We are proud to announce
the national finalists and honorable mentions for the 2013 Wisconsin
History Day State Event held on May 4, 2013. The national finalists
will represent Wisconsin at the national contest on June 9-13, 2013,
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 2013: "Turning
Points in History: People, Ideas, Events."
Student Name(s) |
Project Title |
School |
| Junior
Papers |
National Finalist:
Amber Nelson |
Bernard Rimland: Fighting for Understanding |
Ladysmith Middle School, Ladysmith |
National Finalist:
Anshul Bhatnagar
|
We Took the Highways and That Has Made All the Difference |
University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee |
1st Honorable Mention:
Kelsey Koelbl |
The Little Rock Nine Crisis: A Turning Point that Changed our Nation's Education |
Holmen Middle School, Holmen |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Katie Feuerstein
|
An Empire Executed |
University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee |
| Senior Papers |
National Finalist:
Sarah Abramson
|
Sputnik: The Satellite that Changed the World |
Durand High School, Durand |
National Finalist:
Tristen Hallock
|
The Louisiana Purchase: Beginning of the Manfiest Destiny |
Hylandale SDA School, Rockland |
1st Honorable Mention:
Alex Gumz
|
Sputnik and the Effects on the Cold War and Humanity |
Onalaska High School, Onalaska |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Sophia Intravaia
|
Changes Due to the Entrance of the United States into WWI |
North High School, Sheboygan |
| Junior
Individual Exhibits |
National Finalist:
Callie Slevin |
Feigning Insanity for the Betterment of Society: Nellie Bly |
Lincoln Middle School, La Crosse |
National Finalist:
Grace Olson
|
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League |
Lincoln Middle School, La Crosse |
1st Honorable Mention:
Charlie Fischer
|
Wash Your Spirit Clean: The Camping Trip that Changed the Nation |
Kimberly High School, Kimberly |
2nd Honorable Mention:
MaKenna Hall
|
The 1929 Stock Market Crash: A Turning Point in History |
D.C. Everest High School, Schofield |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Ayden Eilmus
|
The Polio Vaccine: Treatment for Tragedy |
Kohler Middle School, Kohler |
4th Honorable Mention:
Claire Curtis
|
How Dr. Suess Stole Literature |
Lincoln Middle School, La Crosse |
| Junior Group Exhibits
|
National Finalists:
Alyssa Swenson
Holly Fiedler |
Unsinkable, Unimaginable, Unforgettable |
Grantsburg Middle School, Grantsburg |
National Finalists:
Lindsay West
Taylor Kust
Brittany Walker
|
Standing Up By Sitting Down: The Greensboro Sit-In |
Northstar Middle School, Eau Claire |
1st Honorable Mention:
Olivia App
Jada Jacques
|
Ruby Bridges: Silent Steps to Greater Education |
Bay View Middle School, Green Bay |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Abby Gastrau
Emma Hirt
|
Black Blizzards
|
Richfield Elementary School, Richfield |
| Senior Individual Exhibits
|
National Finalist:
Kassidy Wuensch
|
From the Empty Shells |
Bangor High School, Bangor |
National Finalist:
Jamie Weinhold
|
The Impact of the Printing Press on the Reformation |
Random Lake High School, Random Lake |
1st Honorable Mention:
Katelyn Rohr
|
Kennedy's Promise |
Bonduel High School, Bonduel |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Anna Girton
|
Theresienstadt: A Missing "Note" in History |
Nicolet High School, Glendale |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Whitney Tomlinson
|
WNBA: Scoring a Turning Point for Women |
Durand High School, Durand |
| Senior Group Exhibits
|
National Finalists:
Chelsea Clark
Abbey Killian |
Kristallnacht: From Concept to Aggression |
Cochrane-Fountain City Schools |
National
Finalists:
Jacob Sheets
Austin Schuette |
The Murder of Emmett Till |
Cedarburg High School, Cedarburg |
1st Honorable Mention:
Sydney Higgans
Susan Malony
|
Titanic's Impact on Maritime Regulations |
West High School, Madison |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Josh Cook
Olivia Gregorich
Logan Bottlemy
|
Flight: An Inspired Innovation |
Greenwood High School, Greenwood |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Kristi Brey
Anne Schnabel
Amanda Kent |
The American Woman's Suffrage Movement |
Oshkosh West High School, Oshkosh |
4th Honorable Mention:
Amanda Zhang
Max Golden |
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 |
West High School, Madison |
| Junior
Individual Performances |
National Finalist:
Lily Brenner
|
The United States' First Birth Control Clinic- What Every Girl Should Know |
Lincoln Middle School, La Crosse |
National Finalist:
Eliza Scholl
|
The Truth and Reconciliation Commision |
