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Junior Division Finals 2012

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Junior Group Exhibit [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	16059	Minneapolis, MN, Breck School, Carrie Lennox Power Over Pain: The Anesthetic Revolution	Melanie Blazar Cassidy Yueh Halcyon Brown
2	16020	Albuquerque, NM, Albuquerque Christian School, Dawn McKenzie Revolution in New Mexico: Reaction to Bishop Lamy's Reforms	Ashley Howell Emily Hubbs Ella McKenzie Zhanna McKenzie
3	16033	Austin, TX, Noel Grisham Middle, Sheryl Rank "Tear Down This Wall"	Niti Malwade Hamsini Nathan Devika Patel Khira Patel Srija Reddy
4	16031	Bakersfield, CA, Fruitvale Junior High School, Lori Maynard The Orphan Trains: Revolutionizing the Way America Cares for Destitute Children	Kaitlyn Moss Caitlyn Richter
5	16055	Crown City, OH, South Gallia Junior High School, Tracey Burnette "If Not Us, Then Who? If Not Now, Then When?" The Revolution, Reaction, and Reform of the 1961 Freedom Rides	Kirstin Burnette Jayla Wolford
6	16073	Kingston, WA, Kingston Middle School, Mary Macala It Doesn't Cut It: The Fight to Save the California Coast Redwoods	Gabe Gregory Cammy Rouser
7	16002	Crawford, NE, Crawford Jr./Sr. High School, Moni Hourt Revolution on the Plains: Fencing the Prairies	Bryce Oetken Spencer Jones Nicholas Presson
8	16074	Madison, MS, Madison Middle School, Tom Watts Roman Phoenix: Death to Rebirth	Leah Lester Rachel Jordan
9	16083	Lexington, KY, Winburn Middle School, Theresa Buczek Michelle Cason The Fight Without a War: India's Revolutionary Road to Independence	Jamie Smith Neha Kadambi
10	16051	Topeka, KS, Capital Community, Anne Hawkins American Pantry of Horrors	Grace Hawkins Donna Retzlaff Nathan Leonard Erinn Bird
11	16003	Honeoye Falls, NY, Honeoye Falls-Lima Ms, Chris Preston Alice Paul: A Journey to Equality	Meredith Rogers Sheila Dunne
12	16024	Jamul, CA, Oak Grove Middle School, Greg Spielman Zenger Revolts, Governor Reacts, Law Reforms	Noah Wagner Nathan Huffine
13	16087	Newville, PA, Big Spring Middle School, Susan Lyons The 3 R's of Little Rock: Racism, Ridicule, RIGHTS	Samantha Meacock Paige Snyder
14	16047	Washington, DC, Stuart-Hobson Middle School, Alesandra Sandin Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire	Sarah Carleton Erin Fenzel

