The following list of students were the top two winners in each category at the National History Day in Wisconsin contest held on April 29, 2000, in Stevens Point. In June, these students went on to compete in the national contest in Washington, D.C.
Each finialst designs their entry to reflect the annual theme. The entries below reflect the annual theme for 2001: Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events.
Junior Historical Paper |
David Fiocco
Henry Ford: Moving America into the Fast Lane
Lincoln Middle School
La Crosse |
Kristina Burrows
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Junior
Individual Performance |
Anna-Lisa Dahlgren
Cordelia Harvey:
Wisconsin Civil War Angel
Toki Middle School
Madison |
Christine Pergande
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Revolution in Women's Rights
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Junior Group
Performance |
Brandon Hegg, Zach Zeihen
Changing the World and Saving Lives: The Atomic Bomb
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Maggie Desmond, Elizabeth
Stop! Hey What's that Sound? Protest Music of the Vietnam
War
Butler Middle School
Waukesha |
Junior Individual
Exhibits |
Melissa Beck
Sitting Down to Take a Stand: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery
Bus Boycott
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Sara Wanless
Anesthesia:
Surgery Without Pain
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Junior Group
Exhibits |
Jackie Gierczak, Jenna Hazaert
Penicillin Saved Lives in WWII
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Mike Moua, Bee Vue, Vong Lee
The Secret Wars in Laos
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Junior Individual
Documentary |
Melissa Martindale
Watergate: Through the Eyes of the Public
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Jessica Dabler
The Refrigerator: Changing the Way We Preserve Food
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Junior Group
Documentary |
Andy Kryshak, Matt Nohelty
The ENAIC: Beginning of the Information Age
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Pader Moua, Keo Lor, Khambee
Lee
The Vietnam War: How Many Hmong Lives Changed Because of
Their Involvement in the War
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Senior Historical
Paper |
Katherine Maxwell
"In
Fact and In Name," The Impact of George Washington's
Second Term on Foreign Policy
Sparta High School
Sparta |
Angela Zebro
India's Achievement of Independence: The Turning Point of
Purna Swara
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Senior Individual
Performance |
Nicole Riemenschneider
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Hudson High School
Hudson |
Megan Farrar
Vivian Kellogg: An All American
North High School
Hudson |
Senior Group
Performance |
Rebecca Broughton, Raina Thelen,
Laura Johnson
Creation of MTV
West Salem High School
West Salem |
Amanda Potaracke, Christina
Doucet
A Riveting Idea
Central High School
La Crosse |
Senior Individual
Documentary |
Lindsay Meinhardt
Revival of the Arts:
The Harlem Renaissance
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Megan Clark
We Interrupt This Program-Television's Impact on the 1960
Presidential Election
Whitnall High School
Greenfield |
Senior Group
Documentary |
Emily Burton, Margaret Manteufel,
Dave Cowan
The Secret War in Laos
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Andrew Aleckson, Kyle Prochaska,
Matt Michalik
D-Day:
The Influential Battle of WWII
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Senior Individual
Exhibits |
Bridget Reagan
Michael Collins
Hudson High School
Hudson |
Laurel Fletcher
Prince Vladimir and Byzantine Influence on Kievan Russia
West Salem High School
West Salem |
Senior Group
Exhibits |
Megan Endrizzi, Melissa Berry
No Safe Harbor:
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
D.C. Everest Junior High
Schofield |
Tiffany Zieball, Beth Surfus,
Katie Forecki, Megan DeLonge
Sputnik:
Catalyst of the Space Age
Whitnall High School
Greenfield |
