We are proud to announce
the national finalists and alternates for the 2004 Wisconsin
History Day State Event held on May 1, 2004. The national finalists
represented Wisconsin at the national contest June, 2004
at the University of Maryland - College Park.
The first and second alternate in each category are offered the
opportunity to attend the national contest in the event that the
finalist entry is unable to attend.
Each finalist designs their entry to reflect the annual
theme. The entries below reflect the annual theme for 2004:
Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History.
Student Name(s) |
Project Title |
School |
| Junior Papers |
National Finalist:
Chelsea Poland
|
Black Thursday: Blacks Encounter Racial Oppression
at the University of WI - Oshkosh |
DC Everest Junior High School |
National Finalist:
Maggie Brunk
|
Local Encounters, Local Decisions: Book Challenges
in Wisconsin Public School Libraries |
West Salem Middle School |
Alternate 1:
Nick Tendler
|
The French and Indian War: The War that Everyone
Lost |
Wauwatosa Home School |
Alternate 2:
Callum Abbott
|
Right or Wrong? |
EAGLE School of Madison |
| Senior Papers |
National Finalist:
Konrad Weeda
|
On the Whereabouts of the Vikings’
North American Vinland |
Middleton High School |
National Finalist:
Lindsay Berger
|
Posse Comitatus |
DC Everest Senior High School |
Alternate 1:
Eric Simpson
|
The Oklahoma Land Run of 1889 |
Sparta High School |
Alternate 2:
Heather Kappa
|
Downtown Revitalization |
DC Everest Senior High School |
| Junior Individual Exhibits
|
National Finalist:
Cody Haro
|
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Explorations,
Encounters and Exchanges in Architecture |
Holmen Middle School |
National Finalist:
David Hagenbucher
|
The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s
Last Desperate Encounter |
DC Everest Junior High School |
Alternate 1:
Daniel Bunn
|
The Rendezvous that Changed the American
West |
EAGLE School of Madison |
Alternate 2:
Megan Riley
|
Vinnie Ream: Her Exploration of the Arts |
Lincoln Middle School, La Crosse |
| Junior Group Exhibits
|
National Finalists:
Jennifer Mathison
Melanie Iverson
Kelsey Jameson
|
The Ice Man: An Encounter with the Past |
Hudson Middle School |
National Finalists:
Amy Palmer
Kara Halambeck
|
The Little Rock Nine: Encountering the Barriers
of Segregation |
DC Everest Junior High School |
Alternate 1:
Jill Litrenta
Kelsey Braker
|
Jackie Robinson: His Encounters that Break
the Color Barrier in Baseball |
DC Everest Junior High School |
Alternate 2:
Nicole Schmidt
Vanessa Hauch
|
The Exchange of Cruelty Towards Innocent
People |
Sheboygan Horace Mann Middle
School |
| Senior Individual Exhibits
|
National Finalist:
Danielle Hubing
|
Spanish Exploration and the Fall of the Aztec
Empire |
Random Lake High School |
National Finalist:
Bethany Ratzlaff
|
The Art of Raphael Sanzio |
Sheboygan North High School |
Alternate 1:
Anna Verhulst
|
Bantu Migration |
Sheboygan North High School |
Alternate 2:
Dylan Wright
|
The Silk Road |
Wausau West High School |
| Senior Group Exhibits
|
National Finalists:
Julia Steege
Lindsey Kamp
|
Soldier’s Grove: Out of the River and
Into the Sun |
Monona Grove High School |
National Finalists: Danielle Chahdi
Jessica Staff
|
Satyagraha – Gandhi’s Exploration
of a New Path to Place |
DC Everest Senior High School |
Alternate 1:
Kristin Anderson
Jim Breen
Rebecca Swanke
|
America’s Race to the Moon: The Dream
of a Nation |
Monona Grove High School |
Alternate 2:
Meran Kreibich
Levi Prombaum
|
Negative Encounters…. Positive Results?