Junior Group Documentary [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	12031	Omaha, NE, Discovery Home School Group, Brent Myers Jason Scheopner The Revolutionary Reaper	Justin Myers Will Scheopner
2	12005	Minneapolis, MN, Seward Montessori School, Marilyn McGovern The Romanian Revolution: A Ten Day Reaction to Decades of Corruption	Anna Kleven Nora Sylvestre Natalie Tufvesson
3	12083	Addison, TX, Greenhill School, Monica Bullock From Poison to Pure Joy: The Revolution in Milk Safety	Henry Roseman Sidarth Subramanian
4	12077	Storrs, CT, Mansfield Middle School, Kelly Brouse The Iranian Revolution: Democracy Denied	Darius Javidi Vida Javidi
5	12087	Columbus, NE, St Isidore Elementary School, Joan Pauley It's About Time: The Transcontinental Railroad Spurs the Development of Standard Time	Joshua Hergott Nathan Donoghue
6	12075	Woodside, CA, Woodside Elementary, Stacy Sempson The First Living Room War: Uncensored Television Coverage of the Vietnam War	Haley Hodge Julia Hansen Samantha Frenkel-Popell
7	12029	Redmond, WA, Redmond Junior High, Darin Detwiler Perestroika: Destruction Through Reconstruction	Mahi Elango Sophia Tevosyan Adarsh Karnati Anand Nambakam
8	12047	Mechanicsburg, PA, Mechanicsburg Middle School, Beckie Lacey Titan Revolution:	Jenna Bohrer Makenzie Kuhn Brendan Johns
9	12062	Anchorage, AK, Jh Romig Middle School, Mona Grib The Trials of Truth: The Amistad Revolution	Mia Keyser Challis Debenham Hallie Whitmore
10	12055	Cherry Hill, NJ, Rosa International Middle School, Christy Marrella-Davis Steven Davis Echoes from Harpers Ferry	Christopher Cheng Jonathan Lee Duncan Brookover Eric Lin
11	12022	North Logan, UT, Thomas Edison Charter School North, Jeff Low Child Labor: A Revolution Whose Time Had Come	Annie Worthen Jarren Worthen
12	12006	Highland Park, NJ, Highland Park Middle School, Colin Hogan An Unforgettable October: The October Revolution	Ezra Seidel Kevin Marx Peter Tilton Reilly Carlton
13	12051	Woodinville, WA, Timbercrest Junior High, Paula Cautrell The Hubble Space Telescope	Mondona Behroozian Olivia Banks
14	12027	Alamogordo, NM, Holloman Middle School, Jeff Gephart The Vietnam War: The First Living Room War	Bo Gephart Misa Tran

Junior Individual Documentary [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	11082	Milwaukee, WI, University School Of Milwaukee, Chuck Taft Counting the Dead	Alexandra Van Den Heuvel
2	11080	Cincinnati, OH, Mercy Montessori School, Caritas Martinez Sr. Mary Aloyse Gerhardstein Buses Are A' Comin': The Story of the Freedom Rides	Isaiah Reaves
3	11061	Lexington, KY, Winburn Middle School, Theresa Buczek Michelle Cason Respectfully Submitted, Dorothea Dix: Reforming the Lives of the Insane in the 19th Century	Joanna Slusarewicz
4	11070	Singapore, IS-SA, Singapore American School, Matthew Elms The Berlin Airlift: Revolutionary Humanitarian Aid Delivered	Pranav Ravikumar
5	11030	Denver, CO, Denver School Of The Arts, Ed Glassman The Love Canal Crisis: The Revolution of the Creation of Environmental Standards	Ross Snyder
6	11057	Washington, DC, Deal Mididle School, Cynthia Mostoller Radical Protest, Real Reform: Alice Paul and the Women's Suffrage Movement	Sofia Laguarda
7	11011	Alma, AR, Alma Middle School, Patty Townsend Shhhhh...It's a Quiet Revolution	Cole Balkman
8	11024	Copperas Cove, TX, Copperas Cove J H, Danny Corbett On the Bus to Southie	Caroline Harrison
9	11036	Johnstown, PA, Westmont Hilltop Middle School, Melissa Kalwanaski The American Dream Deferred: The Myers Family in Levittown	Nora Springer
10	11074	Bothell, WA, Northshore Junior High, Bill Boniface Donna Matthies Cubism: Revealing the Truth through Abstraction	Cindy Kuang
11	11042	Vancouver, WA, Shahala Middle School, Nicole Garrio Operation Pedro Pan Through the Eyes of the Children.	Dylan Henry
12	11049	Oviedo, FL, Chiles Middle School, Joan Ilemsky Poland's Revolution of Conscience: A Stepping Stone to Political Reform in Eastern Europe	Michael Saturno
13	11003	Wichita, KS, Maize South Middle School, A.C. Poynter A Revolution in Classical Ballet: How the Balanchine Effect Changed American Ballet	Kristen Jones
14	11013	Orem, UT, Lakeridge Junior High School, Sara Hacken "That's From Molly": The Revolution of the Molly Maguires	Olivia Baird

