State Results

Documentary National Finalists

Junior Individual Documentary
National Finalist: Brown V. Board of Education- Shiloh

National Finalist: The iPhone: The Most Advanced Way of Communication- Olivia

1st Alternate: Refuting Scientific Sexism: The Turning Point in Medical Education for Women- Dhyana

2nd Alternate: Operation Blue Star: The Dawn of Impunity in India- Jind

Junior Group Documentary
National Finalist: Emmett Till: The 14 Year Old That Changed History- Alexia, Lola & Delilah

National Finalist: The Rocking Turning Point to the Fall of the Berlin Wall- Avery & Faye

1st Alternate: D-Day: The Beginning of the End of World War II- Aarav

2nd Alternate: Rome 1960 Olympics- Amelia, Ella & Lauren

Senior Individual Documentary
National Finalist What Happened to the Working War Woman?: How 1950's Advertising Sent Women Back to the Kitchen- Jennifer

National Finalist: The Emergence of the AIDS Epidemic's Impact on American Art- Josie

1st Alternate: China’s One Child Policy- Sydney

2nd Alternate: Postum Purchases Birdseye Foods: A Turning Point in How Americans Eat- Liza

Senior Group Documentary
National Finalist: The Silent Service: How Pearl Harbor Turned the Tide of Submarine Warfare- Olive, Davis & Landon

National Finalist: The Repeal of the Fairness Doctrine: An Irreversible Turning Point in American Media- Emma & Krin

1st Alternate: Love Knows No Color: Loving v. Virginia and the Fight for Equal Marriage- Elliett & Sophie

2nd Alternate: The Decline of Armor and the Rise of Firearms in Medieval and Renaissance Europe- Lonell & Owen

Exhibit National Finalists

Junior Individual Exhibit
National Finalist: The Murder of Emmett Till- Anna

National Finalist: Antibiotics: a Medicinal and a Agricultural Gamechanger- Evelyn 

1st Alternate: Betty Crocker- Rose

2nd Alternate: How the Apollo Missions Changed the Path of History- Nolan

Junior Group Exhibit
National Finalist:  Apollo 11- Nolan & Caleb

National Finalist:  The Discovery of the Double Helix: a Twist on Life- Halli, Lily & Ava

1st Alternate: St. Dickey Chapelle: Covering Combat- Ella & Ainsley

2nd Alternate:  Darwin's theory of evolution- Roshen, John & Otto

Senior Individual Exhibit
National Finalist: Fashion Effects– Olivia

National Finalist: United Daughters of the Confederacy: A Purposefully Misinformed South- Victoria

1st Alternate: Gideon Vs. Wainwright- Harlowe

2nd Alternate: The Book of Mormon: How A Book Changed History and Modern Life- Abbie

Senior Group Exhibit
National Finalist: Turning Points of the Manhattan Project- Kailee, Anonya, Aleah, Donnie & Mai

National Finalist: Corset To Coco: A Turning Point in History-Rachael & Michelle

1st Alternate: Seneca Falls: How One Convention Planted The Seed For the 19th Amendment- Lillian & Lucy

2nd Alternate: Women's Role in the Consumer Revolution- Lilah, McKenna, Adalie & Marli

Paper National Finalists

Junior Paper
National Finalist: The Bessemer Process- Arianna

National Finalist: The Bengali Genocide: A Turning Point in the Geopolitical History of the Indian Subcontinent in the Era of Indira, Bhutto, and Mujib- Anirban

1st Alternate: Buddy Holly: Changing the Way We See Music - Elizabeth

2nd Alternate:  Transforming Transcontinental Communication - The First Transatlantic Radio- Frank

Senior Paper
National Finalist: The CIA’s Acid Tests: A Turning Point in LSD History and Popularization- Hunter

National Finalist: Flames of Change: The Wildfires of 1910- Lillian

1st Alternate: State of Florida v. Tommie Lee Andrews: How the Use of DNA Evidence Altered the Criminal Justice System in the U.S.- Samantha