The History of Zionism & the Creation of a Modern Israel |
Central High School, LaCrosse |
| Junior Individual Performances
|
National Finalist:
Mai Ka Thor
|
Hmong Immigration to Central Wisconsin: Encounter
and Exchanges of Two Cultures |
DC Everest Junior High School |
National Finalist:
Ashley Stebenow
|
Nu Na Hi Du Na Tlo Hi Lu I: The Trail Where
They Cried |
Northstar Middle School, Eau
Claire |
Alternate 1:
Leah Freedland
|
From “The Good Ship Lollipop”
to the Shores of the Republic of Ghana |
Lincoln Middle School –
La Crosse |
Alternate 2:
Bradley Wintersteen
|
Buglers in the Civil War: An Exchange of
Information |
School of Technology and Arts
II, Longfellow Middle School, La Crosse |
| Junior Group Performances
|
National Finalists:
Natalie Fletcher
Chelsey Gates
|
Riding the Rails: Teenagers Encountering
Problems during the Great Depression |
DC Everest Junior High School |
National Finalists:
Katie Kennedy
Katlyn Simon
Michael Deml
Sam Schroeder
Kendra Blochwitz
|
Wanted Dead or Alive: The Encounters of Billy
the Kid and Jesse James |
Holmen Middle School |
Alternate 1:
Brielle Sprecher
Taylor Helfand
Morgan Fry Pasic
|
How the Exchange of Letters between Abigail
and John Adams Influenced Women’s Rights: The Strength
Behind the Power |
EAGLE School of Madison |
Alternate 2:
Tou Lee
Chee Nue Thao
David Yang
|
The Transcontinental Railroad: Encountering
the Sierra Nevada Mountains |
Logan Middle School, La Crosse |
| Senior Individual Performances
|
National Finalist:
Janet Yearous
|
Signing their Own Song: The Triumphs &
Challenges of the Deaf |
Lancaster High School |
National Finalist:
Ashley Vokral
|
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Her Life’s Encounters
& Explorations through her Writings |
DC Everest Senior High School |
Alternate 1:
Sarah Jackson
|
For God and Gold: Cortes’ Encounter |
Loyal High School |
Alternate 2:
Katie Belitz
|
A Sneak Peak at the City Dionysus |
Sheboygan North High School |
| Senior Group Performances
|
National Finalists: Danielle Reed
Leah Sherfinski
Karlee Shaw
|
Roe vs. Wade and the Feminist Movement: Encountering
a Woman’s Right to Choose |
DC Everest Senior High School,
Schofield |
National Finalists: Juliana Garguilo
Rafaela Rodrigues
|
Americans Encounter the War: The Homefront
in WWII |
Antigo High School |
Alternate 1:
Emily Byrnes
Leslie Paquette
Sarah Robinson
Alyssa Newcomb
|
The Gold Rush: A Search for a Better Life |
Central High School, La Crosse |
Alternate 2:
Jacqueline Daly Maureren Dedo
Emma Sturm
Kara Zweig
|
Flappers |
DC Everest Senior High School |
| Junior Individual Documentaries
|
National Finalist:
Mark Van de Loo
|
Arthur Collins: His Giant Leap
for Mankind |
Kolbe Academy Home School of Eau Claire |
National Finalist:
Casie Purdeu
|
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
Show: Exchange Between East and West |
DC Everest Junior High School |
Alternate 1:
Olivia Finster
|
How Birds and Animals Influenced
Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution |
EAGLE School of Madison |
Alternate 2:
Larissa Olson
|
Aleutian Islands: A Military
Encounter in the Pacific |
DC Everest Junior High School |
| Junior Group Documentaries
|
National Finalists:
Emily Wermund
Amber Will
|
Little Rock Crisis: African Americans Encountering
Southern Public School Systems |
DC Everest Junior High School,
Schofield |
National Finalists:
Erica Rykal
Amy Zwiefelhofer
|
The Holocaust: It Shall Never Be Forgotten |
Northstar Middle School, Eau
Claire |
Alternate 1:
Hans Jensen
P.J. Leehey
|
Robert Fulton |
School of Technology and Arts
II, Longfellow Middle School, LaCrosse |
Alternate 2:
Samatha Clements
Nichole Morstatter
|
19th Century Immigration: A Journey to America |
School of Technology and Arts
II, Longfellow Middle School, LaCrosse |
| Senior Individual Documentaries
|
National Finalist:
Doug Shultz
|
Smallpox: The Deadliest Weapon |
Sheboygan North High School |
National Finalist:
Melissa Campbell
|
Revolution: The Women’s Liberation
Movement, 1960-1966 |
West Salem High School |
Alternate 1:
Maria Neumaier
|
Have you tried Mexican Tacos? I’ll
bet you haven’t… |
Cochrane-Fountain City High School |
Alternate 2:
Elise Dihlman-Malzer
|
Jazz: The Melting Pot of American Music |
La Crosse Central High School |
| Senior Group Documentaries
|
National Finalists: Brianna Hicks
Caitlin Thompson
Kate VanderVelden
|
Exploring the Tomb of King Tut |
Random Lake High School |
National Finalists:
Jacob Kapellen
Joe Luebke
|
The Khmer Rouge: A Holocaust of the East |
Sheboygan North High School |
Alternate 1:
Mou Xe Yang
Mai Lee
|
The Civil Rights Movement: The Encounter
Between Nonviolence and Violence |
DC Everest Senior High School |
Alternate 2:
Matt Hirn
Jake Marcell
|
Cuban Missile Crisis |
DC Everest Senior High School |
