Colorado History Day 2008 Award Winners

Note: First and Second Place winners attend the National Competition June 15-19 in Maryland.  Third Place serves as alternate.

 

Student

Project Title

Teacher

School

Junior Papers

1st

1011

Janet Chen

Detaining Freedom Hopes and Dreams: Angel Island Immigration Station

Mary K. Wood

Summit Middle SChool

2nd

1018

Hayden Rastall

Glen Canyon Dam: Who Will Use It Who Will Lose It

Lesley Meyer

Hamilton MIddle School

3rd

1010

Evan Clare Williams

Women for the Workers: A New Voice for Justice and Compromise in the Colorado Coal Strike of 1914

Mary K. Wood

Summit Middle School

Junior Individual Exhibit

1st

1111

Blaire Mikesell

A Little Goes a Long Way: Agent Orange Use in the Vietnam War

Kara Voss

Our Lady of Fatima

2nd

1107

Erin Aldog

Salem Witch Trials: How Social and Economic Conflict Fueled Mass Hysteria

Amanda Trujillo

Connect Charter School

3rd

1104

Jordan Bushnell

Henry "Box" Brown: This Side Up With Care

Cynthia Murphy

Irving Middle School

Junior Group Exhibit

1st

1231

Sarah Pierce

Ryan Cruise

The Missouri Compromise: Conflicting Views of the North and South over Slavery and Representation

Sharon Dacotah

Hamilton MIddle School

2nd

1211

Marli Imes

Alexis O'Neil

Leigha Summers

Desiree Martin

The Bhopal Disaster: Compromising Safety for Economic Gain

Amanda Trujillo

Connect Charter School

3rd

1212

Reagan Compton

Alexis Trevizo

Alec Pannunzio Jeremiah Bundy

Japanese Internment Camps

Brian Repola

Connect Charter School

Junior Individual Performance

1st

1303

Lindsey Buxman

Typhoid Mary: Civil Rights vs. Public Health

Tamara Wiley

Connect Charter School

2nd

1315

Fiona Collins

Mother Jones: The Miner's Angel

Barbara Allen

Denver School of the Arts

3rd

1301

Jennifer Bushnell

Hang 'em High! The Conflicts and Compromises of the Salem Witch Trial

Cynthia Murphy

Irving Middle School

Junior Group Performance

1st

1408

Sidney Morss

Katie Olwin

Alice Sko

Azalee Rafii

The Women Who Cried: Stories from Vietnam Nurses

Pete Rosato

Centennial Middle School

2nd

1417

Ian Curtis

Matthew Lewis

Maggie Mirrione

Caitlin Monaghan

Mara Whitehead

Death, Dust, Depression: Life of the Dust Bowl Migrants

Barbara Allen

Denver School of the Arts

3rd

1419

Libby Bubin

Myrisa Garcia

Drew Jonsen

Raphaela Posner

Patricio Sainz

The Trail of Tears and the Cherokee Nation: Overcoming Adversity

Leni Arnett

Denver School of the Arts

Junior Individual Documentary

1st

1521

Dylan Goerner

Korea Divided: The Demilitarized Zone

Ed Glassman

Denver School of the Arts

2nd

1506

Jackson Valenzuela

"Tear Down That Wall": A Cold War Symbol Falls

Lauren Gonzales

Connect Charter School

3rd

1523

Rebecca Yukman

The Trials on Trial: A Closer Look at the Salem Witch Trials

Jackie Swank

North Middle School

Junior Group Documentary

1st

1609

Matthew Kiselevach

Anthony Settipani

Blood in the Sand

Andrea Bacino

Connect Charter School

2nd

1607

Dylan Binkley Jones

Will Hotop

The Cuban Missile Crisis: When the Cold War Got Hot

Jeff Johrdahl

Edison 54 JT

3rd

1621

Calla Winchell
Cordelia Finley

Paying in Blood: The Ludlow Massacre

Ed Glassman

Denver School of the Arts

Junior Web Site
1st 1714 Alexander Denton The October Crisis Pete Rosato Centennial Middle School
2nd 1707 Samantha Divelbiss Galileo and the Vatican: The Ongoing Conflict Brian Repola Connect Charter School
3rd 1719

