We are proud to announce
the national finalists and honorable mentions for the 2012 Wisconsin
History Day State Event held on May 5, 2012. The national finalists
represented Wisconsin at the national contest June 10-14, 2012,
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 2012: "Revolution, Reaction, Reform in
History."
Student Name(s) |
Project Title |
School |
| Junior
Papers |
National Finalist:
Matthew Raihala |
Make it Loud: The Invention of the Electric
Guitar and the Revolution in Popular Music |
EAGLE School, Madison |
National Finalist:
Rachel Carboni
|
Berry Gordy and Motown Records: The Man,
the Music, the Movement |
Lincoln Middle School, La Crosse |
1st Honorable Mention:
Anna Stoneman |
The Power of the Powerless: The Velvet Revolution
of 1989 and Political Reform in Czechoslovakia |
EAGLE School, Madison |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Stacie Barabas
|
The Model T Ford: The Car that Put the World
on Wheels |
EAGLE School, Madison |
| Senior Papers |
National Finalist:
Jenna Michel
|
Coney Island's Revolutionary Infant Incubator
Sideshow: Societal Reactions and Medical Reform |
Grantsburg High School |
National Finalist:
Anna Olson
|
Reaction and Reform in the 1905 Russian Revolution |
West High School, Madison |
1st Honorable Mention:
Angela Wolter
|
Regular Citizens Who Turned to Bootlegging
During the Prohibition Era and Why |
Germantown High School |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Lauryn Lahr
|
Happily Retrograde and Thrillingly Insensitive:
The Pop Art Revolution |
West High School, Oshkosh |
| Junior
Individual Exhibits |
National Finalist:
Laura Nicholas |
Animal Experimentation: A Compromise |
EAGLE School, Madison |
National Finalist:
Fiona Adams
|
The Road to Equality: Brown vs Board of Education |
St. James School, Madison |
1st Honorable Mention:
Delia Labatt
|
Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child
Labor |
Grantsburg Middle School |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Katherine Ly
|
Child Labor Through Lewis Hines' Camera |
Horace Mann Middle School, Sheboygan |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Quinn Zufelt
|
Lincoln and Liberty |
Lake Country Academy, Sheboygan |
4th Honorable Mention:
Brianne Boughton
|
Flappers of the Roaring '20s |
Lancaster Middle School |
| Junior Group Exhibits
|
National Finalists:
Christian Schmidt
Noah El-Yaagoubi
Eleanor Jansen
|
Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian House |
JR Gerritts Middle School, Kimberly |
National Finalists:
Bailey Stauff
Taylor Schreiber
Maddie Lenz
|
The Greatest Show on Earth |
Freedom Middle School |
1st Honorable Mention:
Jennifer Lorenz
Paige Storlie
|
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: The Fire That
Changed America |
Holmen Middle School |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Alondra Delgado
Sophie Gottfried
|
Female Fortitude: The Story of Women's Suffrage
|
Milwaukee School of Languages |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Jackson Lindquist
Carter Brown
Adam LaRock
|
The Glory Game: A Victory for Minorities |
Northstar Middle School, Eau
Claire |
4th Honorable Mention:
Matthew Bach
Chris Gibb
|
B-29: The Revolution |
University School of Milwaukee |
| Senior Individual Exhibits
|
National Finalist:
Rebekah Curtin
|
The Peace Corps |
Grantsburg High School |
National Finalist:
Sarah Vetsch
|
Jailbreak! Wisconsin Reacts to the Fugitive
Slave Law |
Durand High School |
1st Honorable Mention:
Allison Susa
|
Chemical Weapons: The Revolution of Warfare |
Greenwood High School |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Jane Feldmesser
|
Robert and Belle LaFollette: A Couple for
Change |
Nicolet High School, Glendale |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Rebecca Lubar
