Final Results: Senior Division

Colorado History Day 2009

Congratulations to the winners in the Senior Division! The first- and second-place winners are eligible to represent Colorado at the National History Day competition at the University of Maryland; third-place winners serve as alternates.

Click here to download the results as a Word document.

Senior Individual Exhibit

Final Place

Entry #

Title

Student

Teacher

1

2111

Sir Robert Watson-Watt: Pulse of Radar in the Battle of Britain

Paloma Jimenez 

Bonnie Guggenheim

2

2112

Coco Chanel and the Designs that became Legendary

Ailsa Walsh 

Leigh Campbell-Hale

3

2124

Through War and Peace:  Two Families Converge

Nic Christopher 

Angela Thomas Winkler

F

2100

Rosie the Riveter: The Right Man for the Job

Ali Koeber 

Leigh Campbell-Hale

F

2105

In the Footsteps of Madam Curie

Jasmine Kemble 

Ann Schulzki

F

2117

Emmeline Pankhurst

Chloe Boggs 

Lisa Navarre

F

2119

Lewis Hines: Champion for Child Labor

Kelsi Middleton 

Kari Keller

F

2126

Abraham Lincoln: The Right Man at the Right Time, Active Perseverance Against Secession and Slavery

Sarah Pierce 

Bonnie Guggenheim

Senior Group Exhibit

Final Place

Entry #

Title

Students

Teacher

1

2201

Truman's Revolutionary Action: The Legacy of the Atomic Age

Sean Chilelli, Tanner Sandoval, Patrick Tapp, Anil Arora, Keleka Blair

Maryrose Kohan

2

2212

Lewis Hine:  A Crusader with a Camera

Sammi Podio, Gabe Didominco, Paul Walker

Sheila Sloan

3

2222

Paul Rusesabagina: An Ordinary Man Can Triumph Over Evil

Madeleine Winslow, Leah Lieber, Christine Collins

Bonnie Guggenheim

F

2206

Libel and Liberty: John Peter Zenger and the Freedom of the Press

Ani Christianian, Natalie Rubio, Talia Scott

Robert Peoples

F

2213

Take me out to the Ball Game with Alexander Cartwright

Ben Breyfogle, Cal McIntyre, Mike Wakefield

Maryrose Kohan

F

2223

It All Started With A Mouse

Kaela Walker, Billy Wallace, Andy Thomas

Heidi Rickard


Senior Individual Documentary

Final Place

Entry #

Title

Student

Teacher

1

2504

Nikola Tesla: A Spark of Genius

Rebecca Yukman 

Anton Schulzki

2

2508

A Schizophrenic in History: John Nash and his Mathematical Legacy

Trystan Binkley-Jones 

Jeff Jordahl

3

2517

Charlie Chaplin: The Funny Man

Mary Christensen 

David Kennington

F

2503

David Ben-Gurion

Matt Fouracre 

Tracy Blevins

F

2510

John Cage: Chance and Individuality

Sam Berens 

Robert Peoples

F

2514

Saladin: Uniting the Arab World

Amel Topic 

Maryrose Kohan

F

2522

A. Philip Randolph: March Into Action, Legacy of Freedom

Aerik Francis 

Bonnie Guggenheim

F

2525

Edison Arantes Do Nascimento (Pele): From Shoeshine Boy to Football Ambassador of the World

Surafale Alemu 

Robyn Leary

Senior Group Documentary

Final Place

Entry #

Title

Students

Teacher

1

2600

Eve Unmasked: The Legacy of Chris Costner  Sizemore

Chloe Beckman, Paige Tweedy, Anita Castillo-Halvorssen

Leigh Campbell-Hale

2

2611

To Keep You Is No Benefit.  To Destroy You Is No Loss: Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge Regime