Junior Individual Exhibit [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	15043	St. Paul, MN, Cyber Village Academy, Cherie Neima The Meiji Restoration: A Political Revolution	Grace Gardner
2	15071	Eldridge, IA, North Scott Junior High School, Chris Green The Armia Krajowa: A Revolution Under Hitler's Nose	Ansel Bare
3	15097	Kailua, HI, Kailua Intermediate School, Leslie Ringuette Bay of Pigs Invasion: The United States Reaction to Castro's Revolution	Tatiana Zamora
4	15081	Goessel, KS, Goessel Middle School, Sherri Sells Trepanation to Robotics	Lanna Wagner
5	15065	North Logan, UT, Thomas Edison Charter School North, Jeff Low The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and Mao's Little Red Book	Elizabeth Hinds
6	15008	Easton, MA, Easton Middle School, Bryan McSheffrey Recombinant DNA: The Scientific Revolution That Reformed Diabetes Treatment and Drug Development	Connor Naughton
7	15020	Woodinville, WA, Timbercrest Junior High, Kim Matthews The National Congress of Mothers: A Revolution in Child Welfare and Educational Reform	Erin Lee
8	15002	Conway, AR, Carl Stuart Middle School, Sherry Tipps-Holder Kevin Destefano Reform to Federal Prisons:A Reaction to the Convict Lease System	Paul Rasmussen
9	15047	Natrona Heights, PA, Our Lady Of Most Blessed Sacrament, Alyssa Imler Crying Fowl: "The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson"	Alexandra Loperfito
10	15044	Nibley, UT, Thomas Edison Charter School South, Jolyne Merchant The Beep Heard Around the World: The American Reaction to the Russian Sputnik Program	Wyatt Merchant
11	15090	Bishop, CA, Bishop Elementary School, Gail Koske-Phillips Miranda v. Arizona: The Due Process Revolution and Its Reformation Through Time	Stephen Stickells
12	15022	Huntingtown, MD, Plum Point Middle School, Margaret Land DOUBLE VICTORY: African Americans Win Civil Rights Reform in the United States through their Defense of Democracy During World War II	Ethan McComb
13	15076	Whitehall, MI, Whitehall Middle School, Jan Klco Robb Zoellmer Billie the Riveter: When Duty Called in '40s, Women Served	Mackenzie Brandel
14	15033	Cleveland, OH, Birchwood School, Connie Miller Silent Spring: Sparking an Environmental Revolution By Provoking Public Reaction and Driving Reform	Anna Hollweg

Junior Paper [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	10026	Elk Grove Village, IL, Mead Junior High, Cheryl Hinchey All of Africa Will Be Free Before We Can Get a Lousy Cup of Coffee	Aarushi Shah
2	10069	Washington, DC, Deal Mididle School, Cynthia Mostoller Miracle Drugs: The Antibiotic Revolution	Benjamin Topa
3	10061	Starkville, MS, Armstrong Middle School, Vanessa King William Wilberforce: Reform of the Slave Trade	Bradley Curtis
4	10041	Sahuarita, AZ, Anza Trail Elementary School, Lynn Thomas Loving v. Virginia: The Landmark Civil Rights Case That Revolutionized Race and Marriage in America	Caroline Frieders
5	10077	Lemars, IA, Lemars Middle School, Jeanne Rust The Farmers' Holiday Movement: A Reaction and Revolution in Farm History	Chloe Evans
6	10083	Marlboro, NJ, Marlboro Middle School, Barbara Gallo The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911: Fiery Reactions Igniting Workplace Reform	Nivetha Karthikeyan
7	10047	Hockessin, DE, Towle Institute, Robert Ellenberger Revolution: Penicillin	Nathan Rose
8	10001	Belmont, MA, Chenery Middle School, Katie Metter Exploitation, Exclusion, and Extermination: American Minorities in the Construction and Aftermath of the First Transcontinental Railroad	Langston Chen
9	10059	Variable, ID, Homeschool, Johanna Harness Reactions to Injustice: A Suffragette's Beginnings In The Mining Camps Of Idaho	Virginia Harness
10	10036	Rochester, MN, Friedell Middle School, Beverly Knutson The Estonian Singing Revolution: A Peaceful Reaction to a Violent History	Kellie Frost
11	10087	Ellicott City, MD, Burleigh Manor Middle School, Barbara Randolph Joanna Wade The Democratization of Music as a Result of the Industrial Revolution	Cecilia Hsu
12	10015	Mooresville, NC, Woodlawn School, Beth Robinson Davidson College: A Deliberate Integration	Davis Combs
13	10024	Meridian, ID, Meridian Middle School, Krista Schwarz Dr. Seuss: Reformer of Children's Literature	Sydney Madsen
14	10008	Laramie, WY, Uw Laboratory School, Cynthia Webb The Three Ages of Revolution in Yugoslavia	Abijah Ahern