|
Lizzie Kander: Cooking Up a Better Future |
Nicolet High School, Glendale |
4th Honorable Mention:
Tristin Nelson
|
Covering the Cross: Reformation through Iconoclasm |
Ladysmith High School |
| Senior Group Exhibits
|
National Finalists:
Kenzie Krueger
Eleanor Inman |
Dorothea Dix: Reformer of the Insane Asylum
Movement |
Cochrane-Fountain City Schools |
National
Finalists:
Mariah Zastrow
Johanna Lauer |
To Arms We Call You! The Haymarket Affair
and its Industrial Labor Legacy |
Grantsburg High School |
1st Honorable Mention:
Andrea McAtee
Magan Wildman
|
National American Woman Suffrage Association |
North High School, Sheboygan |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Steven Xiong
Bao Xiong
Yee Leng Yang
|
Che's Dream of Changing the World |
International Peace Academy,
Milwaukee |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Mikahla Murphy
Taylor Gibson |
There Must be Some for Me to Do: Dorothea
Dix Revolutionizes Mental Health Care |
Cochrane-Fountain City Schools |
4th Honorable Mention:
Jennifer Baker
Josh Harlander
Cyrus Nigon
|
Journey to the Moon and Beyond |
Greenwood High School |
| Junior
Individual Performances |
National Finalist:
Charlie Fischer
|
It Takes a Spark: The Strike and Fire that
Changed Labor Conditions |
JR Gerritts Middle School, Kimberly |
National Finalist:
Michael Smith
|
Dinner with Decatur |
University School of Milwaukee |
1st Honorable Mention:
Erika Nicole Mueller
|
Women in the Workforce: World War II and
Beyond |
Lincoln Middle School, La Crosse |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Chance Watters
|
Rock 'n' Roll: How it Changed the World |
Holmen Middle School |
| Junior Group Performances
|
National Finalists:
Grace Miller
Jessica Rivest
|
Rediscovering the Past: A Look into the Salem
Witch Trials |
Kaleidoscope Academy, Appleton |
National Finalists:
Rebecca Jirik
Karina Jirik
|
The Scopes Monkey Trial: The Revolutionary
Trial of the 20th Century |
D.C. Everest Junior High School,
Schofield |
1st Honorable Mention:
Kordelia Eisenreich
Claire Hubley
Tess Murphy
|
The WPA |
St. Jude the Apostle School,
Wauwatosa |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Waylon Alvarado
Freddy Ragan
|
Nikola Tesla and Alternating Current |
Lincoln Middle School, La Crosse |
| Senior Individual
Performances |
National Finalist:
Whitney Oachs
|
1952 - 1955: Paralyzed and Powerless |
Grantsburg High School |
National Finalist:
Delaney Evans
|
Marie Curie: The Radioactive Revolution and
Reform of Physics |
Parker High School, Janesville |
1st Honorable Mention:
Katherine Wade
|
Atrocities: The WWI Invasion of Belgium |
West High School, Madison |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Ashlee Beauchamp
|
More than a Pretty Face: The 1920s Flapper
|
Mount Horeb High School |
| Senior Group Performances
|
National Finalists:
Cady Greenslit
Kayla Niccum
Veronica Pisani |
Women with a Cause: Adele Gordon and Birth
Control in the 1930s |
Southwest High School, Green
Bay |
National Finalists:
Annika Lee
Lily Hart
|
Making History from 9-5, Come On Ladies Look
Alive: Women in the Workforce |
Kohler High School |
1st
Honorable Mention:
Rachel Heuer
Alex Heuer
|
The Estonian Singing Revolution |
Nicolet High School, Glendale |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Dylan Ford
Jon Mielke
John Reis |
The Path to Freedom |
Prescott High School |
| Junior
Individual Documentaries |
National Finalist:
Kristin Kiley
|
DDT, Rachel Carson and Madison,
WI: Uniting to Make History |
EAGLE School, Madison |
National Finalist:
Lexie Van Den Heuvel
|
Counting the Dead |
University School of Milwaukee |
1st Honorable Mention:
Emily Adams
|
Father Groppi: An Advocate for
Civil Rights in Milwaukee |
