2005 State History Day results

May 1, 2005

Note: The first and second place award winners in each category will represent Minnesota at National History Day 2005. All third place award winners are alternates. If either of the first or second place award winners cannot attend National History Day, the third-place entry for that category will be given the opportunity to represent Minnesota at the national event.

Junior Group Exhibit 

1. Harry Davis Academy, Betty Crocker Communicating to Women, Christina Nirandone, Shanquia Brown, Cierra Muse

2. Fergus Falls Middle School, Farmers Cooperatives and Phone Service in Otter Tail County, Keely Brokke, Allison Steinle, Lydia Christianson

3. Harry Davis Academy, African Slaves Communicating Through Quilts, Konnie Middlebrook, Zaurean Nickens, Ariel Deloney

Junior Group Documentary

1. Lake Harriet Community School, Eugene McCarthy: Communicating to a Bigger Slice of America, Erik Anderson, Eli Kamin, Ben Eisenberg, Beck Ringdahl-Mayland

2. Sunrise Park Middle School, Understanding the Dream: Communicating the Message of Martin Luther King Jr., Nicholas Herringer, Daniel Holthus, Madeline Schmidt

3.  Meadowbrook Elementary, Nellie Bly: Communicating the Truth, Mari Earhart-Price, Sara Gottlieb, Jane Dupay

Junior Group Performance

1. Anne Sullivan Communication Center/Seward Montessori, The New York Newsboy Strike of 1899, Laurel Starr, Rachel Svanoe, Molly Hensley-Clancy, Brenna Kruse

2. Christ Household of Faith School, We Hunt for Words: Gideon and Samuel Pond's Quest to Communicate with the Dakota Indians, Samantha Simonson, Adam Rohlf, Bryant Rooney, Myles Eckman, Celeste Johnston

3. Christ Household of Faith School, The Challenge of Communication: Through the "Eyes" of Helen Keller, Erin Piepkorn, Camara Butler

Junior Individual Exhibit

1. Cyber Village Academy, Unlocking the Code: The Key to Understanding German Enigma Machine Secret Communications During WWII, Kelly Rexon

2. Wayzata Central Middle School, The Pony Express, Thomas McCullough

3. Capitol Hill Magnet School , The Key to Secrecy-Navajo Code Talkers, Chris Krame

Junior Individual Documentary

1. Chosen Valley Junior and Senior High, Riley vs. Coffman: The Debate of the Minnesota Monkey Bill, March 9, 1927, Sydney Gehrking

2. Sunrise Park Middle School, Jacob Riis: Changing Lives Through Communication, Sarah Cochrane

3. Breck School, Joseph Goebbels and Photographs, Meghan Kiesel

Junior Individual Performance

1. Breck School, Limiting Communication: Dennis vs. United States, Katherine Paulsen

2. St. Francis Jr. High, This... Is London: Edward R Murrow and Communication through Broadcast Journalism, Clayton Aldern

3. Cedar Creek Community School ,   Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Voice of Communication for Women's Suffrage, Amanda Ahlers

Junior Paper

1. FAIR School , Bringing the Slums to Light: The Way "How the Other Half Lives" Changed the Manner in Which Americans Looked at the Slums, Erin Swenson-Klatt

2. Breck School , The Alien and Sedition Acts: Limiting the Communication of Free Speech in Early America, Jessica Christy

3. Sunrise Park Middle School, Walt Disney's Animation Entertainment, Rebecca Hampel

Senior Group Exhibit

1. Southwest High School, Military Intelligence Service Language School: The Key To Understanding Japanese War Communications, Katie Froehlich, Rachel Portnoy

2. Southwest High School, Allen Ginsberg and the Beat Generation: Communicating New Ideas Through Poetry, Sarah Parker, Mathilde Mow

3. Southwest High School, Smokey Bear: The Key to Understanding Forest Fire Prevention, Emily Holm, Amelia Krug

Senior Group Documentary

1. Christ Household of Faith School, Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II, James Bluhm, Jay Bluhm, Kelsey Geerdes, Iris Fricke, Callie Sacarelos

2. Central High School,   Julia Child - Communication from the Kitchen, Anna Rice, Ellen Rice

3. Southwest High School , Daniel Ellsberg & The Pentagon Papers: Communicating The Truth, Emmie Monsein, Amelia Ahl, Maggie Henderson

Senior Group Performance

1. DeLaSalle High School , The Crisis vs. Opportunity: The Key to Understanding the Negro Community, Aaron Beswick, Amber McGuire

2.Christ Household of Faith School, Communicating Effectively to the Masses: The Radio Act of 1927, Zane Sacarelos, Azalea Fricke, Dominique Scheeler, Donald Bluhm

3.St. Louis Park High School, Elizabeth: The Wit Behind the Woman, Megan Frestedt, Racheal Scully

Senior Individual Exhibit

1.South High School, Silarnosc: Communicating Solidarity in Poland, Jennifer Walker

2.Southwest High School, Steve Bantu Biko: Communicating Black Consciousness to Free Black South Africans from Oppression, Sarah Abdelwahab

3. Southwest High School, How Television Changed the World: Communicating the Vietnam War, Lewis Wilcox

Senior Individual Documentary

1.   Mankato West High School , The Military Intelligence Service Language School: Communication in WWII, Adriane Otopalik

2.South High School, The Ripper Reformation, Dustin McEvoy

3.South High School, To Win the Heart of a Nation: Leni Riefenstahl Communicates Hitler's Utopian Dream, Joshua Boucher

Senior Individual Performance

1. Eagan High School, Jane Grey Swisshelm, Catilin Loehr

2. Christ Household of Faith School, When Hell Was in Session: Communication's Impact on the American POWs Survival in Vietnam, Duane Bluhm

3. Southwest High School , The Samil March, Mary Howard

Senior Paper

1. White Bear Lake High School, Silence = Death: The History of the American AIDS Epidemic, Melissa Brown

2. Southwest High School, Communication at Camp David: The Key to Peace and Understanding between Israel and Egypt, Ari Resnick

3. Blake School, Publicity, Profit, and Preservation: Jay Cooke and the Creation of Yellowstone National Park, Erin Schnettler