Junior Individual Performance [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	13027	Oak Harbor, WA, Homeconnection, Dena Royal Indian Boarding Schools: A Revolution against Native American Culture	Riley Borden
2	13050	Rockport, TX, Rockport-Fulton Middle School, Jessica Janota Suzanne Ransleben Mustard Gas: From Weapon of Death to Promise of Life	Jake Manlove
3	13045	Greenville, NC, St. Peter's Catholic School, Joe Hughes The Homestead Steel Rebellion, a REvolution in American Labor	Adam Dietrich
4	13065	Albuquerque, NM, Albuquerque Christian School, Dawn McKenzie A Rabbit, a Wizard, and the Land of Oz: Turning the Pages to a Revolution	Paige O'Rear
5	13064	Hunter, NY, Hunter Es, Sasha Domnitz Extra! Extra! The Newsboy Strike of 1899	Alexander Fox
6	13078	Baytown, TX, Gentry Junior School, Laura Bagwell An Expression of the American Mind: A Written Revolution	Matthew Broussard
7	13022	Conway, AR, Carl Stuart Middle School, Sherry Tipps-Holder Kevin Destefano The Genesis of the Germ Revolution and Reforms in Sanitation	Mary Nail
8	13013	Denver, CO, Denver School Of The Arts, Barbara Allen Marie Arnett Diane Nash: A Revolution Voice for Racial Equality	Marissa Murdock
9	13026	Safety Harbor, FL, Safety Harbor Middle School, Candes Clifford Revolutionary Theater: Oops the British Did It Again	Jack Irvine
10	13072	Gunnison, CO, Gunnison Middle School, Susan Barrett Rabbit Ears and Mouseketeers: The Mickey Mouse Club Revolution	Breanne Barrett
11	13005	Orefield, PA, Orefield Middle School, Michael Messerschmidt Rescue of the Danish Jews	Hannah Hakim
12	13008	Topeka, KS, Topeka Collegiate, Sue Wine The Women's Amazon Army and Coalmining Revolution of Pittsburg, Kansas	Tessa Duncan
13	13035	Bothell, WA, Northshore Junior High, Bill Boniface Donna Matthies The Emancipation Proclamation: A Revolutionary Step On the Staircase of Freedom	Sophia Konat
14	13048	Hartford, CT, Classical Magnet School, Lynn Roach When Video Saved the Radio Star	Nicholas Serrambana

