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National History Day: Nebraska
State Contest Winners and National Qualifiers

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Junior
Individual
Exhibit		 Junior
Individual Performance		 Junior
Group Performance		  
Junior
Individual Documentary		 Junior
Group Documentary		 Junior Individual
Web Site		 Junior
Group
Web Site		 Junior
Historical
Paper
Senior
Individual Exhibit		 Senior Group Exhibit Senior
Individual Performance		 Senior
Group Performance
Senior Individual Documentary Senior
Group Documentary		 Senior
Individual
Web Site		 Senior
Group
Web Site		 Senior


Junior Division - Individual Exhibit
First Place
Title: Bangladesh: Birth of a Nation
Student: Shoilee Rahman
School: Chadron Middle School, Chadron, NE
Teacher: Cathy Kaus

Second Place
Title: The Berlin Wall: The Fall of the Wall
Student: Anna Smith
School: St. Cecilia Cathedral Elementary, Omaha, NE
Teacher: John Pakiz

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Junior Division - Group Exhibit
First Place
Title: The Kinkaid Act: Settling Western Nebraska
Students: Jack Arens & Emma Good
School: Ainsworth Middle School, Ainsworth, NE
Teacher: Nichole Flynn

Second Place
Title: Dropping the Atomic Bomb: The Right Decision?
Students: Jameson Bennett & Aaron Halvorsen
School: Syracuse Public Schools, Syracuse, NE
Teacher: Chad Fuller

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Junior Division - Individual Performance
First Place
Title: Green Light for Genocide
Student: Abbi Wendt
School: St. Isidore Elementary School, Columbus, NE
Teacher: Joan Pauley

Second Place
Title: Tinker v. Des Moines
Student: Jules Curley
School: Lewis & Clark Middle School, Omaha, NE
Teacher: Melissa Stern

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Junior Division - Group Performance
First Place
Title: "I Am A Man"
Students: Nicholas Dolezal, Haley Faust, Megan Schumacher, & Will Sonderman
School: St. Isidore Elementary School, Columbus, NE
Teacher: Joan Pauley

Second Place
Title: Roe vs. Wade: Controversial Supreme Court Decision
Students: Erin Budesheim & Veronica Hatfield
School: St. Cecilia Cathedral Elementary, Omaha, NE
Teacher: John Pakiz

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Junior Division - Individual Documentary
First Place
Title: Native American Boarding
Schools: Heartache to Hope Student: Vanessa Taylor
School: Ainsworth Middle School, Ainsworth, NE
Teacher: Nichole Flynn

Second Place
Title: Pursuit of Humanity: Standing Bear's Plea for Justice
Student: Loren Steinman
School: Nebraska City Middle School, Nebraska City, NE
Teacher: Michelle Burton

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Junior Division - Group Documentary
First Place
Title: Rubber & Glass Diplomacy: The Nebraska Unicameral Debate Students: Justin Myers & William Scheopner
School: Discovery Home School Group, Omaha, NE
Teachers: Brent Myers & Jason Scheopner

Second Place
Title: Beyond the Boarding School Experience
Students: Sara Tweet & Lacie Lietka
School: Crawford Jr./Sr. High School, Crawford, NE
Teacher: Moni Hourt

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Junior Division - Individual Web Site
First Place
Title: Cuban Missile Crisis
Student: Aaron Gaswick
School: Chadron Middle School, Chadron, NE
Teacher: Cathy Kaus

Second Place
Title: Clash of the Titans
Student: Jonathan Lederer
School: Pound Middle School, Lincoln, NE
Teacher: Vicki Rankin

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Junior Division - Group Web Site

First Place
Title: Define: Equal
Students: Aurora Kenworthy, Samantha Ramming, Brianna Eisert, & Talia Duran
School: Lewis & Clark Middle School, Bellevue, NE
Teacher: Joli Munch

Second Place
Title: Road to Desegregation
Students: Sydney Blome & Tate Cullers
School: Chadron Middle School, Chadron, NE
Teacher: Cathy Kaus