Velma Hamilton Middle School, Madison |
1st Honorable Mention:
Luke Bekemeyer
|
Leo Szilárd: Achievement and Dispair |
Hudson Middle School, Hudson |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Molly Wettstein
|
Discovering DNA: The Secret of Life: A Turning Point that Revolutionized the Genetic Sciences |
Holmen Middle School, Holmen |
| Junior Group Performances
|
National Finalists:
Gabrielle Every
Margaret Murphy
|
Title IX: Bat "Her" Up |
Bay View Middle School, Green Bay |
National Finalists:
Natalie Sanchez
Zoe Falk
|
Sesame Street: Educational Turning Point |
St. Jude the Apostle School, Wauwatosa |
1st Honorable Mention:
Chanda Yang
Houachie Hang
Eshai Yang
|
Women's Suffrage |
Holmen Middle School, Holmen |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Kathryn Curtin
Rhiana Pochman
Kathryn Curtin
Rhiana Pochman
|
Gettysburg: A Step Towards One United Nation |
Grantsburg Middle School, Grantsburg |
| Senior Individual
Performances |
National Finalist:
Madeline Folstein
|
Prohibition's Effect on Feminism and Women's Rights |
Nicolet High School, Glendale |
National Finalist:
Sally Kate Hixson
|
Happiness, Hostility, and Hope. What TVA Gave the South |
Whitewater High School, Whitewater |
1st Honorable Mention:
Shea Tarnow
|
Dorothea Dix: Crusade and Memorial, Catalyst to Asylum Reform |
D.C. Everest High School, Schofield |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Allison Litke
|
Jeanne d'Arc: The Maiden Who Saved France |
Southwest High School, Green Bay |
| Senior Group Performances
|
National Finalists:
Asmaa Ahmed
Jenna Sorenson
Sarah Rosacker |
The Right to Vote, the Right to Act, The Right to Be, an Examination |
Onalaska High School, Onalaska |
National Finalists:
Alex Dutchin
Emily Hayden
Amanda DeBoer
Waylon Alvarado
|
Sputnik: The Starter's Pistol to the Space Race |
La Crosse Central High School, La Crosse |
1st Honorable Mention:
Suzanne O'Meara
Kate Scholz
|
Shocking the System: How Tesla Electrified America |
West High School, Madison |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Jena Flahaut
Charles Lawson
Alona Jackson
Ben Lawson
Nick Winkie |
The King James Bible: Cornerstone of the English Language |
Hylandale SDA School, Rockland |
| Junior
Individual Documentaries |
National Finalist:
Kristin Kiley
|
How 200 Ounces of Blood Changed History: The Turning Points to Safe |
EAGLE School, Madison |
National Finalist:
Emma Smith
|
Rockefeller's Hookworm Commission and the Rise of Public-Private Partnerships for Health |
University School of Milwaukee |
1st Honorable Mention:
Colleen Scerpella
|
The Women's Suffrage Parade of March 3, 1913 |
EAGLE School, Madison |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Luke Moss
|
Jackson Pollock: Art Viewed Differently |
Kaleidoscope Academy, Appleton |
3rd Honorable Mention:
Cayden Kirkpatrick
|
The Bessemer Process and It's Effects on Architecture |
EAGLE School, Madison |
4th Honorable Mention:
Isaac Lock
|
The Assassination of Czar Nicholas II |
Onalaska Middle School, Onalaska |
| Junior Group Documentaries
|
National Finalists:
Ameya Sanyal
Sanjaya Kumar
Anna Stoneman
|
The Battle of Britain: The Turning Point of the Second World War |
EAGLE School, Madison |
National Finalists:
Nora Ptacek
Avery Kuphal
Ashley Wong
|
The Wonder Drug |
Kaleidoscope Academy, Appleton |
1st Honorable Mention:
Allison Boerner
Kaelin Sbrocco |
The Effects of the Baby Boom |
Kohler Middle School, Kohler |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Maddy Goethel
Zoe de Boer
|
The Motion Picture |
Onalaska Middle School, Onalaska |
| Senior Individual Documentaries
|
National Finalist:
Mike Gu
|
Hubble |
Onalaska High School, Onalaska |
National Finalist:
Sarah Vetsch
|
Only You: Smokey Bear Ignites Forest Fire Prevention |
Durand High School, Durand |
1st Honorable Mention:
Samantha Srok
|
The Stonewall Riots: Changing the Face of the Gay Rights Movement |
Nicolet High School, Glendale |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Tabea Vohmann |
Die Mauer: The Dramatic Series of Events that Led Up to the Building of the Berlin Wall |
West High School, Madison |
| Senior Group Documentaries
|
National Finalists:
Bethany Kersten
Lacey Witek
Keiryn Weiss
Emily Haines |
The Redhead that Changed American Women and Television |
Southwest High School, Green Bay |
National Finalists:
Maggie Gentine
Anna Mancl |
The Chinese Cultural Revolution: Mao's Decimation of Filial Piety |
North High School, Sheboygan |
1st Honorable Mention:
Timm Doelle
Cynthia Lupton
|
Stonewall: The Turning Point that Sparked the Gay Revolution |
Cochrane-Fountain City Schools |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Erik Kernozek