Junior Group Performance [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	14070	Austin, TX, Noel Grisham Middle, Sheryl Rank Revolutionizing Revolutions: What Gandhi Taught Us About Political Defiance	Jonathan Holle Christian Isenhour Steven Mathew Luke Victor Cyrus Yasrebi
2	14036	St. Paul, MN, Christ's Household Of Faith School, Pamela Alsbury Munsingwear: Revolutionizing Your Unmentionables	Austyn Kaye Otten Hope Piepkorn Kit Piepkorn Tomas Piepkorn
3	14069	Canton, OK, Canton Elementary School, Dora Fuqua 6 Million Tons: Earth's Revolt that Inspired Reform	Brock Hutchison Donivan Rogers Hannah Hood
4	14021	Cincinnati, OH, Mercy Montessori School, Caritas Martinez Sr. Mary Aloyse Gerhardstein The WCTU: The Beginning of a Revolution	Jenna Lawhorn Jayde Kief Colette Wagner Mimi Sang Jean Pflum
5	14032	Irvine, CA, Lakeside Middle, Jon Pang The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire	Amanda Cox Madeline Loudon Lauren Kim Cece McWilliams Mikaela Davenport
6	14022	Robbinsdale, MN, Robbinsdale Middle School, Josh Mann The Revolution of Silent Films to Talkies	Amelia Heusinkveld Cara Meyer
7	14061	Miami Springs, FL, All Angels Academy, Terry Davila-Alexander When We Were Men	Carolyn Bernal Amanda Gard Dakkea Jester Jacqueline Mesa
8	14054	Boerne, TX, Boerne Middle School North, Bryan Degner Lambs to the Slaughter no More,The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising	Lilly Knopf Peyton Goar Dabney Quinn Will Malley Bridger Navarro
9	14046	Eldridge, IA, North Scott Junior High School, Chris Green Nellie Bly: Revolutionizing Journalism, Awakening Reaction, Necessary Social Reform	Allie Stutting Ali Watkins
10	14081	Honolulu, HI, Kahuku High & Intermediate School, Debra Ulii Mark Twain: Revolutionary Literary American	Truman Spring Kaylee Miller Kamaile Aluli
11	14027	Denver, CO, Denver School Of The Arts, Barbara Allen Marie Arnett Elizabeth Blackwell: Reforming Society Through a Medical Revolution	Maia Brockbank Camryn Daidone Caroline Martin Audrey Roberts Gina Young
12	14005	Vancouver, WA, Pleasant Valley Middle School, Irene Soohoo Reacting to Modernity, Power, and Change, Osama bin Laden: From Devout Follower to Revolutionary Jihadist	Katelynn Hong-Clancy Stephanie Massart
13	14051	Schofield, WI, D.C. Everest Junior High School, Christian Ammon Nancy Gajewski The Scopes Monkey Trial: The Revolutionary Trial of the 20th Century	Karina Jirik Rebecca Jirik
14	14001	Carbondale, IL, Carbondale Middle School, Betsy Brown Breaking the Barriers of Social Injustice: Women Lawyers in Illinois	Esther Hughes Alessandra Pinter Aidan Anthony Rebecca Connet

Junior Individual Web Site [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	17003	Joplin, MO, South Middle School, Ivan Obert A Revolution by Ruhollah Khomeini: The Voice That Changed Iran	Anum Ahmed
2	17082	Princeton Junction, NJ, Grover Middle School, Debra Cohen The Enigma Machine: The Beginning of Automated Cryptography and the Onset of the Digital Age	William Jiao
3	17090	Boise, ID, Sage International School Of Boise, Melissa Hegg Nazi Progaganda - The Pen Becomes Mightier than the Sword	Seth Husney
4	17061	Tallahassee, FL, Community Christian School, Karen Braun Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle": Revolutionizing the Cr(edibility) of the Meat Industry	Kelsey Cohen
5	17034	Milwaukee, WI, Whitefish Bay Middle School, Independent Study Under One Roof: How Revolutionary Home Design Reformed 20th Century American Life	Susannah Karron
6	17081	Safety Harbor, FL, Safety Harbor Middle School, Candes Clifford Deanna Barthel Krista Valentage The Toilet	Nicolas Lacognata
7	17013	Boulder, CO, Southern Hills Middle School, Mark Horowitz Jeffrey Sanders The Immortal Cells	Mason Ferguson
8	17019	Kirkland, WA, International Community School, Mark Bach Reforming America's Melting Pot: The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965	Laura Liao
9	17023	Ashburn, VA, Farmwell Station Middle, Roberta Maynard Revolution on the Fringes: Suburbia	Adriel Sumathipala
10	17067	Kahuku, HI, Kahuku Elementary School, Dorian Langi Revolutionizing The Role of The First Lady	Pomai Tollefsen
11	17085	Kirkland, WA, International Community School, Mark Bach Seattle General Strike 1919: Labor Reform Paralyzes the Emerald City	Steven Li
12	17038	Chandler, AZ, New Vistas Center For Education, Stacey Trepanier We Need Water	Kira Armoogam
13	17048	Chicago, IL, Taft Academic Center, Rachel Nicholas "The Jungle" and the Revolution of the Meat Industry	Ruby Mustill
14	17055	Knoxville, TN, Concord Christian School, Tammy Lightholder The Reform of the Tennessee Walking Horse	Hadley Peters

