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National History Day: Nebraska
2011 Special Award Winners

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Michael Berg Memorial Award Nebraska Press Association Award Junior Division
Nebraska Press Association Award Senior Division Nebraska State Historical Society Award Junior Division
Nebraska State Historical Society Award Senior Division Nebraska Wesleyan University Tuition Scholarships
Teacher of the Year
Junior Division
Teacher of the Year
Senior Division
 

Michael Berg Memorial Award
Student: Michael Shimek
Title: Antarctica: Consequences of Diplomatic Debate
School: Crawford Jr./Sr. High School, Crawford, NE
Teacher: Moni Hourt

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Nebraska Press Association Award Junior Division
Student: Samantha Teten
Title: Battle Over Water: The Debate of Building Lake McConaughy
School: Johnson-Brock Public School, Johnson, NE
Teacher: Brett Davis


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Nebraska Press Association Award Senior Division
Student: Emily Nelson
Title: The Diplomacy Between the United States & China in the 1970's & Its Effects Today
School: Kearney Sr High School, Kearney, NE
Teacher: Bill Becker

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Nebraska State Historical Society Award Junior Division
Students: Justin Myers & William Scheopner
Title: Rubber & Glass Diplomacy: The Nebraska Unicameral Debate
School: Discovery Home School Group, Omaha, NE
Teachers: Brent Myers & Jason Scheopner


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Nebraska State Historical Society Award Senior Division
Students: Julia Oestmann & Erin Bohling
Title: Nuclear Nebraska
School: Johnson-Brock Public School, Johnson, NE
Teachers: Lori Broady & Scott Versch


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Nebraska Wesleyan University Tuition Scholarships
Student: Nick Behrends
Title: Nuclear Waste
School: Johnson-Brock Public School, Johnson, NE
Teacher: Lori Broady & Scott Versch

Students: Emma Devries
Title: The Debate of Desegregation "Not Enough Army to go Around"
School: Science Focus Program @ The Zoo, Lincoln, NE
Teacher: Beth Briney

Student: Kellon Ronspies
Title: The Marshall Plan: The Greatest Act Of Diplomacy in U.S. History
School: Pierce Jr/Sr High School, Pierce, NE
Teacher: Brenda Fleecs 

Student: Emily Nelson
Title: The Diplomacy Between the United States & China in the 1970's & Its Effects Today
School: Kearney Sr High School, Kearney, NE
Teacher: Bill Becker

Student: Michael Shimek 
Title: Antarctica: Consequences of Diplomatic Debate
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chool: Crawford Jr./Sr. High School, Crawford, NE
Teacher: Moni Hourt

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The Center for Great Plains Studies Award Junior Division
Students: Nicholas Dolezal, Haley Faust, Megan Schumacher, & Will Sonderman
Title: "I Am A Man"
School: St. Isidore Elementary School, Columbus, NE
Teacher: Joan Pauley

The Center for Great Plains Studies Junior Division
- Honorable Mention
Students: Sara Tweet & Lacie Lietka
Title: Beyond the Boarding School Experience
School: Crawford Jr./Sr. High School, Crawford, NE
Teacher: Moni Hourt


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The Center for Great Plains Studies Award Senior Division
Student: Kelsey Bohling
Entry: Hold the Polls: Woman’s Suffrage in Nebraska
School: Johnson-Brock Public School, Johnson, NE
Teachers: Lori Broady & Scott Versch


The Center for Great Plains Studies Senior Division
- Honorable Mention
Students: Julia Oestmann & Erin Bohling
Title: Nuclear Nebraska
School: Johnson-Brock Public School, Johnson, NE
Teachers: Lori Broady & Scott Versch


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Teacher of the Year Junior Division
Brent Myers, Mission Middle School (Bellevue) & Discovery Home School Group

Teacher of the Year Senior Division
Steve Sayer, Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca High School

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