtis Hometown: Dafter School: Soo Township Elementary
GROUP WEBSITES
FIRST PLACE:
Turning Point of the Toilet Lander Wimmer, Addison Wimmer Hometown: Howell School: Southeast Elementary
SECOND PLACE:
General E. Lee, A Confederate Against All Odds Jon Arnold, Carter Smith Hometown: Hastings School: Northeastern Hastings Elementary School
THIRD PLACE:
Agriculture and the Civil War William Hasted, Alexander Rummel Hometown: South Haven School: North Shore Elementary School
Junior Division
INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES NATIONAL FINALISTS:
Battle of Thermopylae: How It Saved Our Ideologies Carlos Cardenas Hometown: Troy School: Baker Middle School
William Knudson Prepares American Industry for WWII
Colt Lang Hometown: Holly School: Cedar Crest Academy
ALTERNATE: It’s NOT FAIR! The Murder of Vincent Chin and the Rise of the APA Movement
Cecilia Adame-Goff Hometown: Ypsilanti School: Ann Arbor Learning Community
GROUP DOCUMENTARIES NATIONAL FINALISTS:
Germany: The Division Between East and West Kelly Larason, Claire Holley Hometown: Portage, Kalamazoo School: The Gagie School
The Mother of All Plagues
Anthony Carbajal, Adam Chamness, Matt Keyes, Carlos Panuco Hometown: Holland School: Jefferson K-7
ALTERNATE:
Spies of the Civil War Parker Haller, Grant Layle Hometown: Bay City School: T.L. Handy Middle School
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS NATIONAL FINALISTS:
The Invention and Automation of the Assembly Line Brett Bauman Hometown: Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School
Red Gold Rush: The Jump-start to Our Nation’s Copper Industry
Josiah Sherk Hometown: Ada School: Forest Hills Eastern Middle School
ALTERNATE:
Pearl Harbor-America’s Choice is Made Brandon Ouderkirk Hometown: Midland School: Calvary Baptist Academy
GROUP EXHIBITS
NATIONAL FINALISTS:
A Dusting of Change Natalie Bradshaw, Kayla Gillespie, Mackenzie Almassian Hometown: Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Ada School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School
Forbidden Love: Loving vs. Virginia
McKenna Malvitz, Lauren Pham Hometown: Ada, Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Eastern Middle School
ALTERNATE:
The Environmental Movement: From Pollution to Solution Vanessa Heylum, Lauren Geiger Hometown: Whitehall, Twin Lake School: Whitehall Middle School
PAPERS NATIONAL FINALISTS:
Monopoly, Not Just a Game: The Sherman Antitrust Act and Standard Oil Sophia Goebel Hometown: Ann Arbor School: Ann Arbor Learning Community
President Nixon’s White House Tapes: A Turning Point in Executive Privilege
Asia Korkmaz Hometown: Ypsilanti School: Ann Arbor Learning Community
ALTERNATE:
Women Strike for Peace: The Mothers of the Peace Movement Blair Donahue Hometown: Midland School: Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES
NATIONAL FINALISTS:
“Absolute Certainty”: DNA Profiling and the American Criminal Justice System Emma Roth Hometown: Ann Arbor School: Ann Arbor Learning Community
The French Revolution: The Fall of the Monarchy and the Rise of the Republic
Gabrielle Bradley Hometown: Portage School: The Gagie School
ALTERNATE:
Lucy Stone: A Stone’s Effect in the Female Image Megan Ennis Hometown: Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School
GROUP PERFORMANCES
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The Civil Rights Act of 1964: How Peaceful Protests and the March on Washington Helped Change America
Jaden Lewis, Caroline Haenicke Hometown: Kalamazoo School: The Gagie School
The Election of 1800: Crisis, Controversy and Change
Jaqueline Spiegel, Elise Kennedy Hometown: Ada, Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School
ALTERNATE: Soaring in the Wright Direction
Cameron Larson, Caron Von Skiver Hometown: Grand Rapids, Ada School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School
INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES NATIONAL FINALISTS:
The Erie Canal’s Effect on Michigan Amrutha Patil Hometown: Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the Growth of the Environmental Movement
Ethan VanValkenburg Hometown: Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School
ALTERNATE:
The Embargo Act of 1807: Changing Tides Salonee Marwaha Hometown: Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School
GROUP WEBSITES NATIONAL FINALISTS:
The Collapse of the Berlin Wall- Unification of Germany Jordan Lippert, Christopher Whitford Jr., Luke Schellenerg, Hursh Motwani Hometown: Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School
Reforming the Meat-Packing Industry
Kaylee Westenbarger, Amber Erlenbeck, Rachel Westrick Hometown: Grand Rapids, Ada, Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Eastern Middle School
ALTERNATE: Walt Disney: The Illusion of Life
Henry Muscara, Robert Isacksen, Grace Marshall Hometown: Kalamazoo School: The Kazoo School
Senior Division
INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES NATIONAL FINALISTS:
The Black Plague: Turning the Tables of Serfdom Justin Fragala Hometown: Gobles School: South Haven High School
Treaty of Versailles: Harsh Punishment and Fuel for Hitler’s Nazi Propaganda Campaign
Caroline Yapp Hometown: Kalamazoo School: Hackett Catholic Central High School
ALTERNATE:
Congo Conflict: A Revolving Door Gloire Rubambiza School: Comstock Park High School
GROUP DOCUMENTARIES
NATIONAL FINALISTS: The Battle of Khalkingol: History’s Forgotten Battle
Jacob Stid, Morgan Horn Hometown: Holland School: Holland High School
The Second Great Awakening
Chase Rapin, An Nguyen Hometown: Lansing School: Everett High School
ALTERNATE:
The Discovery of the New World and its Effects on the Slave Trade Cameron Sleeper, Nathan VanderRoest Hometown: South Haven School: South Haven High School
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS
NATIONAL FINALISTS:
Turn Around in Forensics Marissa Ross Hometown: South Haven School: South Haven High School
The Scopes Trial: A Turning Point in Science Education
Mackenzie Brandel Hometown: North Muskegon School: Whitehall High School
ALTERNATE:
From Tragedy to Progress Ally Court Hometown: Coleman School: Calvary Baptist Academy
GROUP EXHIBITS NATIONAL FINALISTS:
Civil Rights Movement: Public Opinion Explodes with Birmingham Bombing Kaylee Picard, Maranda Mikkelson Hometown: Whitehall School: Whitehall High School Landmark Law Maggie Filbrandt, Katie Lynne Edson Hometown: South Haven School: South Haven High School
ALTERNATE:
The Battle of Stalingrad Mason Nelson, Cole Pero, Jerome Gifford Hometown: Essexville, Bay City, Bay City School: Bay City Central High School
PAPERS
NATIONAL FINALISTS:
Anti-Trust: Turning the Tide on the Titans of Industry Dean Hewitt Hometown: Whitehall School: Whitehall High School
A Momentous Decision: Baseball is Thrown a Curve When Free Agency Comes to Bat
Matt Gilbert Hometown: Whitehall School: Whitehall High School
ALTERNATE:
No Place Like Home: Franklin Roosevelt’s Transformation of Federal Housing Policy to Construct the Modern American Middle Class
Anna Du Hometown: West Bloomfield School: Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES
NATIONAL FINALISTS: Hunger Strikes: Putting the Bite in the Fight for Women’s Right to Vote
Stephanie Cross Hometown: Whitehall School: Whitehall High School
From Grand Experience to “Click! There It Is!” Recorded Music Scores
Elissa Bradfield Hometown: Whitehall School: Whitehall High School
GROUP PERFORMANCES
NATIONAL FINALISTS:
Turning the Tides of War: The Punic Wars, The Terror of Hannibal Braco vs. Scipio Africanus, and the Rise of the Roman Era
Gladys Gonzalez, Russell Aspinwall, Garrett Fragala Hometown: South Haven, Gobles, Gobles School: Gobles High School/South Haven High School Collaboration
INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES
NATIONAL FINALISTS:
Francis Perkins: The Mother of Social Security Lisa Qian Hometown: Ann Arbor School: Pioneer High School
A Cleaner World
Ryan Marshall School: Comstock Park High School
ALTERNATE:
Reformation of the Meat Packing Industry Hannah Reed School: DeTour Area Schools
GROUP WEBSITES NATIONAL FINALISTS:
Transportation and Transformation: The Transcontinental Railroad Raymond Surya, Daniel Timmermann Hometown: Holland School: Holland High School
The Istanbul Pogroms
Azalea Collins, Kayla Foley School: Comstock Park High School
ALTERNATE: Susan B. Anthony
Kari Piasecki, Andrea Vonmarkle Hometown: Lake Linden School: Lake Linden Hubbell High School
Special Awards
BEST ENTRY IN MICHIGAN HISTORY
Sponsored by Meijer YOUTH: Motown: A Turning Point in the American Music Industry
Melody Korkmaz Hometown: Ypsilanti School: Ann Arbor Learning Community
JUNIOR: It’s NOT FAIR! The Murder of Vincent Chin and the Rise
of the APA Movement Cecilia Adame-Goff Hometown: Ypsilanti School: Ann Arbor Learning Community
SENIOR: Bath Massacre
Kelsey Zondervan, Hope Kitzma Hometown: Kalamazoo School: Heritage Christian Academy
THE ELLY PETERSON AWARD FOR BEST ENTRY IN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S HISTORY
Sponsored by the Michigan Women’s Studies Association YOUTH: Gerber: Changing the Way Babies Eat
Luci Nieboer, Vanessa Christensen Hometown: Muskegon School: Ealy Elementary
JUNIOR: Rosie’s Legacy
Isabelle Khouri Hometown: Holly School: Cedar Crest Academy
SENIOR: Betty Ford: Turning Around the Lives of Americans
Lilliana Duyck, Heidi Slatoski School: Comstock Park High School
BEST ENTRY IN USE OF PRIMARY SOURCES
Sponsored by the Michigan Archival Association YOUTH: “La Pest”: How the Black Death Changed the World
Eve Bradley Hometown: Portage School: The Gagie School
JUNIOR: “Absolute Certainty”: DNA Profiling and the American
Criminal Justice System Emma Roth Hometown: Ann Arbor School: Ann Arbor Learning Community
SENIOR: The Scopes Trial: A Turning Point in Science Education
Mackenzie Brandel Hometown: North Muskegon School: Whitehall High School
BEST ENTRY IN USE OF FAMILY HISTORY
Sponsored by the Michigan Genealogical Council
YOUTH: The Treaty of 1820 and Chief Shingabawossin Kalista Perron, Korinn Perron Hometown: Brimley School: Brimley Elementary School
Best Entry in Use of Family History Continued JUNIOR: The Korean War
Soomin Kim Hometown: Ada School: Ada Christian Middle School
SENIOR: Congo Conflict: A Revolving Door
Gloire Rubambiza School: Comstock Park High School
BEST ENTRY IN AFRICAN AMERICAN/PEOPLE OF AFRICAN
DESCENT WORLD HISTORY Sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
YOUTH: Opening the Doors
Avery Anssin, Elise Postma, Kimberlee Klifman Hometown: South Haven School: North Shore Elementary School
JUNIOR: Black Civil War Soldiers: Fighting for Freedom Against All Odds
Lexi Schoonover, Natalie Wagner Hometown: Williamsburg, Traverse City School: Traverse City East Middle School
SENIOR: Civil Rights Movement: Public Opinion Explodes with Birmingham Bombing
Kaylee Picard, Maranda Mikkelson Hometown: Whitehall School: Whitehall High School
BEST ENTRY IN LATINO AMERICAN/HISPANIC WORLD HISTORY
Sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation SENIOR: Holland: Merging Dutch & Hispanic Cultures since the Mid 1990s
Jehnissi Ramirez, Yadah Ramirez, Diana Gonzalez, Brenda Mora, Jerrold Cleveland Hometown: Holland School: Mas Adelante
BEST ENTRY IN NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY
Sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
YOUTH: Bugonaygeshig's Battle at Sugar Point Drake McFadden Hometown: Bangor School: North Shore Elementary School
Best Entry in Native American History Continued JUNIOR: Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975
Madisson Picotte Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie School: Sault Ste Marie Area Middle School
THE SAM BRECK AWARD FOR BEST ENTRY IN RAILROAD HISTORY
Sponsored by the Michigan Roundtable, Lexington Group in Transportation History
JUNIOR: Transcontinental Railroad: Tracking Change Nicholas Merring, Chase Morello, Charles Wade, Dylan Chung Hometown: Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School