We are proud to announce
the national finalists and alternates for the 2007 Wisconsin
History Day State Event held on April 28, 2007. The national
finalists represented Wisconsin at the national contest June
10-14, 2007 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 2007:
Triumph and Tragedy in History.
Student Name(s) |
Project Title |
School |
| Junior
Papers |
National Finalist:
Mallory Durlauf
|
Mr. President, How Long Must Women Wait for
Liberty? |
EAGLE School, Madison |
National Finalist:
Wesley Peterson
|
Dr. Joseph Goldberger and Pellagra: The Scourge
of the South |
Community Christian Academy,
Wisconsin Rapids |
1st Honorable Mention:
Holly Heacock
|
Triumphs and Tragedies of Susan B. Anthony's
Life |
Freedom Middle School, Freedom |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Lydia Alf
|
Japanese Internment: A Series of Triumphs
and Tragedies |
DeLong Middle School, Eau Claire |
| Senior Papers |
National Finalist:
Elizabeth Mackler
|
George Eastman's Kodak: An American Triumph |
Mount Horeb High School, Mount
Horeb |
National Finalist:
Joseph Otterson
|
Heroes and Villains of American History:
The Tragedy of Historical Distortions |
Monona Grove High School, Monona |
1st Honorable Mention:
Brooke Sinnen
|
Rosalind Franklin |
Random Lake High School, Random
Lake |
2nd Honorable Mention:
David Wermedal
|
Elie Wiesel: Hope From the Ashes |
Bangor High School, Bangor |
| Junior
Individual Exhibits |
National Finalist:
Sophie Gerdes
|
The Peshtigo Fire: A Triumph Behind the Tragedy |
EAGLE School, Madison |
National Finalist:
Wil Gibb
|
Polio in America |
University School of Milwaukee |
1st Honorable Mention:
Jake Schaffer
|
Major Richard Bong: "Ace of Aces" |
Northland Pines Middle School,
Eagle School |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Devon Graham
|
Battle of Little Bighorn |
Coulee Montessori School, La
Crosse |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Zakary Plautz
|
Fela Warschau: Surviving the Holocaust |
Horace Mann Middle School, Sheboygan |
4th Honorable Mention:
Aiden Tierney
|
The Green Revolution: Triumph with Consequences |
EAGLE School, Madison |
| Junior Group Exhibits
|
National Finalists:
Kendall McHenry
Alyssa Bredeson
|
Amelia Earhart |
Holmen Middle School, Holmen |
National Finalists:
Jordan Braxton
Michael Street
|
European Exploration of the New World: Triumph
and Tragedy |
St. James School, Madison |
1st Honorable Mention:
Jessie Beckett
Cathryn Sawalski
Bridgette Darton
|
Titanic: Her First and Last Journey |
Northland Pines Middle School,
Eagle River |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Evan Rife
Ashlyn Rife
|
The Manhattan Project |
St. James School, Madison |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Ethan Ardern
Nick Martino
Tommy Fang
|
Say It Ain't So, Joe |
University School of Milwaukee |
4th Honorable Mention:
Tessa Schoettl
Kaley Bernhardt |
Playing for More than the Title |
Northstar Middle School, Eau
Claire |
| Senior Individual Exhibits
|
National Finalist:
Cody Haro
|
The Abraham Lincoln Battalion |
Holmen High School, Holmen |
National Finalist:
Kelsey Kopp
|
An "E" for Excellence: Land O'
Lakes Goes to War |
Whitehall High School, Whitehall |
1st Honorable Mention:
Courtney Ewert
|
Polio |
Mount Horeb High School, Mount
Horeb |
2nd Honorable Mention:
David Hagenbucher
|
The Big Red One: World War II Triumphs and
Tragedies |
D.C. Everest Senior High School,
Schofield |
| Senior Group Exhibits
|
National Finalists:
Elise Shedivy
Emily Taylor
|
Ellis Island: Remember the Journey |
Central High School, La Crosse |
National Finalists:
Olivia Batien
Amanda Opper
|
Bessie Colman: Reaching for the Skies |
D.C. Everest Senior High School,
Schofield |
1st Honorable Mention:
Bailee St. Thomas
Jessica Hotter
Chelsey Muenster
|
Horicon Marsh: From Devastation... To Restoration |
Seymour Community High School,
Seymour |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Roey Vogel-Tlusty
Callie Bernier |
Strawberry Island Lac du Flambeau: The Never
Ending Land Battle |
Northland Pines High School,
Eagle River |
| Junior
Individual Performances |
National Finalist:
Kate Van de Loo
|
Marie Curie's Discovery: A Blessing and A
Curse |
Kolbe Academy Home School, Eau
Claire |
National Finalist:
Melissa Slattery
|
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Tragic Slaughter
of Innocent Cheyenne |
D.C. Everest Junior High School,
Schofield |
1st Honorable Mention:
Ian Cooley
|
King of the Hill - A Soldier's Story of Iwo
Jima |
University School of Milwaukee |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Lisa Misch
|
Iqbal Masih: A Crusader Against Child Labor |
Longfellow Middle School, La
Crosse |
| Junior Group Performances
|
National Finalists:
Lisa Peck
Naomi Poquette
Justin Robinson
Kayla Robinson
Kiana Veal
|
The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 |
Altoona Middle School, Altoona |
National Finalists:
Brittney King
Dara Daly
Kelsey Barlament
|
No Sight, No Sound, But What a Voice: The
Triumph and Tragedy of Helen Keller |
D.C. Everest Junior High School,
Schofield |
1st Honorable Mention:
Sam Landry
Dylan Rellinger
|
MASH Units: The Triumph and Tragedy of Hospitalization |
D.C. Everest Junior High School,
Schofield |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Brin Lawrence
Jennie Mack
Taylor Thalacker
|
Elizabeth Eckford |
D.C. Everest Junior High School,
Schofield |
| Senior Individual Performances
|
National Finalist:
Lynn Zabel
|
Ellis Island: The Little Island Filled with
Big Dreams |
Lancaster High School, Lancaster |
National Finalist:
Kelly Driscoll
|
Anne Boleyn: The Life of a Misunderstood
Queen |
IQ Academies, Waukesha |
1st Honorable Mention:
Julia St. Pierre
|
Anne Boleyn: Tragedy's Mistress |
North High School, Sheboygan |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Megan Geraghty
|
The Peshtigo Fire |
Regis High School, Eau Claire |
| Senior Group Performances
|
National
Finalists:
Lauren Rinaldi
Lea Schoenberg
Emily Welch
Joelle Jankowski
|
The Right to Life |
Elkhorn Area High School, Elkhorn |
National Finalists:
Peter Eaton
Jack Hildebrand
Alex Menard
Nolan Sailer
Eric Sorenson
|
John Dietz |
Regis High School, Eau Claire |
1st Honorable Mention:
Eric DeRosier, Brian Farley
|
Miracle on Ice |
Regis High School, Eau Claire |
| Junior
Individual Documentaries |
National Finalist:
Kristine Kroker
|
Arthur Ashe: Triumphantly Breaking
Through Deeply Set Barriers |
Lincoln Middle School, La Crosse |
National Finalist:
Samantha Bybee
|
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Fire |
Northland Pines Middle School, Eagle River |
1st Honorable Mention:
Ethan Olson
|
The Aleutian Campaign: Islands
of Triumph and Tragedy |
D.C. Everest Junior High School, Schofield |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Haley Haerr Hartmann
|
Fireweed: The Life of Gerda Lerner |
EAGLE School, Madison |
| Junior Group Documentaries
|
National Finalists:
Nate Smith
Arthur Herlitzka
Karsten Sladky
|
Boarding the Train Assimilation: The Story
of Off-Reservation Indian Boarding Schools |
EAGLE School, Madison |
National Finalists:
Katie Thill
Kelsey Stanga
|
The Experience of the Hitler Youth |
Neillsville Middle School, Neillsville |
