MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS JUNIOR PAPERS Student: Elsa Sellmeyer Topic: School: County: Teacher: “Agitate! Agitate! Agitate!”: How Law, Abolitionist Literature, and Personal Responsibility Incited the Civil War and Helped End Slavery in America Homeschool Montgomery County Sarah Stecher Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Maya Knepp The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Fulfilling President Truman’s Responsibility Stephen Decatur Middle School Worcester County Anne Cook, Leah Olsen JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: William Mah Mendez v. Westminster: One Family’s Sacrifice Paved the Way for Brown v. Board of Education Lake Elkhorn Middle School Howard County Erica Waters Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Grady Fort I Spy With My Covert Eye Southern Middle School Calvert County Jackie Gheen JUNIOR GROUP EXHIBITS Students: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Kole Koerper, Logan Truax Harriet Brown: Takes on the Fight for Equal Pay Mill Creek Middle School Calvert County Colleen Davies Students: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Sarah Bridges, Emily Dwyer A Struggle To Be Heard, Deaf Rights in America Lime Kiln Middle School Howard County Gary McMullin, Tracy Spillman Page 1 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Justin Drewer Salute Glenwood Middle School Howard County Reagan DePola, Courtnay Moore Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Emma Markus The Soweto Youth Uprising: A Generation Mobilized Eastern Middle School Montgomery County Laurie Hawe, Ned MacFadden JUNIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARIES Students: Topic: School: County: Teachers: Alyk Moomaw, Danielle Mortensen, Angela Wei Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: An Everlasting Legacy Lime Kiln Middle School Howard County Gary McMullin, Tracy Spillman Students: Title: School: County: Teacher: Elizabeth Bangura, Julia Chotoo Deaf President Now Kenmoor Middle School Prince George’s County Irene Prescott JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES Student: Title: School: County: Teacher: Megha Sharma Children at Work: The Government’s Neglect of Children’s Rights During Baltimore’s Industrial Revolution Mayfield Woods Middle School Howard County Tim Grafton, Charla Phillips Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Alexandra Knudson Children of the Industrial Revolution: Rights and Responsibilities Plum Point Middle School Calvert County Susan Cox, Merry Ellen Fallica Page 2 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS JUNIOR GROUP PERFORMANCES Students: Topic: School: County: Teachers: Gwendolyn Comfort, Sophia Hager Tesla vs. Edison: Rights and Responsibilities of Inventors Roland Park Elementary Middle School Baltimore City Alexandra Fleming Students: Topic: School: County: Teachers: Katerina Graf, Michelle Lui The Unjust Verdict: The Blanck and Harris Trial Clarksville Middle School Howard County Philip Herdman and Emily Savopolous JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Brian Holt Japanese Internment – Democracy or Discrimination? Northern Middle School Calvert County Devin Page Student: Topic: School: County: Teachers: Margaret Attridge Prisoner of War Rights in World War II Oakland Mills Middle School Howard County Todd Lowe, Karen Saunderson JUNIOR GROUP WEBSITES Students: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Diego Thompson, Riley Woolston Nazi Propaganda Against the Jews in Europe Roland Park Elementary Middle School Baltimore City Alexandra Fleming Students: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Kaitlyn Digsby, Nichole Fish, Kesha Pancholi, Sydney Whitaker Breaking Barriers and Saving Lives Old Mill Middle School North Anne Arundel County Andrew Dangel Page 3 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS SENIOR PAPERS Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Maddie Hurwitz The Nuremberg Code: Rights of Human Subjects and Physicians’ Responsibilities Homeschool-Ohs Frederick County Caroline Gessert Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Hannah Aris An Unanswered Call: The Rwandan Genocide and the United Nation’s Failure to Act Calvert High School Calvert County Kaye Oliver SENIOR INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: William Bury The Ethical Effect: Medical Rights and Responsibilities after the Tuskegee Syphilis Study Huntingtown High School Calvert County David Spain Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Sophie Roberts Wounded Knee Bullis School Montgomery County Rachel Newman SENIOR GROUP EXHIBITS Students: Title: School: County: Teacher: Josef Dolde, Matthew Sciamanna Vietnam and the Politics of Protest: From Catonsville to College Park Bohemia Manor High School Cecil County Michael Means Students Topic: School: County: Teacher: Aishwarya Shettigar, Amy Zhang A Glimpse into the Streaks of Red: The Rights of Child Brides Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore City Maureen O’Neill, James Jensen Page 4 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS SENIOR INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Matthew Blum The Food and Drug Administration: Balancing Governmental Responsibilities and