Tusculum hosts regional History Day competition; announces winners

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.”