Morgan Klaeser
|
The Rise of Capitalism in America |
La Crosse Central High School, La Crosse |
| Junior
Individual Websites |
National
Finalist:
Lucas Voichick
|
Pearl Harbor: The Attack that Changed the World |
EAGLE School, Madison |
National
Finalist:
Lily Crum
|
Clarence Birdseye: Defrosting the History of Frozen Food |
Lincoln Middle School, La Crosse |
| 1st
Honorable Mention:
Susannah Karron |
The Handshake that Opened the Classroom |
Whitefish Bay Middle School, Whitefish Bay |
2nd
Honorable Mention:
Thomas Carlson |
Apollo 11 |
Holmen Middle School, Holmen |
| Junior Group Websites |
National
Finalists:
Cole Wesolowski
Tommy Monfre
|
Wright Brothers: Fathers of Flight |
Bay View Middle School, Green Bay |
National
Finalists:
Abigail Wendland
Noel Schmitz
|
The Great Fire of London |
Cashton Middle School, Cashton |
| 1st
Honorable Mention:
Jamie Gray
Noel Tautges |
The Silicon Transistor: The Power Behind Our Technology |
EAGLE School, Madison |
2nd
Honorable Mention:
Anna Madison
Carrie Kemmet
|
Iranian Hostage Crisis |
South Middle School, Eau Claire |
| Senior Individual Websites |
National
Finalist:
Jubilee Hou
|
H.H. Bennett: The "Snapper" |
Nicolet High School, Glendale |
National
Finalist:
Manlu Liu |
Phoenix Rising from the Ashes: The 1871 Chicago Fire and the Great Rebuilding |
West High School, Madison |
| 1st
Honorable Mention:
Fiona Adams |
Operation Magic: How Cryptanalysis Turned the Tide |
West High School, Madison |
2nd
Honorable Mention:
Claudette Beane
|
The Manhattan Project: Unleashing the Unknown |
North High School, Sheboygan |
| Senior Group Websites |
National Finalists:
Madeline Brighouse-Glueck
Sara Triggs
|
The Father of Social Security |
West High School, Madison |
National Finalists:
Travis Winger
Caleigh Judd |
The Second Battle of Ypres |
Whitewater High School, Whitewater |
1st Honorable Mention:
Alex Hopp
Brett Pokrzywinski
|
The Black Death |
North High School, Sheboygan |
2nd Honorable Mention:
Austin Handy
Jaicee Bowman
|
The Atom Bomb Ending WWII |
Grantsburg High School, Grantsburg |
Kurtzman Environmental History Award |
Junior Division:
Charlie Fischer (JR Gerritts Middle School, Kimberly)
|
Wash Your Spirit Clean: The Camping Trip that Changed the Nation |
Senior Division:
Connor Wood (West High School, Madison)
|
For Resort or Recreation: The Origins and Creation of Yosemite National Park and the Conservation Movement |
WI
Society of Mayflower Descendants Award for Early American
History |
Junior Division:
Megan Ninemann (D.C. Everest Junior High School, Schofield)
|
Harriet Tubman: Turning Around Slavery and the Rights of African Americans |
Senior Division:
Sydney O'Hare (Nicolet High School, Glendale)
|
Elizabeth Burgin: The Lost Patriot |
Robert and Carroll
Heideman Award for Outstanding Archival Research |
Junior Division:
Skylar Danhoff (Lincoln Middle School, La Crosse)
|
Pearl McGill: An Unlikely Ally and Activist in the Turning Point of Muscatine's Button Industry |
Senior Division:
Michelle Kelly (North High School, Sheboygan)
|
A Royal Divorce Creates a Religious Revolution |
American Labor History
Award |
Junior Division:
Quinn Daane, (Kohler Middle School, Kohler)
|
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Tragic Event Creates Positive Outcomes |
Senior Division:
Tess McAllister, Grace Montgomery (West High School, Madison)
|
The Bay View Tragedy |
Wisconsin Council
for Local History Award |
Junior Division:
Randi Defo, Nellie Barri, Savannah Krisik, Cora Baxter (Bayfield Middle School, Bayfield) |
La Pointe: Treaty of 1854 |
Senior Division:
Pa Mao Yang, Pa Zong Vang (Onalaska High School, Onalaska)
|
A New Beginning: The Hmong Immigration to La Crosse, WI |
John C. Geilfuss
Award for Wisconsin History |
Junior Division:
Aja Backstrom (South Middle School, Eau Claire)
|
The Voigt Decision: Justice for the Ojibwe |
Senior Division:
Robert Paerk, Danny Cannavo, Nicole Feider (Random Lake High School, Random Lake)
|
H.H. Bennett: Making Wisconsin Dells Famous... One Picture at a Time |
American Military
History Award |
Junior Division:
Kathryn Curtin, Rhiana Pochman, Kathryn Curtin, Rhiana Pochman (Grantsburg Middle School, Grantsburg)
|
Gettysburg: A Step Towards One United Nation |
Senior Division:
Katie Soberg, Jonathan Mielke, Dylan Ford (Prescott High School, Prescott)
|
Sherman's March |
Women in History Award |
Junior Division:
Erin Magoon (Templeton Middle School, Templeton)
|
Elizabeth Blackwell: A Woman Doctor? |
Senior Division:
Angela Wolter (Germantown High School, Germantown)
|
Betty Friedan's the Feminine Mystique and How it Affected White, Middle Class American Women |