Citizens’ Rights Howard High School Howard County Danelle Brennan Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Maria Hoppel The Phenomenal Voyage of the SS Meredith Victory Homeschool Harford County Paula Hoppel SENIOR GROUP DOCUMENTARIES Students: Title: School: County: Teacher: Demetri Cendo, Ethan Greist Nuremberg: The Modern Foundation of Human Rights Allegany High School Allegany County Kimberly Sloane Students: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Stephen Clement, Sam Greenberg The Pullman Strike: Laying the Track to Modern Labor Rights Bullis School Montgomery County Rachel Newman SENIOR INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES Student: Title: School: County: Teacher: Octavia Baryayebwa Behind the Scenes: The Life of Bayard Rustin Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore City Maureen O’Neill, Matthew Lummel Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Edward Sullivan Students’ Rights at War: Tinker v Des Moines Bullis School Montgomery County Sara Romeyn Page 5 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS SENIOR GROUP PERFORMANCES Students: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Carrie Pritt, Alayna Stepp Life Behind a Wall: The Denial of Rights in Communist East Germany Frederick Homeschoolers Frederick County Christine Pritt Students: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Calvin Crunkleton, Kyle Hurley, Christian Kincaid, Priscilla Means Clara Barton: Whose Rights? Whose Responsibilities? Northern High School Calvert County Bruce Supanick SENIOR INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Seiam Salehi Criminalization of Cannabis: The Real Reefer Madness Centennial High School Howard County Michelle Bagley Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Eniolahun Olakunle The Rights and Responsibilities of a U.S. President Elkton High School Cecil County James Leitgeb SENIOR GROUP WEBSITES Students: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Catherine Wang, Michelle Wang, Helen Yang Roe v. Wade: The Right to Abortion Richard Montgomery High School Montgomery County Kimberley Lansell Students: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Henry Knopes, Nick Lowenthal The Indian Removal Act: The Forced Relocation of a Nation Bullis School Montgomery County Sara Romeyn Page 6 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS SPECIAL AWARDS SENATOR THOMAS V. MIKE MILLER, JR. AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT HISTORY: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Aiden Fleming Northern Ireland: “The Troubles” Documentary John Hanson Middle School Charles County Victoria Davenport Student: Topic: Ryan Burton The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission: Covert Operations Against Civil Rights Documentary La Plata High School Charles County Michele Bingham Category: School: County: Teacher: SPECIAL PRIZE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, sponsored by the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Jacqueline Dianis The Struggle for the Right to Vote Documentary Accokeek Academy Prince George’s County Nina Huff Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Ruben Molina, Nathaniel Mamo, Errol Stoute Loving v. the Commonwealth of Virginia Documentary Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore City Maureen O’Neill Page 7 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CIVIC ACTION AND ENGAGEMENT, sponsored by the Maryland Council for the Social Studies: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Isaac Applebaum No Easy Road to Freedom: Nelson Mandela and South Africa’s Freedom Struggle Performance Eastern Middle School Montgomery County Laurie Hawe Student: Topic: Category: School: City: Teacher: Carrisa Elam, Nne Idegwu, Priscilla Laguerre, Nia Thomas The Right to Eat Performance North Hagerstown High School Washington County Samuel Spinder THE BARRY A. LANMAN AWARD FOR ORAL HISTORY, MARTHA ROSS CENTER FOR ORAL HISTORY, UMBC, sponsored by John D. Willard V: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Rachel Ruffennach Red Terror in Ethiopia Performance Matapeake Middle School Queen Anne’s County Jillian Ferris Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Emma Hunt, Claire Hunt, Iris Martin A Right to an Education: Black Deaf Integration into White Deaf Schools Website Frederick Homeschoolers Frederick County Christine Pritt Page 8 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS THE MARY DOUGLAS GLASSPOOL SPECIAL AWARD FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, sponsored by Rev. Florence L. Ledyard, Rector, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Jessica Conway Heroes of the Holocaust Exhibit Sykesville Middle School Carroll County Michael McDearmon Student: Topic: Yaw Owusu-Boaitey Religion, Revival, Reform: The Second Great Awakening in Antebellum America Paper Marriotts Ridge High School Howard County Richard Malt, Lynn Rashid Category: School: County: Teacher: MILTON ZASLOW AWARD IN CRYPTOLOGY, sponsored by the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Carlie Domogauer, Kristen Tull Women Spies Website Matapeake Middle School Queen Anne’s County Jillian Ferris Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Jeremy Davis The NSA Scandal