south dakota history day
2008 State Winners
HISTORICAL PAPERS
Junior
Saisai Chen - Patrick Henry Middle
Angie Bell - Patrick Henry Middle
Senior
Danette Johnson - Isabel High School
Kirk Tisher - Britton-Hecla
EXHIBITS
Junior Individual Exhibits
Mara Klecker - Patrick Henry
Evy Johnson - Isabel School
Senior Individual Exhibits
Sklyer Thiel - Isabel School
Shawnee Price - Faith School
Junior Group Exhibits
Ben Hansen and Dan DeBoer - Holgate
Christian Rudebusch and Luke Smith - Southwest Middle School
Senior Group Exhibits
Emmalynn Bauer, Kristin Schaeffer and Gabbie Kachena - Yankton High School
Stephanie Kroontje and Vanessa Deibert - Herreid School
PERFORMANCES
Junior Individual Performances
Abbie Adams - Harding County
Emily Uecker - Patrick Henry
Senior Individual Performances
Leslie Johnson - Yankton High School
Meg Henrickson - Yankton High School
Junior Group Performances
Kamy Maher, Paige Wiedmer, Luke Crance and Scott Maher - Timber Lake
Taylor Paysen, Rachael Margolies, Ari West and Kate Porter - Holgate
Senior Group Performances
Ashley Jade Hidgon and Brittany Brooks - Dupree School
Jason Glatt, Alex Fredrichsen and Landon Sutton, Aberdeen Central
DOCUMENTARIES
Junior Individual Documentaries
Mitchell Pence - Holgate
Mathew Kennedy - Patrick Henry
Senior Individual Documentaries
Verena Deutsch - Isabel High Shool
Kelsey Lindskov - Isabel High School
Junior Group Documentaries
Molly Scarbrough, Jenna Scarbrough, Eleanor Price, Lauri Anderson - Brookings Middle
Marit Lhotzky, Nicholas VerMulm and Claire Avery - Patrick Henry
Senior Group Documentaries
Tom Friedenbach, Emilie Weisser and Zach Walters - Yankton High School
Amy Sullivan, Grace Sullivan, Stephanie Steiner and Emily Robinson - Yankton High School
Junior Group Website
Dylan Mickelson and Travis VanderWal - Pollock School
Senior Individual Website
Ka Man Lee - Aberdeen Central
Senior Group Website
Richard Marmorstein and Alex Downing - Aberdeen Central
Lexi Bohlander and Kalli Dinger - Britton-Hecla
SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS
"The Best Project in Oral History" - British Oral History, in memory of Dr. Stephen Ward
Jessie Carillo - "Hitler Youth: Losing Yourself Under Hitler" = Aberdeen Central
"The Best Project in Legal History" - USD Law School
McKayla Kary and Rachel Kroontje - "The Women's Suffrage Movement: Not Just Petticoats" - Herreid School
"The Best in Native American History" - USD Law School
Mary Price - "Indian Boarding School" - Britton-Hecla
"The Best in South Dakota History" - USD Foundation
Kamy Maher, Paige Wiedmer, Luke Crance and Scott Maher - "A State Torn in Pieces" - Timber Lake
National History Day will be held June 12 - 19, 2008.
National History Day
South Dakota History Day is part of the National History Day contest. National History Day was founded in 1974 at Case Western Reserve University to promote the study of history by middle school and high school students. South Dakota has participated since 1981.
Each fall, students and teachers begin preparing entries based on the annual theme. The theme for 2008 is Conflict and Compromise in History. Students may compete as individuals or groups up to five, at the junior or senior level, in four categories: paper, exhibit, performance or documentaries.
District contests are held in late March and early April. District winners are eligible to compete at the 2008 state contest held at The University of South Dakota. State winners may go on the national contest, held at the University of Maryland - College Park, in June 2008.
Each year, an estimated seven hundred South Dakota students participate in the contest. A group of forty to fifty state winners will make the trip, along with parents, teachers, and chaperones, to the national contest. They are among approximately two thousand contestants from all over the United States.
Students usually combine competition with sightseeing. The metro train system links the University of Maryland to Washington, D.C. Favorite sights include the Air and Space Museum, the American History Museum, the shops of the Old Post Office, the Washington Monument, the Vietnam Memorial, and Pentagon City Mall. Each South Dakota delegation has its picture taken with South Dakota's congressional representatives.
For more information please contact:
Dr. Steven J. Bucklin
State Coordinator
South Dakota History Day
Department of History
University of South Dakota
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, South Dakota 57069
Office Phone: 677-5575 or 5218
E-mail address: sbucklin@usd.edu
