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Welcome to Tennessee History Day!
2013 WINNERS SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY: Third Place Title: War in the Valley: TVA and Hydropower in the Arsenal of Democracy Student: Colton Petty School: McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN Teacher: Duke Richey Second Place Title: Out of the Darkness: REA's Impact on Rural America Student: Caley Williamson School: Cosby High School, Cosby, TN Teacher: Hillery Griffin First Place Title: Mountains, Music and Money: Dolly Parton's Turning Point Impacts Appalachia Student: Emma Grace Thompson School: Berean Christian School ISP, Knoxville, TN Teacher: Sharron Thompson JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY: Third Place Title: The Manhattan Project: A Turning Point for War and Nuclear Science Student: Rachel Anderson School: Greenway School, Knoxville, TN Teachers: Lynne Mullins, Stephanie Dempsey Second Place Title: Dr. May Cravath Wharton: Reshaping Medicine on Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau Student: William Seth Eckelson School: Pine View Elementary, Rockwood, TN Teacher: Rachel Eckelson First Place Title: TVA Initiates a Turning Point for the Tennessee Valley Student: Meghan Carter School: Greenway School, Knoxville, TN Teachers: Stephanie Dempsey, Lynne Mullins SENIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY: Third Place Title: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Students: Alex Garry, Andrew Wadovick, Amanda Melvin, Rachel Paduck School: St. Benedict at Auburndale, Cordova, TN Teacher: Kristen Browning Second Place Title: 1982 World's Fair Students: Justin Stevens, Bruce Boles, Jackson Kilburn, Ben Welsh School: West High School, Knoxville, TN Teachers: Carrie Halliburton, Jill Holland First Place Title: TVA: Progress Through Resource Development Students: Hunter Henry, Jonathan Burchnell, Tyler Showman, Patric Vance School: South Greene High School, Greeneville, TN Teacher: Noelle Smith JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARY: Third Place Title: Our Daughters in Flame: Child Labor Reform Students: Annie Dong, Regan Caruthers School: Northwest Middle School, Knoxville, TN Teacher: Chris Standridge Second Place Title: Wilma Rudolph Takes Gold: A Turning Point in Women's and African American Athletics Students: Kalie McClain, Alex Myers School: Northeast Middle School, Clarksville, TN Teachers: Whitney Joyner, Polly Kopp First Place Title: The Cherry Mine Disaster: From Tragedy to Reform Students: Sarah Gant, Rachel Horton School: John Early Museum Magnet Middle School, Nashville, TN Teachers: Katherine Hardwick, Kristina Deal, Tara Mielnik SENIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT: Third Place Title: The SR-71 Blackbird - A Turning Point in Aviation Student: Joshua Brennan School: Lenoir City High School, Lenoir City, TN Teacher: Rachel Frazier Second Place Title: No Quarter: The War Crimes Prosecution of Champ Ferguson Student: Chris Justice School: Sevier County High School, Sevierville, TN Teacher: Rebecca Byrd First Place Title: Cordell Hull and the Founding of the United Nations Student: Jacob Taylor School: Teach Homeschool Cooperative, Greeneville, TN Teacher: Ramona Taylor JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT: Third Place Title: Doolittle's Raid Student: Caleb White School: Siegel Middle School, Murfreesboro, TN Teacher: Heather Warmuth Harris Second Place Title: The Cutter Incident: A Turning Point in Vaccine Manufacturing Student: Josey Marston School: Siegel Middle School, Murfreesboro, TN Teacher: Heather Warmuth Harris First Place Title: The Interstate Highway Act of 1956: Paving the Way to Modern Freeways Student: Scott Moore School: Northeast Middle School, Clarksville, TN Teachers: Whitney Joyner, Polly Kopp SENIOR GROUP EXHIBIT: Third Place Title: “Ornament or Worker?” A Turning Point for Women in the Victorian Era Students: Anita Pershad, Sarah Younes School: Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis, TN Teacher: Scott Johnson Second Place Title: Helen Keller: Life Without Limits Students: Quinn Curtis, Haven Poore, Naomi Derksen School: Independence High School, Thompsons Station, TN Teacher: Mike Ragland First Place Title: Einstein-Szilard Letter: Re-writing the Course of History Students: Noah Dunlap, Justin Cross, Jeremiah Branson School: L & N Stem Academy, Knoxville, TN Teacher: Jill Robbins JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBIT: Third Place Title: 5, 4, 3, 2 ,1... Apollo to the Moon Students: Swati Kinger, Reethu Krishnan School: Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis, TN Teacher: Catherine Hammons Second Place Title: Jackie Robinson Hits a Grand Slam for Civil Rights Students: Tyler Hayes, Macklin Stephenson, Sean Purcell School: St. John Neumann School, Knoxville, TN Teacher: Michele Tarricone First Place Title: Starving for Integration: The Nashville Sit-Ins Students: Katie Conner, Rennison Kelley, Kennedy Parham, Jaqurion Scales, Madison Edwards School: Northeast Middle School, Clarksville, TN Teachers: Whitney Joyner, Polly Kopp SENIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE: Third Place Title: Joan of Arc: A Light for the Hundred Years War Student: Megan Stollenmaier School: South Greene High School, Greeneville, TN Teacher: Noelle Smith Second Place Title: The Civil War Student: Caleb Rittenhouse School: Lenoir City High School, Lenoir City, TN Teacher: Rachel Frazier First Place Title: Z.C. Patten: Union Veterans and Rebirth in the New South Student: Jameson Barnes School: McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN Teacher: Duke Richey JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE: Third Place Title: Widening Women's World: Nellie Bly, The Ultimate Reporter Student: Emma Hawkins School: Siegel Middle School, Murfreesboro, TN Teacher: Heather Warmuth Harris Second Place Title: TVA: A Turning Point for East Tennessee Student: Jake Green School: Greenway School, Knoxville, TN Teacher: Lynne Mullins First Place Title: Too Strong to Curtsy: Men Trying to Rain on Our Parade Student: Gavin Berlyak School: Northeast Middle School, Clarksville, TN Teachers: Whitney Joyner, Polly Kopp SENIOR GROUP PERFORMANCE: Third Place Title: Jackie Robinson Students: Jaylon Smith, Alex Walker, Kevin Mwaura, Chase Dupree-Davis, Jontae Perrin School: L & N Stem Academy, Knoxville, TN Teacher: Jill Robbins Second Place Title: From Frills and Frocks to Zoot Suits and Parachutes: The WASPs of WW II Students: Keya Patel, Lily Joiner, Katelyn Mitchell School: Northeast High School, Clarksville, TN Teachers: Whitney Joyner, Polly Kopp First Place Title: A Vindicated Life: A Conversation with Mary Wollstonecraft Students: Kaelyn Stewart, Shelby Standridge School: South Greene High School, Greeneville, TN Teacher: Noelle Smith JUNIOR GROUP PERFORMANCE: Third Place Title: The Boston Tea Party Students: Nadine Mohammad, Taliah Muhammad, Khadijah Darboe School: Pleasant View School, Memphis, TN Teacher: Sharayah Peterson Second Place Title: The Manhattan Project and the First Atomic Bomb Students: Allyson Neal, Tyler Beichler School: First Baptist Academy, Powell, TN Teacher: Darrell Vandergriff First Place Title: Blacks in Blue Students: Ahmad Thomas, Samuel Newell School: West Creek Middle School, Clarksville, TN Teacher: Michael Cleghorn SENIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE: Third Place Title: The East Tennessee Campaign Student: Griffin Hamstead School: West High School, Knoxville, TN Teachers: Carrie Halliburton, Jill Holland Second Place Title: The 1979 Sermon: Jimmy Carter and the Crisis of Confidence Student: Jean Coupe School: McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN Teacher: Duke Richey First Place Title: The Berlin Conference: The Division and Exploitation of the African Continent Student: McKenzie