{"id":16828,"date":"2019-03-06T12:34:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T17:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/?p=16828"},"modified":"2019-03-14T10:06:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:06:56","slug":"local-students-honored-in-district-history-competition-held-at-tusculum-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/news\/2019\/local-students-honored-in-district-history-competition-held-at-tusculum-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Local students honored in district history competition held at Tusculum University"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Judges evaluate one of the submissions.<\/p><\/div>\n

GREENEVILLE<\/strong> \u2013 Students from local elementary schools, middle schools and high schools were honored at an event on the Tusculum University<\/a> campus for their contributions to understanding different aspects of history.<\/p>\n

Tusculum administered the district competition held Monday, March 4, as part of the National History Day\u00ae contest and helped present awards to students who explored historical topics using a variety of media. The students showed and demonstrated their material to judges from the community and the university.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe received thoughtful submissions from students that contributed to increased knowledge of our nation\u2019s rich and diverse history,\u201d said Dollie Boyd, Tusculum\u2019s director of museums. \u201cThrough this event, we hope these students recognize how our present is frequently influenced by our past. We can learn so much from history, and the work of these students is proving it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students could participate in five categories \u2013 exhibits, websites, papers, performances and documentaries. They could submit as either individuals or groups in each category except papers and needed to pick a subject that matched the theme \u201cTriumph and Tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the subjects students addressed were Gettysburg, the Battle of Kings Mountain, the Titanic, rifles, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Walt Disney, Harriet Tubman, Wilma Rudolph and the horse breeder responsible for Secretariat. Students are encouraged to incorporate something a judge might not already know and are required to use primary sources such as letters, photographs and diary entries for their information.<\/p>\n

Schools that participated in the competition were Chuckey-Doak Middle School in Afton, Cosby High School in Cosby, DeBusk Elementary School in Greeneville, John Sevier Middle School in Kingsport, Mosheim Elementary School in Mosheim, Nolachuckey Elementary School in Greeneville, South Greene High School in Greeneville and University School in Johnson City.<\/p>\n

The winners, their school and their subjects are:<\/p>\n

Junior individual exhibit<\/strong><\/p>\n