Nearly 40 students will be representing northeast Tennessee at Tennessee History Day next month. These students placed first or second in their categories at the regional contest on Monday, March 5, 2018.
Tennessee History Day participants entered projects in five categories: documentaries, exhibits, performances, websites and papers. While projects must relate to the annual theme, students are encouraged to be creative when choosing a topic. This year’s theme was “Conflict and Compromise in History.” Thirty-nine students received medals for their efforts and two students were awarded special prizes.
This year, Tennessee History Day will be held Saturday, April 7, in Nashville.
“I am proud of all our students,” said Northeast Tennessee History Day coordinator Dollie Boyd. “I’m impressed by how they turn themselves into experts on their selected topics and how they incorporate constructive feedback into each revision of their projects. They are learning how to examine sources critically and how to present their findings to a sophisticated audience.”
The judges at Monday’s competition – including university professors, graduate students, high school teachers, librarians, archivists and other public historians – picked the winners from the 33 submitted projects. The Museum Studies Program of Tusculum College coordinates the regional contest. MaryAnn Rush serves as the outreach coordinator.
Since 1974, History Day has grown from a small local competition in Cleveland, Ohio with about 100 students into an event that attracts about a half million students nationwide each year. For more information about the program in Tennessee, visit the National History Day website or contact Jennifer Core, National History Day’s statewide coordinator for Tennessee, at (615) 741-8934 or via e-mail at historyday@tennesseehistory.org.
The medal winners from Saturday’s Tennessee History Day competition are:
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SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS
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SPECIAL AWARD
Best Project on Women’s History
Sponsored by the Greene County Heritage Trust
Junior Individual Exhibit
The Tragedy at Salem
Riley Ottinger
Nolachuckey Elementary
Teacher: Joshua Arrowood
SPECIAL AWARD
Best Project on American History
Sponsored by George and Lois Banks
Senior Individual Documentary
Pigeon River Project
Leah Murray
Cosby High School
Teacher: Hillary Griffin
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CATEGORY AWARD WINNERS
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JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY
1st
A Divided State: The Civil War in East Tennessee
Chloe Helton
Chuckey-Doak Middle School
Teacher: Matt Hensley
2nd
Civil War: Fort Sumter
Braylin Brown
Chuckey-Doak Middle School
Teacher: Matt Hensley
JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY
1st
The Irish Potato Famine
Madison Fletcher, Dakota Goins
Chuckey-Doak Middle School
Teacher: Matt Hensley
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT
1st
The Tragedy at Salem
Riley Ottinger
Nolachuckey Elementary
Teacher: Joshua Arrowood
2nd
Vietnam War: Told Through the Eyes of the Soldiers
Hayden Sampson
Chuckey-Doak Middle School
Teacher: Matt Hensley
3rd
Norfolk Southern: America’s Railroad
Jacob Jarnigan
Nolachuckey Elementary School
Teacher: Joshua Arrowood
JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBIT
1st
The Thalidomide Crisis
Rachel Phillips, Kaylee Casteel
Chuckey-Doak Middle School
Teacher: Matt Hensley
2nd
The Rise and Fall of Al Capone
Ryan Lehan, Damian Garland, Kaine Morris
Chuckey-Doak Middle School
Teacher: Matt Hensley
3rd
We’re All Jews Here
Olivia Boutin, Breanna Casteel
DeBusk Elementary School
Nathan Darnell
JUNIOR GROUP PERFORMANCE
1st
Donner Party: A Shortcut to Disaster
Addison Williams, Braylee Woods, Anna Ottinger, Carson Reaves, Ashley Waddell
Nolachuckey Elementary
Teacher: Joshua Arrowood
2nd
“The Battle of Maldon”
Natalie Ripley, Laney Ricker, Kaylee Brooks, Kalee Delotto
Chuckey-Doak Middle School
Teacher: Candice Arrowood
JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE
1st
The Conflict and Compromise of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings
Jocelyn Paysinger
Chuckey Doak Middle School
Teacher: Matt Hensley
2nd
Tiananmen Square Incident
Jonathan Fulford
DeBusk Elementary
Teacher: Nathan Darnell
JUNIOR GROUP WEBSITE
1st
THE MANHATTAN PROJECT: THE MORALS BEHIND SPLITTING THE ATOM
Zane Garrison, Daniel Foister, Cooper Ward
Chuckey Doak Middle School
Teacher: Matt Hensley
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY
1st
Pigeon River Project
Leah Murray
Cosby High School
Teacher: Hillary Griffin
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT
1st
Spaniards vs. Aztecs
Kailey Gaines
Cosby High School
Teacher: Hillary Griffin
SENIOR GROUP EXHIBIT
1st
Hitler’s Rise to Power
Easton Ball, Nick Ball, Lauren Ford, Carly Wines
Cosby High School
Teacher: Hillary Griffin
2nd
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Phoebe Grooms, Tessa McGaha, Bralyn McGaha
Cosby High School
Teacher: Hillary Griffin
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE
1st
Women’s Suffrage Movement: War to Victory!
Rebecca Cox
South Greene High School
Teacher: Colleen Bowman
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL PAPER
1st
Conflict and Compromise Evaluating Abraham Lincoln’s Leadership during Presidency
Kynslee Dykes
Cosby High School
Teacher: Hillary Griffin
Special Award Winner for Best Project in Women’s History sponsored by the Greene County Heritage Trust – Riley Ottinger for her exhibit “Tragedy at Salem.”
Special Award Winner for Best Project in American History sponsored by George and Lois Blanks- Leah Murray for her documentary “Pigeon River Project.”