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State Results

Documentary National Finalists


Junior Individual Documentary
National Finalist: The Longest Bridge in the World: The Fight for Open Housing in Milwaukee- Jack

National Finalist: The Salt March: A March Towards Change- Ayan

1st Alternate: Ambedkar Fight for Dalit Rights- Araina

2nd Alternate: From Tragedy to Transformation: The Nirbhaya Case and India's Awakening to Women's Rights- Maitreyee


Junior Group Documentary
National Finalist: Wayne Wheeler: King of Prohibition- Toma & Peter

National Finalist: From War to Justice: How the Nuremberg Trials Redefined Rights and Responsibilities of International Law- Landon & Charles

1st Alternate: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Defining Rights and Responsibilities on a Global Scale- Bryn & Greta


Senior Individual Documentary
National Finalist: Don't Tread On Her: The History and Significance of Roe v. Wade- Payge


National Finalist: The Hollywood Blacklist: The Perils of Enforcing Collective Responsibility on Artists' Rights- Dhyana


1st Alternate: The 1967 Milwaukee Open Housing Marches- Elijah


2nd Alternate: The Rights and Responsibilities of Lyrics in Music- Lauren


Senior Group Documentary
National Finalist: Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee — How Muhammad Ali Punched Through Social Injustice- Maddox, Rocco & Atharva

National Finalist: Reclaiming Rights: The Legacy of Native American Boarding Schools- Reese, Jayana, Lauren & Tryniti

1st Alternate: Women's Military Rights in WWII: the Governments Responsibility for Them- Ande & Chloe

2nd Alternate: Emmet Till documentary- Noah, Jonas & Dylan

 

Exhibit National Finalists


Junior Individual Exhibit
National Finalist: The Green River Killer: DNA Evidence and the Rights of the Convicted- Brianna

National Finalist: National Parks, “America’s Best Idea”? European vs. Native American: Land Rights and Responsibilities- Evelyn

1st Alternate: The Breaker Boys: The Strikes Against Child Labor- Virgil

2nd Alternate: Saving the Great Barrier Reef- Brantley


Junior Group Exhibit
National Finalist:  The Cleveland Summit: Setting the Stage for Activist Athletes- Ewan & Landon

National Finalist:  The Holodomor Genocide and the Soviet Reign: A People’s Right and A Leader’s Responsibility- Lorelei & Audrie

1st Alternate: Impact of the Bilingual Education Act- Citlalli, Kevin & Petrona

2nd Alternate:  Unseen: Hiding from the Holocaust- Lydia & Benjamin


Senior Individual Exhibit
National Finalist: the Confucian Philosophy: Rights, Responsibilities, and Traditions– Ada

National Finalist: The Cost of Justice: The Tragedy of Bloody Sunday- Cadyn

1st Alternate: Women's Struggle for Rights during the French Revolution- Helen

2nd Alternate: Geneva Conventions Additional Protocols- Larkin


Senior Group Exhibit
National Finalist: Japanese Internment: Loss Of Freedom- Lucy, Jayna, Sao, Meliah & Alvin

National Finalist: The Americans with Disabilities Act-Caroline & Emme

1st Alternate: Roe V. Wade - Rights and Responsibilities of the Unborn- Kaelyn & Lily

2nd Alternate: The Montgomery Bus Boycott: The Right To Resist, and The Responsibility to Act- Nina, Makayla, Katalina, Mygu & Pa

 

Paper National Finalists

Junior Paper
National Finalist: The 1905 Russian Revolution: A Glimpse of the Glory of Rights- Sophie

National Finalist: The Copper Country Strike of 1913-1914 and the Italian Hall Disaster: Responsibility to Safety, Right to Strike- Gideon

1st Alternate: Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the Battle for the Rights of Indians Oppressed by the Hindu Caste System- Anirban

2nd Alternate: The Unknown Injustices of WWII: How Multiple Governments Violated Basic Human Rights- Kira


Senior Paper
National Finalist: Lavinia Goodell: Paving the Way for Women in Law- Lia