Website Bohemia Manor High School Cecil County Michael Means Page 9 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS THE MAJOR GENERAL JOHN E. MORRISON AWARD IN EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION, sponsored by the National Cryptologic Museum Foundation: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Cassandra McIltrot Humans vs. Humans: How Human Medical Research has Impacted Our Rights and Responsibilities Documentary Sykesville Middle School Carroll County Sarah Gallagher Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: David Polefrone The Case of Henrietta Lacks: Rights to Genetic Material and Informed Consent Website Marriots Ridge High School Howard County Richard Malt, Lynn Rashid THE EMILY HOFFMAN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY, sponsored Amy Plummer and Kenneth Hoffman: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Emma Markus The Soweto Youth Uprising: A Generation Mobilized Documentary Eastern Middle School Montgomery Laurie Hawe, Ned MacFadden Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Maria Hoppel The Phenominal Voyage of the SS Meredith Victory Documentary Home school – Sacred Heart Harford County Paula Hoppel Page 10 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS SPECIAL PRIZE IN ETHICAL ISSUES IN HISTORY, sponsored by the Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics, University of Baltimore: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Gabriella Smith The Rights and Responsibilities of a Petticoat Spy: Elizabeth Van Lew Documentary Plum Point Middle School Calvert County Merry Ellen Fallica Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Darcy Perin Rights and Responsibilities of Australian Aborigines Documentary Calvert High School Calvert County Amie Dryer SPECIAL PRIZE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION, sponsored by the Maryland Historical Trust: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Amy Krimm, Madeline Merrill The Native American Repatriation Movement: The Balance of Rights and Responsibilities Website Eastern Middle School Montgomery County Laurie Hawe Student: Title: Category: School: County: Teacher: Dione Jacobs, Jordan Glenn The Ridgeley Rosenwald School Exhibit Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. Senior High School Prince George’s County Kishanna Poteat Brown Page 11 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS SPECIAL PRIZE IN LABOR HISTORY, sponsored by Community College of Baltimore County, Labor Studies Program: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Jamie Ditzel Extra, Extra Exhibit Stephen Decatur Middle School Worcester County Leah Olsen Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Julia Thomas, Quinn Wandalowski The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Website Smithsburg Senior High Washington County John Fetchen SPECIAL PRIZE IN MARITIME HERITAGE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, sponsored by the Maritime Committee of the Maryland Historical Society: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: William Fehrenbacher, Stuart Sykes Overharvesting Leads to Troubled Waters: Chesapeake Bay Watermen Exhibit Matapeake Middle School Queen Anne’s County Jillian Ferris Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Drake Moran Conservation of the Chesapeake Bay and the Oyster Population Exhibit St. Mary’s Ryken High School St. Mary’s County Stevenson Foote Page 12 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS SPECIAL PRIZE IN MARYLAND HISTORY, sponsored by the Maryland Historical Society: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Caroline Walworth, Victoria Walworth, Mattie Conner, Abigail Carpenter, Grace Park Japanese Internment: America’s Dark Days Documentary Matapeake Middle School Queen Anne’s County Jillian Ferris Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Dia Brown Harriet E. Brown and Thurgood Marshall Performance Huntingtown High School Calvert County James Hall and Merry Ellen Fallica SPECIAL PRIZE IN MARYLAND HISTORY, sponsored by the Maryland Association of History Museums: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Megha Sharma Children At Work: The Government’s Neglect of Children’s Rights During Baltimore’s Industrial Revolution Performances Mayfield Woods Middle School Howard County Tim Grafton, Charla Philips Student: Topic: School: County: Teacher: Josef Dolde, Matthew Sciamanna Vietnam and the Politics of Protest: From Catonsville to College Park Bohemia Manor High School Cecil County Michael Means MICHAEL E. PATTEN MEMORIAL HISTORY AWARD FOR BEST USE OF PRIMARY SOURCES, sponsored by the Frank Patten Family: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Carrie Pritt, Alayna Stepp Life Behind A Wall: The Denial of Rights in Communist East Germany Performance Frederick Homeschoolers Frederick County Christine Pritt Page 13 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS SPECIAL PRIZE IN MILITARY HISTORY, sponsored by the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Quentin Cooper Tuskegee Airmen Exhibit St. Ambrose School Prince George’s County James Goeke-Morey Student: Topic: Jacob Wells Did Truman’s Responsibilities to End The War Justify His Decision To Infringe on the Civilians of Japan’s