GREENEVILLE – Local students achieved tremendous success recently during a National History Day competition held at Tusculum University that is designed for them to strengthen multiple skills and build their self-esteem and confidence.
Winners from the competition pose for a group photo.
Students from middle and high schools in East Tennessee participated in the Friday, Nov. 22, event with entries that touched on the theme “Breaking Barriers in History.” The competition featured submissions in five categories – exhibit, documentary, website, performance and paper.
First and second place winners have advanced to the regional contest, which will be held Friday, March 6, at the University of Tennessee.
The National History Day website says the event engages students and teachers in historical research and skills development. Specifically, students enhance their critical thinking as well as their problem-solving, research and reading skills.
“Tusculum enjoyed providing a forum for students to demonstrate their talent and share knowledge they gained in preparing their entries,” said Dollie Boyd, the university’s director of museums. “This is a great event to empower students to explore a subject in depth and hone skills that will benefit them for their rest of their lives.”
Event winners, their school and their subjects are:
Judges review an entry in the National History Day competition.
Middle school group exhibit
- First place: Annie Randolph, Maddison Cravens, Gabrella Marbry and Emma Greene, Nolachuckey Elementary School, Greeneville; “Women’s Suffrage”
- Second place: Miguel Benitez and Brian Courtney, Chuckey-Doak Middle School, Afton; “Babe Ruth Crushes It in the Media”
- Third place: Kendra Key and Madeline Jennings, Chuckey-Doak Middle School, Afton; “Sojourner Truth and Her Right to Her Freedom and Family”
Middle school group performance
- First place: Sierra Flanagan and Mikayla Galarneau, Chuckey-Doak Middle School, Afton; “All About Lucy”
Middle School group website
- First place: Reagan Arrowood and Will Arrowood, Nolachuckey Elementary School, Greeneville; “Lost State of Franklin”
Middle school individual exhibit
- First place: Reese Ottinger, Nolachuckey Elementary School, Greeneville; “Junko Tabei”
- Second place: Myesha Lewis, Nolachuckey Elementary School, Greeneville; “George Washington Carver”
- Third place: Maylin Owens, Nolachuckey Elementary School, Greeneville; “Louis Armstrong”
Middle school individual paper
- First place: Charles Deng, John Sevier Middle School, Kingsport; “The Making and Fall of the Berlin Wall”
High school group documentary
- First place: Jacie Wise and Lexi Barrett, Cosby High School, Cosby; “Dr. Bass Breaking Through Time”
- Second place: Averie Mayfield, Kaymen Moss, Sarah Spencer, Cosby High School, Cosby; “Pearl Harbor”
High school group exhibit
- First place: Caylin Henderson and Bryann Hutchinson-Cook, Cosby High School, Cosby; “Opha Mae Johnson: Breaking Barriers for Women in the Military”
- Second place: Breanna Casteel and Olivia Boutin, South Greene High School, Greeneville; “Burning Through Secession”
- Third place: Shelby Wallen and Jakob Cogdill, Cosby High School, Cosby; “Miranda vs. Arizona breaking barriers in history for the rights of the accused”
High school group website
- First place: Hayleigh Hutchinson-Cook and Jasmine Peralta, Cosby High School, Cosby; “The Berlin Wall: Rising and Falling”
- Second place: Dacey Carver and Justin Lyons, Cosby High School, Cosby; “Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Military and Scientific Breakthroughs”
High school individual exhibit
- First place: Joseph Bryant: Cosby High School, Cosby; “Tanks, a Breakthrough in History”
- Second place: Lance Goins, Cosby High School, Cosby; “Battle of Vicksburg”
- Third place: William Bowman, Cosby High School, Cosby; “NASCAR Breaking over Mountains”
High school individual paper
- First place: Braydon Hall, Cosby High School, Cosby; “Protection of the Pigskin: How Theodore Roosevelt Saved Football”
High school individual performance
- First place: Harlee Taylor, Cosby High School, Cosby; “A True Breakthrough in History: The Untold Story of Cornelia Fort”