National Finalist: Love vs. the Law: How Loving v. Virginia Shaped Equal Rights- Gurleen

1st Alternate: Labor Rights and the Responsibility of Government: The Passage of the Workmen's Compensation Law in Wisconsin- Abigail

2nd Alternate: Biruté Galdikas: Exploring Rights and Facing Responsibilities- Liza

 

Performance National Finalists


Junior Individual Performance
National Finalist: Imagine Me- Eden

National Finalist: Jacobson vs. Massachusetts: Right to Choose vs. Responsibility to Protect- Emalyn

1st Alternate: The Culper Spy Ring: The Most Successful and Enduring Espionage Network of the Revolutionary War- Kate

2nd Alternate- Declared Insane- Greta


Junior Group Performance
National Finalist: Gertrude Ederle: The Right to Swim the English Channel- Ella, Audrey & Leena


National Finalist: The Black Dahlia: The Rights of Murder Victims in Early Hollywood- Lydia & Bayleigh

1st Alternate: Justice For All- Emily, Allexander, Kate & Johan


2nd Alternate: The Federalist Papers: How the Founding Fathers shaped the rights and responsibilities of a new nation- Lucy & Adalyn


Senior Individual Performance
National Finalist: Ada Deer: Rights and Responsibilities in the Pursuit of Restoration of the Menominee Indian Tribe- Emma

National Finalist: Sophie Scholl: Defying Nazism- Sofia

1st Alternate: Lafayette Park: A Protected Ground for Protest and Freedom of Speech-Jackson

2nd Alternate- "George" A New Musical- Maya

 

Senior Group Performance
National Finalist: Zona Gale: Wisconsin's Unsung Trailblazer- Jessica, Lucia & Caitlin


National Finalist: Women Fighting Against Gender Discrimination- Sophia & Nayeli

1st Alternate: A Broken Promise: The Servicemens Readjustment Act- Dylan, Thomas & Omar


2nd Alternate: The Head Start Program- Avery, Avery & Mariah

Website National Finalists


Junior Individual Website
National Finalist: The Equal Credit Opportunity Act: Equality is Priceless, for Everything Else, Use a Credit Card– Aneesha


National Finalist: When General Grant Expelled the Jews- Nathan


1st Alternate: Black Hawk War of 1832- Austin


2nd Alternate: Disease, Displacement, Destruction: The Klondike Gold Rush and Indigenous Peoples- Logan


Junior Group Website
National Finalist: The Black Panther Party: A Revolutionary Group for Black Empowerment– Jack & Arunava


National Finalist: Balancing Individual Rights and Shared Responsibilities in a Democratic Society- Reagan & Cecilia


1st Alternate: Ali vs America- Mason & Kolton

2nd Alternate: Project MKUltra– Philo & Thomas


Senior Individual Website
National Finalist: The Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict: Ethnocentrism as the Catalyst for Sectarian Polarization and an Unjust War- Venna


National Finalist: The Little Rock Nine and Their Subsequent Influence- Alana


1st Alternate: The Incarceration of the Japanese- Kong


2nd Alternate: Three Mile Island- Eric


Senior Group Website
National Finalist: Title IX- Bella & Elliana


National Finalist: Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike: Rights and Responsibilities- Maia, Audrey & Eve


1st Alternate: Freedom Riders: Transforming Rights and Responsibility- Emma, Lucy & Paige


 2nd Alternate: The Problem That Has No Name- Elizabeth & Lily

 

Special Awards

ARCHIVAL RESEARCH — Presented by Carroll Heideman

AMERICAN LABOR HISTORY — Presented by the Wisconsin Society for Labor History

CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY — Presented by the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies

EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY — Presented by the Wisconsin Society of Mayflower Descendants

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY — Presented by Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Kurtzman

MARITIME HISTORY — Presented by the National Maritime Historical Society

WISCONSIN HISTORY — Presented by the John C. Geilfuss Endowment

WOMEN IN HISTORY — Presented by the Friends of the Wisconsin Historical Society