MARYLAND HISTORY DAY April 28, 2018 SPECIAL AWARDS SENATOR THOMAS V. MIKE MILLER, JR. AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT HISTORY: Steven Frances Election of 1824 Edgewood Middle School Harford County Kari Hart Ernest Ntangu The Bretton Woods Conference: A World Economic Solution Duval High School Prince George s County David Kosloski SPECIAL PRIZE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, sponsored by the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture: Katera Jones, Kalayah Murray Conflict and Compromise of Harriet Tubman Performance Somerset 6/7 Intermediate School Somerset County Randi Merritt Daniel Bates The Harlem Globetrotters: Champions of Equality Trinity Home School Academy Prince George s County Robin Bates, Wendell Bates
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CIVIC ACTION AND ENGAGEMENT, sponsored by the Maryland Council for the Social Studies: Vietnam War Sara Huelskamp I Ain t Afraid The 1963 Children s Crusade Northern Middle School Garrett County Amanda Wilburn Karynton Crawford A War for Peace: The Students for a Democratic Society s Conflict Against the Bullis School Montgomery County Patricia Topliffe THE BARRY A. LANMAN AWARD FOR ORAL HISTORY, MARTHA ROSS CENTER FOR ORAL HISTORY, UMBC, sponsored by Dr. Barry Lanman: Teachers: Sarah Broadwater, Kelsey King, Ellie Lawson, Camryn Woods My Lai s Outcry Catonsville Middle School Baltimore County Robert Dungey, Katie Tucci SPECIAL PRIZE IN LABOR HISTORY, sponsored by Community College of Baltimore County, Labor Studies Program: City: Ava Rusko The Homestead Strike: Conflict, Compromise, and Carnegie Roland Park Elementary/Middle School Baltimore City Alexandra Fleming Jackie Wealer Publishers vs Paperboys: The Newsboy Strike of 1899 Northern High School Calvert County Ron Chew
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON LEADERSHIP PRIZE, sponsored by George Washington s Mount Vernon: Teachers: Avery Nies Conflict and Compromises of the Whiskey Rebellion Allegany High School Allegany County Kimberly Sloane SPECIAL PRIZE IN LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY, sponsored by Cynthia Raposo and Joseph Furey Teachers: Ana Morlier, Ava Morlier The Salem Witch Trials: Clearing the Way for an Unbiased Court System Performance Thurmont Middle School Frederick County Candace Desonier Virginia Wang Executive Order 9066: The Unconstitutional Injustice of Japanese Americans Marriotts Ridge High School Howard County Anthony Incontrera, Lynn Rashid MAJOR GENERAL JOHN E. MORRISON AWARD IN EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION, sponsored by the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation: Kaci Grimplin, Paige Rattell History of Toilet Paper Performance Centreville Middle School Queen Anne s County Thomas Hayman Sierra Burns AC vs DC: The Conflict That Sparked an Electrical Compromise That Still Stands Today Howard High School Howard County Danelle Brennan
MILTON ZASLOW AWARD IN CRYPTOLOGY, sponsored by the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation: City: Morgan Babylon, Abha Shrestha ENIGMA: Alan Turing in WWII West Middle School Carroll County Stacey Gruber Emily Rand Operation Mincemeat: How a Silent Spy, a Compromise, and Some Ingenuity Enabled the Allies to Push Forward to Victory in WWII Paper Institute of Notre Dame Baltimore City Caitlin Connor SPECIAL PRIZE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION, sponsored by the Maryland Historical Trust: Meadow Timmons Castle Hall Lockerman Middle School Caroline County Shelby Williams Monica Becker, Erica Quinones The Clash of Culture in Alexandria Williamsport High School Washington County Beth Kromka SPECIAL PRIZE IN MARYLAND HISTORY, sponsored by the Maryland Historical Society: Title: Eloise Hartings The Calverts, the Crosslands, and the Maryland Flag Paper Boonsboro Middle School Washington County David Lewis Felipe Calderon, Samantha Glen, James Hsia, Gabrielle Hunt, Anisah Khattak Bridging the Divide: The Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Parkside High School Wicomico County Nicholas Dudas MICHAEL E. PATTEN MEMORIAL HISTORY AWARD FOR BEST USE OF PRIMARY SOURCES, sponsored by the Frank Patten Family: Pidgeon City: Claire Wayner Flight to Extinction: The Conflict between American Progress and the Passenger Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore City Maureen O Neill THE PEACE STUDY CENTER AWARD, sponsored by the Peace Study Center, Baltimore: Title: Graciella Ndjampa, Kelsey Njembu, Nehemiah Strawberry Nelson Mandela: The Fight to End Apartheid John Hanson Middle School Charles County Victoria Davenport Kailyn Noble No Future without Forgiveness : Overcoming Apartheid through the Truth and Reconciliation Committee Frederick Homeschoolers Fredrick County Christine Pritt SPECIAL PRIZE IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, sponsored by the UMBC Human Context of Science & Technology Program: Georgia Bardi, Clara McClintock, Gillian Stingley The Green Revolution: Growing Forward While Stepping Back Eastern Middle School Montgomery County T. Justin Earley Jocelyn Falkenstine The Influence of Eugenics Francis Scott Key High School
Carroll County Rebecca Bell SPECIAL PRIZE IN WOMEN S HISTORY, sponsored by the Department of History, UMBC: Aria Islam Queen Elizabeth vs Queen Mary Stephen Decatur Middle School Worcester County Anne Cook SPECIAL PRIZE IN WOMEN S HISTORY, sponsored by the Maryland Women s Heritage Center: Kayla Bevard, Vina Vo Julia Ward Howe: The Fight for Women s Rights Calvert High School Calvert County Amie Dryer TEACHER AWARDS MARYLAND HISTORY DAY STATEWIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR: Thomas Crise, Stevensville Middle School, Queen Anne s County MARYLAND HISTORY DAY STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR: Samuel Spinder, North Hagerstown High School DISTRICT TEACHER AWARDS: Allegany Anne Arundel Baltimore City: Baltimore Calvert Caroline Carroll Charles Tammy Twigg, Allegany High School Shelby Jones, Glen Burnie High School Sarah Martin, The Mount Washington School Adam Laye, Parkville High School Juleiann Darrach, Calvert Middle School Andrew Buffenmyer, North Caroline High School Stacey Gruber, Shiloh and West Middle Schools Ayesha Claytor-Stanislas
Frederick Howard Kent Montgomery Prince George s Somerset Talbot Wicomico Worcester Heather Kehr, West Frederick Middle School Richard Malt, Marriotts Ridge High School Tracy Hodge, Galena Elementary School T. Justin Earley, Eastern Middle School Irene Prescott, Kenmoor Middle School Randi Merritt, Somerset Intermediate School Ed Keeler, Easton Middle School Harry Suber, Wicomico High School Sean Wilson, Snow Hill Middle School