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Winners of the 2009 District 5 Michigan History Day Competition

Young Historians Compete on National History Day

165 students from three counties gather at Delta College Planetarium

March 21, 2009       Leave a Comment
By: Stephen Kent

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Kellie Rankey, Arianna Whigman, Erica Rudy
and Ali Miller take a last minute look
at their Vincent Van Gogh web site.
130 Students from Bay, Saginaw and Gladwin county schools gathered at the Delta College Planetarium and Learning Center to show their stuff as they competed in the Michigan History Day competition as part of the National History Day program.

The competition is sponsored by the Michigan Historic Society. Michigan District 5 includes Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Isabella, Midland and Saginaw counties and is coordinated by the Bay County Historic Society under the leadership of Corrine Bloomfield.

History Day students can compete with research papers, exhibits, dramatic performances, documentaries, and web sites. They choose a topic or subject and do extensive research throughout the school year. Students may compete individually or as teams.

Research may focus on a historical period, event, individual or group that relates to the annual theme, which for 2009 is "The Individual in History". A number of resources, as well as the student's teachers, provide guidance and suggestions to help the students prepare.

Students compete in a Junior division (grades 6, 7 and 8) and Senior division(grades 9, 10, 11 and 12). Michigan also holds a Youth division for grades 4 and 5 which does not advance to the Nationals.


Abby Sniecinski shows her Helen Keller
web site to Judge Eric Jylha
Students present their work to a team of three judges for their category. They are scored on historical quality, relation to theme, and clarity of presentation. Judges may ask questions and will offer comments on the student's scoring sheet.

Winners at the regional level had the opportunity to advance to the state competition. Using the judges score sheets and comments these students can refine their presentation for the state level scheduled for April 25. State winners can advance to the National competition held in June at the University of Maryland near Washington D.C.

Organizers estimate that over 5,000 Michigan students participated in this year's competition. Some schools hold preliminary competitions before the regional event. Last year District 5 had about 60 students compete. Thirteen of those who advanced to the state level won there.

This year's 130 competitors doubled the size of the District 5 competition over last year. Over 30 volunteers staffed the event and provided judging. The event started at 8:30 am with the first presentations at 9:30. The day was wrapped up with an awards ceremony at 4:00 pm.

2009 District 5 Michigan History Day Winners

Special Awards



Best Entry, Family History "An Unlikely Hero" by: Erika Wilson

Best Entry, Great Lakes Maritime History "Captain Benjamin Boutell" by: Brandi Middleton

Best Entry, Use of Primary Resources "I'm Being Drafted? Kenneth DeFrain" by: Brehanna Ramos

Best Entry, Use of Women?s History "My Oma's Life: Christina Speidel" by: Krystal Schaible

Exhibits:

Junior Group Exhibits

The Amazing Inventor, Thomas Savery Madaline Hughes, Marissa Doyen, Liberty Collins

Joan of Arc Monique Taylor, Latavioana Brown, Patience Hoig

Coco Chanel Madison Baker, Olivia Moulthrop

Youth Exhibits Group

Motown and Berry Gordy, Jr. Kelsey Blossey, Jennifer Tomczak, Kasandra Chesterfield

Junior Exhibits Individual

Lincoln's Past Autumn Gibboney

Madam President: Can it Be Reality? The Story of Hillary Clinton Tayler Horning

The Life and History of Helen Keller Amber Tilley

Youth Exhibits Individual

Walt Disney's Life Joshua Lipinski

The 16th President, Abe Lincoln Anthony DeCatur

John Hancock, First Signer Joe Cooley

Senior Exhibits Individual

Andrew Carnegie Caroline Asiala

John F. Kennedy Kaylee Goss

Senior Exhibits Group

Henry Ford Carly Chorba, Preston Dufresne, Alejandro Mata, Lauren O'Connor

Ray Croc Meaghan Kukla, Connor Lemiesz, Mallory McFarland

Hans Scholl Sonja Parmentier, Kelsey Sickels



Documentary, Powerpoint & Website:



Senior Individual

Jesse Owens Daria Gosztyla, Lauren VanWormer

Walt Disney Paul Jacobs, Jason Hanover, Emily Schell, Nathaniel Walsh

Youth Group

John Harvey Kellogg Dominique Robinson, Kyrsta Thorne Prezzato

Henry Ford Hailey Heard, Destiny Near, Miranda Jones



Papers:

Junior Papers

Nelson Mandela: Leader for the Fight for Human Rights in South Africa Kellie Rankey

Eleanor Roosevelt Grace Mosher

Anne Frank Kayla Kershen

Senior Papers

Marie Antoinette Jean-luc Deladurantaye

U.S. Grant Joshua Gillard

Jimi Hendrix Dianna Duchesne



Performances:

Senior Performance Group

Leonardo DaVinci Samantha Kershen, Katie Mielens, Denni VanPelt

Benedict Arnold Danielle Davis, Esther Clement, Cobi Pellerito

Youth Performances Individual

Charles Lindbergh Victor Kuhl

Thomas Edison Nick Causley

John Wilkes Booth Patrick Camburn

Youth Performances Group

Whitey Ford Madison Wagner, Zachary Jones

Babe Ruth Christina Buzzard, Alyssa Barnes

Junior Performances Group

Rosa Parks Story Mystique King, Alexis Jackson, Audrey Knope



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Steve Kent and his family have lived in Bay City for 40 years. He is VP of Technical Services at MMCC which produces MyBayCity.Com. Kent is active in many Bay City civic organizations.

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