Joie Akerson

Jenna Webster

The United Nations and Its History Chris Harned Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences

Senior Paper

1st

2017

Callie Mabry

Conflict and Compromise in the Colorado Coal Fields: The Ludlow Massacre of 1914

Katherine Kunz

Poudre High School

2nd

2008

Margaret Koehler

The Battle of Britain: Saving the World from Hitler

Mark Ewig

Lewis-Palmer High School

3rd

2024

Jeanna Foote

The Boer Wars: Compromises Perpetuating the Conflict

Bonnie Guggenheim

George Washington High School

Senior Individual Exhibit

1st

2126

Conrad Quade

The Descration of a Nation: How the Irish Civil War Tore Apart Ireland

Bonnie Guggenheim

George Washington High School

2nd

2116

Robert Harris

Segregation Desegregation Now What?

Matthew Willis

Rangeview High School

3rd

2129

Christopher Grant

Sengoku Jidai: Conflict and Compromise in the Warring States of Era of Japan

Bonnie Guggenheim

George Washington High School

Senior Group Exhibit

1st

2211

Amy Hughes

Alysha Navarra

The Road to Integration

Matthew Willis

Rangeview High School

2nd

2219

Natalie Lays

Leah Lieber

Madeleine Winslow

Making WAVES: Conflict and Compromise of Women's Acceptance with the U.S. Navy

Maryrose Kohan

George Washington High School

3rd

2217

Olivia Edwards

Chase Kernan

The Balfour Declaration: The Mandate of the Israeli Nation

Maryrose Kohan

George Washington High School

Senior Individual Performance

1st

2306

Katelyn Barrett

Black and White and Heard All Over: How Jazz Compromised the Conflict of Segregation

Mark High

Gunnison High School

2nd

2301

Aspen Williams

The Uncompromising Hellion Grace O'Malley

Dana Ferguson

Pueblo County High School

3rd

2308

Sophie Saouma

Huck Finn: A One Man's Act Over the Conflict and Compromise with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Leigh Campbell-Hall

Fairview High School

Senior Group Performance

1st

2409

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

Ourselves Alone Divided

Leni Arnett

Denver School of the Arts

2nd

2402

Brian Fiske

Kilko Grimes

Evangelia Guss

Phillip Jenkins

Tia Owens

No Compomise: Fisk Must Stand!

Barbara Allen

Denver School of the Arts

3rd

2403

Daniel Irwin

Hannah Killian

High School Musical 50s/60s Edition: The Conflicts and Compromises of the Educational System

Leigh Campbell-Hall

Fairview High School

Senior Individual Documentary

1st

2517

Shannon Desmond

The World Held Hostage: The American Conflict in Iran

Ed Glassman

Denver School of the Arts

2nd

2516

Taylor Webster

The Victors in Paris 1919: Conflicting Interests Tainting the Promise of Compromise

Bonnie Guggenheim

George Washington High School

3rd

2508

Riley Chambers

Compromise of Influence: Malcom X vs. the King

Robert Gilliam

Palmer High School

Senior Group Documentary

1st

2623

Kevin Bell

Sammie Clifford

Corey Walters

Julia Yeckes

The Civilian Public Service: Fighting the Front Line on the Home Front

Ed Glassman

Denver School of the Arts

2nd

2621

Nick Creighton

Kevin Mahoney

"I think we will win this operation": Nikita Krushchev and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Peter Goldin

Denver East High School

3rd

2620


Jordyn Sample-Reif

Erika Tiemeier

Ido Walesman

Rachel Yahn

Acquiescence and Departure: The End of British Repression in India

Carrie Lamitie

George Washington High School

Senior Web Sites
1st 2720 Huan Manton Chinese Exclusion: Conflict and Compromise Ed Glassman Denver School of the Arts
2nd 2717

Anna Naoumova

Risha Patel

Michelle Shu

The Dark Hour of Temptation Leigh Campbell-Hall Fairview High School
3rd 2718 Gregory Wahl The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 Leigh Campbell-Hall Fairview High School

Special Awards: East Asian History

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Special Awards: Colorado History

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Matthew Willis

Rangeview High School