D.C. Everest Junior High School, Schofield |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Arvind Goday
|
Little Rock Nine |
University School of Milwaukee |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Rachel Abrego
|
Revolutionizing Women's Rights;
Clarenbach, Friedan, and the National Organization for Women |
D.C. Everest Junior High School |
4th Honorable Mention:
Jack Collison
|
Alexander Hamilton's Financial
Plan |
University School of Milwaukee |
| Junior Group Documentaries
|
National Finalists:
Betsy Blair
Kathleen Topp
|
Curt Flood Strikes Out Against Major League
Baseball |
St. Jude the Apostle School,
Wauwatosa |
National Finalists:
Ethan Shuler
Wylie Wicks
|
The U.S.S. Nautilus |
University School of Milwaukee |
1st Honorable Mention:
Jamie Pagelow
Amanda Meyer
Larissa Paseta
|
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire |
Kohler Middle School |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Abigail Kuenster
Martha Koenig
|
Too Young to Work: Child Labor in the American
Industrial Revolution |
Kaleidoscope Academy, Appleton |
| Senior Individual Documentaries
|
National Finalist:
Elliana Sinykin
|
Triangle Fire |
Nicolet High School, Glendale |
National Finalist:
Bill Mulligan
|
Bob La Follette: Justice for All |
Lake Mills High School |
1st Honorable Mention:
Chamila Amithirigala
|
McCarthyism: How Anti-Communism Usurped Democracy
|
North High School, Sheboygan |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Hannah Fargo |
Sesame Street: Brought to you by the Letter
"R" for Revolution |
Mount Horeb High School |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Samantha Eckmann
|
The Bolshevik Revolution |
D.C. Everest Senior High School,
Schofield |
4th Honorable Mention:
Robyn Brodzeller
|
Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918 |
Germantown High School |
| Senior Group Documentaries
|
National Finalists:
Hayley Gray-Hoehn
Natalie Mathes
|
We Are Women Hear Us Roar: The 1968 Ford
Strike and Subsequent Equal Pay Acts |
Brookfield Central High School
|
National Finalists:
Tripp Horbinski
Trey Horbinski
Taylor Krupa |
Japanese Internment Camps |
Necedah High School |
1st Honorable Mention:
Celena Allen
Calen Albert
Roslyn Cashman
|
Music of a Revolution |
Homeschool |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Ben Madigan
Connor Sbrocco
|
Nelson Mandela and the ANC's Revolution to
a Democracy |
Kohler High School |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Sam Chilsen
Ben Reimler |
The Indian Removal Act of 1830: Trail of
Intolerance and Tears |
Onalaska High School |
4th Honorable Mention:
Alex Fenton
David Krohn |
Che Guevara: Making the Apple Fall |
Onalaska High School |
| Junior
Individual Websites |
National
Finalist:
Susannah Karron
|
Revolutionary Home Design: Reforming 20th
Century American Life |
Whitefish Bay Middle School |
National
Finalist:
Josephine Steller
|
Route 66 |
Durand Junior High |
| 1st
Honorable Mention:
Thomas Inda |
How Sewer Socialism Emerged and Flushed Corruption
Out of Milwaukee |
University School of Milwaukee |
2nd
Honorable Mention:
Lily Crum |
The Revolution in Treatment of Kidney Failure |
Lincoln Middle School, La Crosse |
| Junior Group Websites |
National
Finalists:
Desiree Anderson
Kaylee Theismann
|
Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott: The Fuss
on the Bus |
Durand Junior High |
National
Finalists:
John Ostermeyer
Julian Robinson
|
Civil War Reforms Bring Medicine into the
Modern Era |
University School of Milwaukee |
| 1st
Honorable Mention:
Max Hershey
Michael Kearney |
No Draft: The Story of the Port Washington
Draft Riot |
University School of Milwaukee |
2nd
Honorable Mention:
Rhys Enderle
Louis Hinshaw
|
Elvis Presley: A Musical Revolutionary |
