Special Awards
Colorado History Day 2009
Congratulations to the students who won in the special award categories at the state competition! And thank you to the sonsors who made these awards possible.
Click here to download these results in a Word document.
Award for Best Entry in the History of East Asia, sponsored by the Program for Teaching East Asia at the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder
Exhibit
Entry # |
Title |
Student(s) |
Teacher(s) |
1120 |
Cixi: The Dragon Empress |
Brenna Christensen |
Michael Breunig |
Documentary
Entry # |
Title |
Student(s) |
Teacher(s) |
1513 |
Out of the Ashes: South Korea in the Park Chung Hee Era |
Dylan Goerner |
Ed Glassman |
Award for the Best Use of Geography, sponsored by the Colorado Geographic Alliance
Junior
Entry # |
Title |
Student(s) |
Teacher(s) |
1708 |
John Wesley Powell: Explorer, Scientist, Ethnologist |
Larry Zhang, Seth Blum, Torin McDonald |
Mary Kathryn Wood |
Senior
Entry # |
Title |
Student(s) |
Teacher(s) |
2501 |
Escape to Freedom |
Margaret Munyore Ndengu |
Amanda Westenberg |
Award for the Best Entry on Colorado History, sponsored by the Colorado Historical Society
Junior
Entry # |
Title |
Student(s) |
Teacher(s) |
1105 |
Barney Ford Quest for Equality |
Jordan Bushnell |
Cynthia Murphy |
Senior
Entry # |
Title |
Student(s) |
Teacher(s) |
2507 |
Justina Ford: The Lady Doctor of Denver's Five Points |
Kira Austin |
Robyn Leary |
Award for the Best Use of Primary Sources in a Historical Paper, sponsored by the History Department of the University of Colorado Denver
Junior
Entry # |
Title |
Student(s) |
Teacher(s) |
1022 |
The Wizard of Whimsy Wages War |
Erin McCain |
Zach Crandall |
Senior
Entry # |
Title |
Student(s) |
Teacher(s) |
2002 |
Isaac Newton: A Passion for Certainty |
James Hastie |
Angela Thomas Winkler |
Award for the Best Entry on the American Civil War, sponsored by the Johnstone Family Foundation
Entry # |
Title |
Student(s) |
Teacher(s) |
1124 |
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Woman Who Wrote History |
Molly Schwartz |
Joan Hollins |
Award for the Best Entry on the Vietnam Era, sponsored by the Johnstone Family Foundation
Entry # |
Title |
Student(s) |
Teacher(s) |
2103 |
Victor Barris: Marine, Aviator, Hero |
Kelli Barris |
Sheila Sloan |