Colorado State University -
Pueblo announces 2013 state History Day qualifiers
PUEBLO – For the 19th straight year, the History Department at Colorado
State University-Pueblo hosted the Southeastern Colorado History Day and
announces qualifiers to the Colorado History Day State Competition in Denver in
May.
Approximately 250
students competed in this event where middle and high school students
from southeastern Colorado research and create projects based on an
annual theme, Turning Points in History; People, Places & Events, on March 9 on the CSU-Pueblo campus with special
awards presented to students who display excellence based on theme or
specifications of awards.
The following special awards
were presented to:
Best Addresses/Utilizes the Steelworkers Museum of
Industry & Culture sponsored by the Bessemer Historical Society
Bessemer
Process: Turn Key to the Industrial Revolution
Su
LanMair, Anthony Laner, Juliet Chi, and Nicole Wood, Connect Charter
Ludlow:
Turning a Public Disaster into a Labor Relations Victory
Calisse Burand, Emma Robinson, and Isabella
Vasile, Connect Charter
Special Judges’ Award sponsored by Anonymous Historian
To
Be a Miss America You Must Have the Past Knowledge of a Miss America
Madison Cole, Bari Agnes, Christina
Aragon, and Quincey Spinuzzi, Pueblo West High School
Best Project on Military History sponsored by
the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum
African-American
Soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts: Warriors for the Cause
Morgan Hager, David Shipley, Luke Mayes, and Sheridan Reed, Connect
Best Addresses the Events of September 11, 2001 as
related to the Values of Honor, Integrity, and Patriotism sponsored by the Center
for American Values
How
9/11 Became a Turning Point in History, Annette Torres, Manzanola
Junior High
Best Addresses United States
Military Service as Related to the Values of Honor, Integrity, and Patriotism
by the Center for American Values Saratoga: Revolutionaries to
Evolutionaries Steven
Malouff, La Junta High School
Best Addresses Westward Expansion
Through the Lives of Pioneers as Related to the Values of Honor, Integrity, and
Patriotism by the Center for American Values
The
Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Turning Point in the Journey to the Northwest
Jonathan Arnott, Logan Castro, Ian Parker, and Danny Sun, Connect
The
following students are the winners in the Junior and Senior Divisions –
Regional History Day Competition who advance to the state competition the
University of Denver on May 4. The top two state
qualifiers in each category (about 60 students) are invited to the National
History Day competition at the University of Maryland near Washington, D. C.
where they will compete with students from across the nation.
Junior Division Paper – Individuals
1st Bethany Kwitek, Connect
Charter School, Eli Whitney Adds Teeth to the Cotton Gin:
The South is Reborn
2nd Abbie
Ridpath, Connect, Hershey Fuels the
Fight: Chocolate Wins the War
3rd Riley
Davis, Connect Charter School, From Crop
Duster to Airline: A Turning Point in Aviation
Senior Division Paper – Individuals
1st
Mandy
Jebe, La Junta High School, The Dirty
Thirties
2nd Steven Malouff, La Junta High School, Saratoga: Revolutionaries to Evolutionaries
No third place given
Junior Division – Documentary –
Individual
1st Levi
Muniz, Connect Charter, The Erie Canal:
From Land to Water, A turning Point in Trade and Travel
2nd
Tony Sun, Connect Charter, A Turning Point in Achieving Manifest
Destiny: Lewis and Clark Unlock the American West
3rd James
Kunstle, Connect Charter, Music Goes Electric
Senior Division – Documentary –
Individual
1st Wesley Hermes, Pueblo West High School, Turning Points in History: The Assembly Line
2nd Samuel Samberson, Pueblo West High School, The Beginning of Aviation
3rd Anthony Malloy, Pueblo West High School, Civil Rights
Junior Division- Documentary – Group
1st Dyna
Arriaga and Cara Siegel, Connect Charter, America
Strikes it Rich! The California Gold Rush, A Turning Point of the West