Ratner School: Farragut High School, Knoxville, TN Teacher: Angela Breeding JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE: Third Place Title: The Cuban Missile Crisis: The End of Innocence Student: Katie Kirkland School: Vonore Middle School, Vonore, TN Teacher: Joan McFall Second Place Title: Historic HeLa Student: Tejas Manohar School: Sunset Middle School, Brentwood, TN Teacher: Christopher Harrod First Place Title: Fingerprints and Vucetich: A Turning Point in Criminology Student: Joy Marshall School: Homeschool, Knoxville, TN Teacher: Laura Marshall SENIOR GROUP WEBSITE: Third Place Title: The Model T: A Turning Point Students: Matthew Sena, Olivia Parsels, Laura Meagher, Theresa Stoddard, Madeline Mahon School: St. Benedict at Auburndale, Cordova, TN Teacher: Kristen Browning Second Place Title: "You Can't Murder a Legacy" Benazir Bhutto's Career: A Turning Point for Women's Rights in Pakistan Students: Ali Ottinger, Brinda Patel, Alexus Fraser, Leya Guoto, Rickelle Henry School: Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis, TN Teacher: Scott Johnson First Place Title: Clair Patterson Students: Margaux Armfield, Brenna Armfield School: West High School, Knoxville, TN Teachers: Carrie Halliburton, Jill Holland JUNIOR GROUP WEBSITE: Third Place Title: The Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Students: Vinila Baljepally, Sarah Balsley, Marisa Medina School: West Valley Middle School, Knoxville, TN Teacher: Karen Peterman Second Place Title: Operation Cyclone Students: Maryam Yousuf, Kiran Mehrani School: Meigs Magnet Middle School, Nashville, TN Teacher: Jamie Schimenti First Place Title: Remembering the Birmingham Bombing: How the 1963 Blast Energized the Civil Rights Movement Students: Marlo Black, Haley Limbaugh School: Siegel Middle School, Murfreesboro, TN Teacher: Heather Warmuth Harris SENIOR INDIVIDUAL PAPER: Third Place Title: The Ripple Effects of Rationing: the Turning Point of American Nutrition Student: Hannah Heitz School: University School Of Nashville, Nashville, TN Teacher: Patricia Miletich Second Place Title: America from A to Z: Webster, the Dictionary, and Defining National Identity Student: David Doochin School: University School Of Nashville, Nashville, TN Teacher: Erskine White First Place Title: Turning Points in the History of the Palestinian Movement Student: Areej Malley School: Pleasant View School, Memphis, TN Teacher: Calvin Shaw JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL PAPER: Third Place Title: Menlo Park's Invention: From Darkness to Illumination Student: Britney Pepper School: St. George's Independent School, Collierville, Collierville, TN Teacher: Traci Erlandson Second Place Title: Out of Need Came Necessity Oak Ridge a Turning Point in World War II Student: Savannah Swanger School: Wartburg Central Middle School, Wartburg, TN Teachers: Debbie Slack, Travis Gosnell First Place Title: The 1956 Suez Crisis: Turning Point in British Imperial History and Middle East Global Politics Student: Ibtihal Malley School: Pleasant View School, Memphis, TN Teacher: Sharayah Peterson SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS Dr. Sam B. Smith Award: Title: Turning Points in the History of the Palestinian Movement Student: Areej Malley School: Pleasant View School, Memphis, TN Teacher: Calvin Shaw Dr. Ruben Brooks Award: Title: The 1956 Suez Crisis: Turning Point in British Imperial History and Middle East Global Politics Student: Ibtihal Malley School: Pleasant View School, Memphis, TN Teacher: Sharayah Peterson Margaret Lindsley Warden Prizes for Best Projects in Women's History: Title: A Vindicated Life: A Conversation with Mary Wollstonecraft Students: Kaelyn Stewart, Shelby Standridge School: South Greene High School, Greeneville, TN Teacher: Noelle Smith Title: Too Strong to Curtsy: Men Trying to Rain on Our Parade Student: Gavin Berlyak School: Northeast Middle School, Clarksville, TN Teachers: Whitney