2nd Alternate: The disputed whiteness of Italian Americans- Flint

Performance National Finalists

Junior Individual Performance
National Finalist: Ella Baker: Never Resting For Freedom- Emery

National Finalist: The History of Hand Hygiene in Hospitals- Caroline

1st Alternate: The Radium Girls: The Story Of America's Shining Women- Summer

2nd Alternate- Garbo the Game Changer- PJ

Junior Group Performance
National Finalist: Sesame Street; Sunny Days Sweeping the Clouds Away- Rubianne, Kennedy, & Sydney

National Finalist: The Remembrance of 9/11: A Turning Point in U.S. History- Sophie, Rilee, Haley, Breleigh & Laney

1st Alternate: American Meat Changed For The Better- Mya, Jayda, Sofia & Paige

2nd Alternate: Women's Right to Vote- Ashlyn & Amelia

Senior Individual Performance
National Finalist: John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry- Camila

Website National Finalists

Junior Individual Website
National Finalist: Per Aspera Ad Astra: How the Sputnik Launch STEMmed American Education– Gosha

National Finalist: The Haitian Revolution- Nikhil

1st Alternate: Sputnik- Evie

2nd Alternate: The Trial and Passing of Roe v. Wade- Addison

Junior Group Website
National Finalist: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: A Turning Point in Labor History– Madelyn & June

National Finalist: B-29 Superfortress - The Plane that Transformed Aviation- Cliff & Xavier

1st Alternate: Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project- Grayson & Max

2nd Alternate: Title IX: 37 Words That Changed Sports and Education– Lilly & Aanya

Senior Individual Website
National Finalist: Leveling the Playing Field:Progress and Challenges in Title IX and Women in College Sports- Annele

National Finalist: The progress and Future of the Clean Air Act- Brenna

1st Alternate: Loving v. Virginia; The Supreme Court Ruling That Changed America- Randle

2nd Alternate: Jonas Salk and the Discovery of the Polio Vaccine- Sophia

Senior Group Website
National Finalist: The Rise of Anesthesia- Adeline & Sarah

National Finalist: The Endangered Species Act: A Turning Point for the Better- Hudson, Wilson & Jonah

1^st Alternate: Norman Borlaug: Founding Father of the Green Revolution- Margaret, Lily & Abigail

 2^nd Alternate: The Manhattan Project: The Creation and Legacy of the Atomic Bomb- Lexi & Clare

Special Awards

ARCHIVAL RESEARCH — Presented by Carroll Heideman

• The Rocking Turning Point to the fall of the Berlin Wall
• The Repeal of the Fairness Doctrine

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

• The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: A Turning Point in Labor History
• What Happened to the Working Women? How 1950s Advertising Sent Women Back to the Kitchen

CHRONICLING AMERICA — Presented by the Wisconsin National Digital Newspaper Program

• Antibiotics: a Medicinal and a Agricultural Gamechanger
• Sunshine Vitamin

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

• The Murder of Emmit Till
• Love Knows No Color- Loving V. Virginia

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

• Trail of Tears
• The Book of Mormon: How A Book Changed History and Modern Life

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

• The Montreal Protocol of 1987
• Norman Borlaug: Founding Father of the Green Revolution

EQUALITY IN HISTORY — Presented by the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies

• Noor Inayat Khan: The Woman Who Changed The Tide Of World War Two

TRANSNATIONAL/GLOBAL HISTORY — Presented by the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies

• The CIA’s Acid Tests: A Turning Point in LSD History and Popularization

WISCONSIN HISTORY — Presented by the John C. Geilfuss Endowment

• Milwaukee and the 1968 Fair Housing Act: Did We Do Enough?
• “8 Hours to Work, 8 Hours to Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will”: The Story of the Bay View Massacre

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

• Rome 1960 Olympics
• Spinning a New Fabric of Labor: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and Its Resounding Impact on Worker Rights