1st Honorable Mention:
Monica Ahles
Christina Anderson
|
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 1911: A
Tragedy for Workers' Rights |
D.C. Everest Junior High School,
Schofield |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Tyler Peterka
Collin Printz
|
The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 |
DeLong Middle School, Eau Claire |
| Senior Individual Documentaries
|
National Finalist:
James Maxwell
|
The Solution to the Problem: Wangari Maathai
and the Greenbelt Movement |
Central High School, La Crosse |
National Finalist:
Anna Patel
|
Alexander the Great: Empires Destroyed and
Legends Made |
University School of Milwaukee |
1st Honorable Mention:
Amber Mayfield
|
Title IX: Women Winning Equal Rights in Sports |
Parker High School, Janesville |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Christopher Troge
|
The Lance Armstrong Story: Turning Tragedy
into Triumph |
Wisconsin Heights High School,
Mazomanie |
| Senior Group Documentaries
|
National Finalists:
Brittany Schmitt
Anne Drazkowski
|
Pioneer in Law: Lavinia Goodell Triumphs
Over Sexism |
Cochrane-Fountain City Schools,
Fountain City |
National Finalists:
Clinton Dieck
Denise Toomey
|
The Great Peshtigo Fire: Wisconsin's Unknown
Tragedy |
D.C. Everest Senior High School,
Schofield |
1st Honorable Mention:
Ryley Buchanan
Jay Eberhardt
|
Bad Blood and Bad Faith: The Tuskegee Syphilis
Study |
Mount Horeb High School, Mount
Horeb |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Caleb Manske
Greg Nigon
|
Massacre in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race
Riot of 1921 |
Central High School. La Crosse |
| Junior
Web Sites |
Medalist:
Austin Voves
|
The Edmund Fitzgerald |
Holmen Middle School, Holmen |
Medalist:
Ryan Murphy
|
A Giant Awakened |
University School of Milwaukee |
1st
Honorable Mention:
Michelle Heckman
|
The Boston Tea Party |
EAGLE School, Madison |
2nd
Honorable Mention:
Wil Gehl
|
Apollo XIII: A Successful Failure |
University School of Milwaukee |
| Senior
Web Sites |
Medalist:
Elle Jacobson
|
The Rouse Simmons: A Christmas Tragedy |
Parker High School, Janesville |
Medalist:
Lucas Mynsberge |
Treading Silent Waters: Manitowoc's Submarine
Underwater Triumph |
D.C. Everest Senior High School,
Schofield |
WI
Society of Mayflower Descendants Award for Early American
History |
Junior Division:
Michelle Heckman
|
The Boston Tea Party |
Senior Division:
Stefanie Sippl
|
Fighting For Freedom or Fighting
For Their Country: The Two Sided Story of the Alamo |
Robert and Carroll
Heideman Award for Outstanding Primary Research |
Junior Division:
Adam Anderson Waggoner
|
Letters Home |
Senior Division:
Cody Haro
|
The Abraham Lincoln Battalion |
Wisconsin Council
for Local History Award |
Junior Division:
Kelsey Buchholz
Jordan Meyer
|
Triumph to Tragedy: The Legacy
of Knapp, Stout & Co. |
Senior Division:
Amber Mayfield
|
Title IX: Women Winning Equal
Rights in Sports |
Wisconsin History
Award |
Junior Division:
Alisha Huls
|
Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 |
Senior Division:
Megan Geraghty
|
The Peshtigo Fire |
American Labor History
Award |
Junior Division:
Monica Ahles
Christina Anderson
|
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
1911: A Tragedy for Workers' Rights |
Senior Division:
Olivia Haas
|
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire |
American Military
History Award |
Junior Division:
Jake Schaffer
|
Major Richard Bong: "Ace
of Aces" |
Senior Division:
Sara Stemper
David DeChamps
|
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima:
One Photograph, Two Diverse Opinions |