Calla Winchell, Cordelia Finley

Ed Glassman

3

2619

Beethoven

Brian Hose, Hannah Alt

Lisa Navarre

F

2602

Kwame Nkrumah

Rachel Yahn, Jordyn Sample-Reif, Chase Kernan

Bonnie Guggenheim

F

2604

Margaret "Molly" Tobin Brown; More Than Unsinkable

Madison Ritter, Samantha Hunt

Amanda Westenberg

F

2615

Raphael Lemkin's Fight Against the Crime Without a Name

Nick Creighton, Alex Abbott, Kevin Mahoney, Sam Smith

Peter Goldin

F

2616

Reach for the Ballot: Carrie Chapman Catt's Struggle for Suffrage

Hanna Pelican, Olivia Galletta

David Kennington

F

2622

Zhou Enlai: A Chinese Legend

Victor Chen, Andrew Lee

Leigh Campbell-Hale


Senior Individual Performance

Final Place

Entry #

Title

Student

Teacher

1

2306

Belva Ann Lockwood: A Single Woman's Impact on a Man's World

Aspen Williams 

John Mestas

2

2311

Georg Duckwitz: I Knew What I Must Do

Katelyn Barrett 

Mark High

3

2304

I Am Child Labor

Sophie Saouma 

Leigh Campbell-Hale

F

2300

When You Wish Upon a Star: Walt Disney's Dream Come True

Thomas Price 

Katherine Rachwitz

F

2309

Bend the Line and Save the Union: Joshua Chamberlain at Little Round Top

Andrew Theobald 

David Kennington

F

2314

Father Dyer: The Snow Shoed Itinerant

Samuel Hinkle 

David Kennington

Senior Group Performance

Final Place

Entry #

Title

Student

Teacher

1

2414

The Knight of Arabia: Bearing the Burden of Consciousness

Maggie Thulson, Emily Barrett, Clare Barrett, Kristian Cowden, Gwenllian Kern-Allely

Ed Glassman, Barbara Allen & Leni Arnett

2

2406

Chief Joseph and the End of Native American Resistance

Aura Cruz, Jose Ramirez

Aleta Ulibarri, Barbara Allen & Leni Arnett

3

2409

Rachel Carson: A Voice That Would Not Be Silent

Marisa Ishikawa, Laura McWhirter

Leigh Campbell-Hale

F

2403

Albert Shanker

Rachel Fenwick-Smith, Jaehee Park

Angela Thomas Winkler


Senior Paper

Final Place

Entry #

Title

Student

Teacher

1

2014

Clarence Earl Gideon: I Have the Right to Fight for My Rights

Tunde Kelani 

Sara Morrow

2

2026

Monkeys on Our Backs: The Trials and Legacies of John T. Scopes

Stefan Norgaard 

Robert Peoples

3

2015

The Legacy of Paul Rusesabagina: Actions Against Humanity During the Rwandan Genocide

Paul Munn 

Kathie Kunz

F

2002

Isaac Newton: A Passion for Certainty

James Hastie 

Angela Thomas Winkler

F

2005

John Locke: Advocacy of the Social Contract and Legacy of Natural Rights

Leigh Howard 

Bonnie Guggenheim

F

2009

Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey: A Legacy in Juvenile Justice

Gabe Neslin 

Bonnie Guggenheim

F

2010

Seduction of the Gullible: The Actions of Legacies of Dr. Fredric Wertham

Cole Bradley 

Leigh Campbell-Hale

F

2025

Rachel Carson and Silent Spring: A Loud Voice for Silenced Wildlife

Madi Pluss 

Bonnie Guggenheim

Senior Web Site

Final Place

Entry #

Title

Student

Teacher

1

2708

Woman in the Mists: Dian Fossey

Olivia Edwards 

Bonnie Guggenheim

2

2714

Maria Theresa of Austria

Lydia Loopesko, Grace McLaughlin

Bonnie Guggenheim

3

2721

George Washington Carver: A Legacy in Southern Agriculture

Casey Hunt 

Matthew Willis

F

2703

Abel Parker Upshur: Out With a Bang

Garrett Rogers 

Mark Ewig

F

2713

Hattie McDaniel: A Legendary Mammy

Allie Davis 

Leigh Campbell-Hale

F

2720

Eunice Kennedy Shriver: A Woman Apart

Kristina Malzbender 

Leigh Campbell-Hale