2nd Austin Clementi and Chris Low, Connect Charter, Beatle Mania: The Transformation of American
Rock N Roll
3rd Alyssa
Marino and Freia Siegel, Connect Charter, The
Turning Point in the Conservation of Western Land: The Once Hidden Wonder of
Yellowstone Transformed into a National Park
Senior Division- Documentary – Group
1st Jack
Johnson and Eric Sun, Pueblo West High School, The Atomic Bomb: A Race to End if All
2nd Daniel Hernandez and
Tomas Bernal, Pueblo West High School,
Psycho; A Turning Point in Film History
3rd Hannah Herr, Madison
Bodmer, Skye Hinkley, Sarah Rhodes, and Hannah Gridley, Pueblo West High School,
Apollo 11
Junior Division – Exhibits -
Individual
1st Gabby Taylor, Connect,
Private Eye: Pinkerton’s Groundwork in
Criminal Investigation
2nd
Bryce Hill, Connect, Lighting Up Chicago: The Rise of Alternating
Current
3rd Alissa Montoya,
Connect, The Day the Atlantic Dried Up:
The completion of the Transatlantic Cable
Senior Division – Exhibits -
Individual
1st Angelica Blass, Pueblo West High School, A Turning Point in History: During and After the Berlin Wall
2nd
Kyla Kiniston, Pueblo West High
School, Sacco and Vanzetti: The Trial
that Shocked America
3rd Megan
Vaught, Pueblo West High School,
Margaret Sanger
Junior Division – Exhibits -
Group (All from Connect Charter School)
1st
Su LanMair, Anthony Laner, Juliet
Chi, and Nicole Wood, Bessemer Process:
Turn Key to the Industrial Revolution
2nd
Paul Gornick, Jonny Lynch, Seth
Alber, and Ray Campbell, Gutenberg’s
Press: The First Information
Revolution
3rd
Francisco Jiminez, Brandon Pruden,
and Ryan Miller, Pinkerton Agency:
Private Eye Turns into New Eye --more--
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Senior Division – Exhibits – Group
1st
Ali Doyle and lea Rae Cassidy,
Pueblo West High School, The Little Rock
Nine: The Road to an Integrated
Society
2nd
Tanner Snyder, Sheridan Sumouske,
Serena McCown, Shane Murtha, and Alexis Romero,
Pueblo West High School, Flappers: A New
American Woman
3rd
Ryan Boltz and Justus Bernal,
Pueblo West, The Political Dr. Seuss
Junior Division – Web Page –
Individual
1st Maya
Duran, Pueblo School for Arts and Sciences, The
Pill
2nd Lauren Kleven, Connect, John Brown Polarizes the North and South:
The Raid Against Harpers Ferry
3rd Joel
Quizon, Connect, One Man’s Heartfelt
Decision: The Rise of the South
Junior Division – Web Page – Group
1st Marcus Rodrigues and Sam
Cabrera, Connect Charter, The Woman and
the Wall: Spreading Art into Education
2nd Parker
Marino and Brandon Finegold, Connect Charter, Barbie: A Turning Point for Young Women
3rd Jacque Henderson and Delaney McCafferty, Connect
Charter, Grant US Victory: The Union
Turns the Tide
Senior Division – Web Page – Individual
1st Shelby Smith, Pueblo West High School, DDT: The “Silent” Poison
Senior Division – Web Page – Group
1st Luke Howe;Kerr, Gracyn
Wistoski, Miranda Coxen, and Greg Wakefield, Pueblo West High School, Woodstock Music and Art Fair: The Concert
that Revolutionized a Generation
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Senior Division – Web Page – Group
(cont.)
2nd Ryan Tseng and Sydney
Baysinger, Pueblo West High, The Apple
Company: Changing Communication One Click at a Time
3rd Julia Moore, Caitlynn
Swedensky, Samantha Caricato, and Makayla Martinez, Pueblo West High, The March on Washington: 200,000 March for
One Cause
Junior Division - Individual Performances
1st Ian Miles, Connect Charter, Ludlow: Turning the National Guard into Guns
for Hire
2nd Courtney Mascarenas, Connect Charter, The Entitlement of the People: The Bill of Rights Protecting Civil Liberties
Junior Division - Group Performances
1st Tessa
Ivan and Veda Bigley, Connect, We Hold
These Truths to be Self Evident: Over 200 Years of Civil Liberties
2nd Calisse
Burand, Emma Robinson, and Isabella Vasile, Connect, Ludlow: Turning a Public Disaster into a Labor Relations Victory
3rd Samantha Hamill and
Amanda Rodrigues, Connect, Carnegie: Turning Profits into Philanthropy