EAGLE School, Madison |
| Senior Individual Websites |
National
Finalist:
Kiara Huemer
|
From Breadbasket to Dairyland: Wisconsin's
Agricultural Revolution |
Mount Horeb High School |
National
Finalist:
Nicole Galicia |
The Milwaukee Open Housing Campaign: A Revolution
for Equal Opportunity |
North High School, Sheboygan |
| 1st
Honorable Mention:
Chris Kollath |
The MacIntosh Revolution |
Seymour Community High School |
2nd
Honorable Mention:
Danielle Walters
|
The Passing of Title IX |
La Follette High School, Madison |
| Senior Group Websites |
National Finalists:
Christopher Karow
Austin Holmes
|
The Salk Vaccine: Ending an Epidemic |
Southwest High School, Green
Bay |
National Finalists:
Nicole Feider
Margaret Parker |
Rachel Carson: The Mother of the Environmental
Revolution |
Random Lake High School |
1st Honorable Mention:
Jaicee Bowman
Haley Larsen
|
Sputnik: A Technological Revolution |
Grantsburg High School |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Christopher Thompson
Matt Knowles
|
The Scopes Trial: A Revolution in Evolution |
D.C. Everest Senior High School,
Schofield |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Jordan Suhr
Andrew Baker
|
The Decision that Revolutionized the War:
The Atomic Bomb |
Cochrane-Fountain City Schools |
4th Honorable Mention:
Kelsey Gilmore
Ashton Rucinski
|
Ringling Brothers |
D.C. Everest Senior High School,
Schofield |
WI
Society of Mayflower Descendants Award for Early American
History |
Junior Division:
Steven Beda (D.C. Everest Junior High School)
|
The Whiskey Rebellion: America's
First Challenge to its New Government |
Junior Division:
Hayley Severson (La Crosse Central High School)
|
Marquis de LaFayette: The American
and French Revolutions |
Robert and Carroll
Heideman Award for Outstanding Archival Research |
Junior Division:
Gracelyn Rezmer (Kaleidoscope Academy)
|
Tom Blake: Surfing the Waves
of Revolution and Reform |
Senior Division:
Tiana Dixon (Onalaska High School)
|
Showing their Voices, the Deaf
President Now Protest |
American Labor History
Award |
Junior Division:
Charlie Fischer, JR Gerritts Middle School (Kimberly)
|
It Takes a Spark: The Strike
and Fire that Changed Labor Conditions |
Senior Division:
Mariah Zastrow, Johanna Lauer (Grantsburg High School)
|
To Arms We Call You! The Haymarket
Affair and it's Industrial Labor Legacy |
Wisconsin Council
for Local History Award |
Junior Division:
Thomas Inda (University School of Milwaukee) |
How Sewer Socialism Emerged and
Flushed Corruption Out of Milwaukee |
Senior Division:
Rebecca Lubar (Nicolet High School)
|
Lizzie Kander: Cooking Up a Better
Future |
John C. Geilfuss
Award for Wisconsin History |
Junior Division:
Emily Adams (D.C. Everest Junior High School)
|
Father Groppi: An Advocate for
Civil Rights in Milwaukee |
Senior Division:
Willa Huddleston (D.C. Everest Senior High School)
|
James Groppi: Revolution, Reaction,
and Reform in Milwaukee Housing |
American Military
History Award |
Junior Division:
Joshua Holmes (University School of Milwaukee)
|
Drowning in a Sea of Green |
Senior Division:
Hilary Miller, Leslie Zukrow (Nicolet High School)
|
Tuskegee Airmen and the Desegregation
of the Military |
Women in History Award |
Junior Division:
Ariel Leisso, Maddy Gibson (Holmen Middle School)
|
Women's Reproductive Rights |
Senior Division:
Danielle Walters (La Follette High School)
|
The Passing of Title IX |
| National History Day
in Wisconsin Teacher of Merit - Junior Division |
| Cathy Richter |
St. Jude the Apostle School,
Wauwautosa |
| National History Day
in Wisconsin Teacher of Merit - Senior Division |
| Phyllis Santacroce |
Nicolet High School, Glendale |
| National History Day
in Wisconsin "Rookie" Teacher of the Year |
Lisa Reimler
|
Onalaska High School |