Right To Life? Documentary Urbana High School Frederick High School Susan Levin Category: School: County: Teacher: NAVAL AND MARITIME HISTORY AWARD, sponsored by the National Capitol Commandery of the Naval Order of the United States Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Lucy Hubbard, Michelle Seaberg, Imani Humphreys-Torres A Comparison of the British and American Perspectives of The War of 1812 from the Home Front Performance The Mount Washington School Baltimore City Ryan Kaiser Student: Title: Category: School: County: Teacher: Anthony Figueroa, Chase Koski USS Bailey Exhibit North Caroline High School Caroline County Alan Rausch Page 14 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS THE PEACE STUDY CENTER AWARD, sponsored by the Peace Study Center, Baltimore: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Nora Bay, Arshiya Dutta, Manasi Yedavalli A Grain of Salt: How The Dandi Salt March Impacted the Fight for Indian Rights Exhibit Eastern Middle School Montgomery County Laurie Hawe Student: Title: Category: School: County: Teacher: Sean Kim, Selena Willett, Nick Girard Conscientious Objectors During the Vietnam War Documentary Calvert High School Calvert Amie Dryer SPECIAL PRIZE IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, sponsored by the UMBC Human Context of Science & Technology Program: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Kaitlyn Digsby, Nichole Fish, Kesha Pancholi, Sydney Whitaker Breaking Barriers and Saving Lives Website Old Mill Middle School North Anne Arundel Andrew Dangel Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Braden Scranton, Andrew Wood, Alex Paranilam The Copyright and the Patent Website Mount Saint Joseph High School Baltimore City Ryan Folmer Page 15 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS SPECIAL PRIZE IN WOMEN’S HISTORY, The Department of History, and Gender and Women’s Studies University of Maryland, Baltimore County: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Emma Shaer, Mia Mayman The Women’s Suffrage Parade Performance E. Russell Hicks Middle School Washington County Ginger Scally Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Aishwarya Shettigar, Amy Zhang A Glimpse into the Streaks of Red: The Rights of Child Brides Exhibit Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore City Maureen O’Neill The George Washington Leadership Prize sponsored by George Washington’s Mount Vernon: Student: Cheyenne Scott Topic: The Culper Ring: Not Just an Engagement Between Men and Women, But Against the Common Enemy Category: Performance School: North Point High School County: Charles County Teacher: Jessica Pratta The Judges James and Constantine Kit Sfekas Award for Law and Society, sponsored by Honorable Stephen J. and Dr. Elizabeth Sfekas: Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Alex Sheranko, Garrett Kane A President, A Judge and A Secessionist: Exparte Merryman Documentary Southern Middle School Calvert County Melissa Kallfelz, Phil Logan Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Demetri Cendo, Ethan Greist Nuremberg: The Modern Foundation of Human Rights Documentary Allegany High School Allegany County Kimberly Sloane Page 16 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS Special Prize in Legal and Constitutional History, sponsored by A Generous Anonymous Donor: Student: William Mah Topic: Mendez vs. Westminster: One Family’s Sacrifice Paved the Way for Brown vs. Board of Education Category: Exhibit School: Lake Elkhorn Middle School County: Howard County Teacher: Erica Waters Student: Topic: Category: School: County: Teacher: Miranda Forbes Abraham Lincoln and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus in Baltimore Paper South River High School Anne Arundel County Georgia Ladd Special Prize in Democracy, sponsored by a generous anonymous donor: Student: Craig Storm Topic: The Evolution of Two Democracies: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens in Classical Athens and Modern America Category: Paper School: Mattawoman Middle School County: Charles County Teacher: Karen Thornton TEACHER AWARDS PATRICIA BEHRING MIDDLE SCHOOL HISTORY DAY TEACHER OF THE YEAR: Leah Renzi Parkville Middle School Baltimore County PATRICIA BEHRING HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY DAY TEACHER OF THE YEAR: Mark Howell Westlake High School Charles County Page 17 of 18 MARYLAND HISTORY DAY & SPECIAL CATEGORY WINNERS DISTRICT TEACHER AWARDS: Anne Arundel County: Michael Yuscavage, Arundel High School Calvert County: Amie Dryer, Calvert High School Caroline County: Alan Rausch, North Caroline High School Carroll County: Michael McDearmon, Sykesville Middle School Central District: Ryan Folmer, Mount Saint Joseph High School, Baltimore City Frank Passaro, Calvert Hall College High School, Baltimore County Charles County: Mark Howell, Westlake High School Frederick County: Scott Strait, Brunswick Middle School Harford County: Jake Hollin, John Carroll School Howard County: Cindy Waugh, Ellicott Mills Middle School Prince George’s County: Nina Huff, Accokeek Academy Queen Anne’s County: Jill Ferris, Matapeake Middle School Somerset County: Carla West, Washington High School and Academy Washington County: Tim Ackinclose, Clear Spring Middle School Page 18 of 18