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Junior Division - Historical Paper  
First Place
Title: Battle Over Water: The Debate of Building Lake McConaughy
Student: Samantha Teten
School: Johnson-Brock Public School, Johnson, NE
Teacher: Brett Davis

Second Place
Title: The Billy Mitchell Debate: A Quest for our Independent Air Force
Student: Cole Steffen
School: St. Rose of Lima Elementary School, Crofton, NE
Teacher: Ginger Schieffer

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Senior Division - Individual Exhibit
First Place
Title: The Debate of Desegregation "Not Enough Army to go Around"
Student: Emma Devries
School: Science Focus Program @ The Zoo, Lincoln, NE
Teacher: Beth Briney

Second Place
Title: Brown V. Board Of Education: A Debate Over Education Segregation
Student: Briana Adams
School: Pierce Jr/Sr High School, Pierce, NE
Teacher: Brenda Fleecs

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Senior Division - Group Exhibit
First Place
Title: Stepping Up For Women's Suffrage: A 72 Year Debate
Students: Eva Chavez & Morgan Mattson
School: Pierce Jr/Sr High School, Pierce, NE
Teacher: Brenda Fleecs

Second Place
Title: The Debates Over The Adoption Of The U.S. Constitution
Students: Brock Schroder, Connor Schultz, & Michael Hoffmann
School: Pierce Jr/Sr High School, Pierce, NE
Teacher: Brenda Fleecs


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

Second Place
Title: Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of World Diplomacy
Student: Emily Taylor
School: Pierce Jr/Sr High School, Pierce, NE
Teacher: Brenda Fleecs

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Senior Division - Group Performance
First Place
Title: "Let's Get This Party Started"
Students: Nicole Babutzke & Maranda Winter
School: O'Neill High School, O'Neill, NE
Teacher: Gary Hostert
 
Second Place
Title: Myths & Misconceptions of the Salem Witch Trials
Students: Marie Roubidoux & Sydney Rhoades
School: Marian High School, Omaha, NE
Teacher: David Anderson

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Senior Division - Individual Documentary
First Place
Title: Antarctica: Consequences of Diplomatic Debate
Student: Michael Shimek
School: Crawford Jr./Sr. High School, Crawford, NE
Teacher: Moni Hourt

Second Place
Title: Freedom of Space: When Diplomacy Wins
Student: Adithya Nott
School: Papillion-La Vista South H S, Papillion, NE
Teacher: Joseph Cooley

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Senior Division - Group Documentary
First Place
Title: Nuclear Nebraska
Students: Julia Oestmann & Erin Bohling
School: Johnson-Brock Public School, Johnson, NE
Teachers: Lori Broady & Scott Versch

Second Place
Title: Their Last Hope: The Voyage of the S.S. St. Louis
Students: Skyler May & Kari Nelson
School: Lincoln Southeast High School, Lincoln, NE
Teacher: David Nebel  

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Senior Division - Individual Web Site
First Place
Title: Nuclear Waste
Student: Nick Behrends
School: Johnson-Brock Public School, Johnson, NE
Teacher: Lori Broady & Scott Versch

Second Place
Title: Charles Darwin: Evolution vs. Creationism
Student: Oscar Coello
School: Kearney Sr High School, Kearney, NE
Teacher: Kevin Witte

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Senior Division - Group Web Site
First Place
Title: Moscow Olympics Adds New Pillar: Politics
Students: Christine Gonderinger, Anne Mosher, & Melissa Nigrin
School: Mercy High School, Omaha, NE
Teacher: Marni Valerio

Second Place
Title: Defcon 2: Cuban Missile Crisis
Students: Shane Colby & Bryce Westenburg
School: Johnson-Brock Public School, Johnson, NE
Teacher: Lori Broady

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

Second Place
Title: The Scopes Trial: An Evolving Issue
Student: Chelsea Westerfield
School: Johnson-Brock Public School, Johnson, NE
Teacher: Lori Broady & Scott Versch

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