Junior Group Web Site [back to top]
	Entry #	City, State, School, Teacher(s) Entry Title	Student(s)
1	18013	Austin, TX, Noel Grisham Middle, Sheryl Rank Title IX: Empowerment Through Education	Smrithi Mahadevan Maanasa Nathan Priya Ramamoorthy Kavya Ramamoorthy
2	18089	Minneapolis, MN, Lake Harriet Community School, Debra Krawetz Operation Ajax: The Fall of Democracy, the Rise of Radical Islam	Alexis Ihrig Anisa Carlson
3	18053	Cleveland, OH, Birchwood School, Connie Miller A Furious Reaction Leads to Urban Reform: The Hough Riots of 1966	Sachi Gosain Joan Colleran
4	18043	Greenville, NC, St. Peter's Catholic School, Joe Hughes Satyagraha: Gandhi's alternative approach to revolution	Reuben Chemmanam Jeff Roop
5	18004	Wichita, KS, Maize South Middle School, A.C. Poynter DNA Fingerprinting: A Revolution in Forensic Science	Reid Jones Spencer Jones Zach Woods
6	18068	Manhattan, KS, Woodrow Wilson Elementary, Terry Healy Brown v BOE: Separate Is Not Equal	Jacob Clanton Joe Hirsch
7	18030	Anaheim, CA, Acaciawood, Noemi Quinones-Rosado The Japanese-American Internment Camps:I Am an American, Too	Rachel Kuai Emma Chen Emily Rangel
8	18028	Woodinville, WA, Timbercrest Junior High, Kim Matthews 1961 Freedom Rides: Journey to Racial Equality	Brooke Musburger Bella Senturia
9	18024	San Diego, CA, Francis Parker School, Mary Ong-Dean Cries For Democracy in Tian'anmen Square	M. Connor Smith Isaac Gray Ben Sachrison
10	18057	Broken Arrow, OK, Sequoyah Middle School, Anita Newport The Revolution, Reaction, Result of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot	Josh Gallegor Preston Myer
11	18072	Arlington, MA, Ottoson Middle School, Jason Levy The Lowell Mill Girls: Sowing the Seeds of the Ten-Hour Day	Allison Candell Susannah Benn
12	18090	Silver Spring, MD, Eastern Middle School, Laurie Hawe "We have created a Frankenstein": From Scientific Discovery to International Reaction to the Atomic Bomb	Rebecca Levy Evelien Liu
13	18049	Cleveland, OH, Birchwood School, Connie Miller From Gears to Electrons: The Microchip Technology Revolution	Nate Calabrese Clive Chan
14	18021	Woodinville, WA, Timbercrest Junior High, Kim Matthews Nuclear Power: The Future of Energy	Jonathan Aiken Tanner Simon

Awards

At the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest winners receive monetary awards and medals in each category.

Gold medalists receive $1,000*
Silver medalists receive $500
Bronze medalists receive $250

*The gold medal winning projects in the senior division individual and group documentary categories receive The History Channel Award of $5,000 in place of the National History Day $1,000 prize.

National History Day also recognizes one Outstanding Entry from each affiliate in the junior and senior divisions.

View Outstanding Entries (by state)

View Special Award Recipients

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