Joyner, Polly Kopp Sequoyah Award: Title: Renewed Spirit for the Nation: The Battle of Little Big Horn Students: Danielle Cain, Jaden Allman, Jeb Best, Hannah Fiorucci School: Rural Vale Elementary, Tellico Plains, TN Teacher: Traci Freeman Society of Tennessee Archivists Awards for Archival Research: Title: Cordell Hull and the Founding of the United Nations Student: Jacob Taylor School: Teach Homeschool Cooperative, Greeneville, TN Teacher: Ramona Taylor Title: The Flooding of Old Concord: A Turning Point in History Student: Josh Martin School: Concord Christian School, Knoxville, TN Teacher: Tammy Lightholder Tennessee Historical Society Prizes for Best Projects in Tennessee History: Title: Mountains, Music and Money: Dolly Parton's Turning Point Impacts Appalachia Student: Emma Grace Thompson School: Berean Christian School ISP, Knoxville, TN Teacher: Sharron Thompson Title: Starving for Integration: The Nashville Sit-Ins Students: Katie Conner, Rennison Kelley, Kennedy Parham, Jaqurion Scales, Madison Edwards School: Northeast Middle School, Clarksville, TN Teachers: Whitney Joyner, Polly Kopp Tennessee Historical Society Prizes for the Best Projects in African-American History: Title: Claudette Colvin: An Unknown Turning Point for Equality Student: Lacharsha Ward School: Hillwood Comp High School, Nashville, TN Teachers: Katherine Hardwick, Kristina Deal, Tara Mielnik Title: Wilma Rudolph Takes Gold: A Turning Point in Women's and African American Athletics Students: Kalie McClain, Alex Myers School: Northeast Middle School, Clarksville, TN Teachers: Whitney Joyner, Polly Kopp The Company of Military Historians Awards for the Best Projects in Military History: Title: Chattanooga: The Turning Point of the American Civil War Student: Sarah Lucas School: Webb School of Knoxville, Knoxville, TN Teachers: Cindy Meyer, Mark Banker Title: Blacks in Blue Students: Ahmad Thomas, Samuel Newell School: West Creek Middle School, Clarksville, TN Teacher: Michael Cleghorn TEACHERS OF THE YEAR: Whitney Joyner School: Northeast Middle School, Clarksville, TN Noelle Smith School: South Greene High School, Greeneville, TN The 2013 Tennessee History Day State Competition Program can be accessed by clicking here. You will receive a hard copy of it when you check-in at the Registration Desks on April 20. Answers to any questions about logistical details of the competition (i.e.- Where to park, Where to eat, What time to arrive, Where to go, What is my competition interview time?) can be found within this document. Tennessee History Day is the state affiliate of the National History Day competition. Six preliminary district competitions take place in West Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, North Middle Tennessee, East Tennessee, Northeast Tennessee, and Southeast Tennessee in February and March culminating with the state level competition in April. State-level winners move on to the National History Day competition in June. History Day is a year-long curriculum enhancement program that engages students in grades 6-12 in the process of discovery and interpretation of historical topics. Have questions? Email Jennifer C. Core, your state coordinator, at History Day. 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2013 Tennessee History Day Contest Schedule
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Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events
 Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events is the theme for the 2013 National History Day series of competitions. To read an explanation of the Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events theme, click here. For the full National History Day themebook for Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events, click here. For a list of sample Tennessee history topics, click here. |
"Tennessee will not furnish a single man
for the purposes of coercion..."
Gov. Isham Harris, April 17, 1861
