LJH Students Sweep History Day Competition
Submitted by Jennifer Dunson, Livingston Junior High
Livingston Junior High School - On Friday, February 22, Livingston Junior High GT students competed in the National History Day regional competition hosted by Stephen F. Austin State University’s history department. This was the 3rd year Livingston has competed in National History Day and the saying “Third time’s the charm” certainly held true. There were three schools competing in eight event categories, and Livingston Junior High students were awarded the top places in every event. First and second place winners will advance to the state competition in Austin where winners from all 23 regional competitions will compete again for top honors. LJH had 25 students and 16 projects qualify to attend the state competition.
This year’s competition theme is “Conflict and Compromise”. 7th grade students AD Glover, Daniel Munson, Annie Robison, and Louisa Santoyo were awarded the “Best of East Texas” for the best project on an East Texas topic. These students presented their exhibit entitled “The Lake that Changed East Texas”. They explained the conflicts that Polk County faced when establishing Lake Livingston. “Best of Show” honors were awarded to Mackenzie Gaylord for her exhibit on the Galveston Hurricane and Dana Smith for her website on Japanese Internment Camps during World War II. These students, along with the Best of Show winners from all of the other regionals, will be honored at the awards ceremony in Austin.
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Complete List of Winners:
Group Documentary
1st Place – “The Devil’s Pull on Salem”- Samantha Ferguson and Kylie Howard
2nd Place – “D-Day: Turning the Tides of War” - Kyle Hartman and Ethan Tiner
Individual Documentary
1st Place – “A Century of Conflict: The Legacy of Jim Crow” - Luke Terrill
2nd Place – “A Black Mark on Paradise: The Exxon Valdez Disaster” - Tanya McCracken
3rd Place – “Sing Them Home: Protest Music and the Vietnam War” - Sheldon Norred
Group Exhibit
1st Place – “The Lake that Changed East Texas” - AD Glover, Daniel Munson, Louisa Santoyo, and Annie Robison
2nd Place – “The Alabama-Koasati Halaka” (The Alabama-Coushatta) - Livonn Shannon, Hallie Smith, and Sabrina Rodriguez
3rd Place – “Washed Away: The Story of Galveston” - Erikka Summers and Emily Tullos
4th Place – “From the Earth to the Moon” - Caleb Patrick and Dakota Mann
Individual Exhibit
1st Place – “Galveston: The 1900 Storm” - Mackenzie Gaylord
2nd Place – “Behind Barbed Wire: Japanese Internment Camps” - Crissy Dominy
3rd Place – “Pete Rose: Hero or Zero?” - Easton McClain
4th Place – “Changing the Face of Texas: The Good, The Bad, The Railroads” - Zach Howard
Individual Performance
1st Place – “The Struggle for Equality: The Women’s Suffrage Movement” - Ashley Gates
2nd Place – “Hank Aaron: Breaking All Barriers” - Anfernee Franklin
3rd Place – “If Walls Could Talk: The Berlin Wall” - Autumn Trollinger
4th Place – “Susanna Dickinson: The Troubled Survivor” - Arianna Cecco
Group Performance
1st Place – “Landed on Ellis Island: The Annie Moore Story” - Steve Goin, Tiffany Shelby, and Shannon Shelby
2nd Place – “The Dark Side of the Gilded Age” - Elissa Clausen and Anja Schoenenberger
3rd Place – Contained: The Japanese Internment Camps - Dietrich Frers and Shea Frers
Research Paper
1st Place – “The Cuban Missile Crisis: Fourteen Days of Conflict” - Ashley Barlow
2nd Place – “Stirring the Melting Pot: The Conflict at Ellis Island” - Mary Katherine Scott
3rd Place – “Burning the First Amendment: Censorship in America” - Justin Potter
4th Place – “The Kent State Massacre: Conflict Caused by Conflict” - Aaron Jones
Website
1st Place – “A Fence Away From Freedom: Japanese Internment Camps” - Dana Smith
2nd Place – “Hanging with the Witches: The Salem Witch Trials” - Shelby Staples
3rd Place – “Don’t Fence Me In” - Clayton White
4th Place – “Women’s Struggle for Equality at Texas A&M” - Amanda Kayser
5th Place – “The Game that Changed the World” - De’Von Barnes and Blayne Elster
6th Place – “Football in the 1960’s: The Rise of the AFL” - Dustin Shaver and Dylan Shaver
Posted on February 26, 2008
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