Western District History Day

Western District 2020 Results

Congratulations to all the entrants for the 2020 Western District History Day Contest. These students have quite literally broken barriers being the first to be judged online. We are proud of each and every one of you for your hard work. Below are the awards for each category with links to the student's projects. The Judging Forms and Files tab has links to all the History Day Projects this year.

Below is the list of students that have made it to the state contest!

Exhibits

Junior Individual Exhibit:

1. Clara B. Colby – Alexa Tollman

2. Shoot Them Barriers Down – Tatum Reid

3. Florence Nightingale – Jaelyn Brown

Alternate: The Wizard of Menlo Park – Cyrus Walter

Junior Group Exhibit:

1. Temple Grandin Climbing One Barrier at a Time – Hannah Krein, Jadon Skavdahl, & Blaise Lange

2. Eileen Nearne – Lilli Allen & Halee Wasserburger

3. The Best in the West: The Amazing American Horse – Shane Gluth & Kaylee Juhnkee

Senior Group Exhibit:

1. John O'Neil– Lane Frahm, London Gillam, & Tylea Underwood

Senior Individual Exhibit:

2. The Milk Carton Children – Brooke Brady

Documentary

Junior Group Documentary:

1.The 9th Led the Way – Rhett Flack & Colton Mader

2.Salk's Quest – Wyatt Brady, Mitchell Knode, & Carter Rudloff

3. American Women Pilots of WWII – Talon Jelinek, Myles Nesheim, & Thomas Smith

Alternate: This is What Happened to Baby James – Kyler Gortsema, Josh Lucas, Camie Ewald

Senior Group Documentary:

1. Chernobyl: The Story of Soviet Secrecy – Cassidy Nesheim & Jackson Smith

Senior Individual Documentary:

1. Whirlwind: Blowing Down Barriers for Modern Technology – Tyler Kaus

Websites

Junior Group Websites:

1. Frank Foley: The British Schindler – Allison Owens, Kiera Brennan, & Roman Metz

2. Beatles- Changing Rock and Roll – Sierra Eastman, Edria McCrary, & Riley Provence

Senior Group Websites:

1. Susan La Flesche Picotte: Breaking Barriers for Native American Women – Lauren Collins & Grace Sorenson

2. The Smallpox Vaccine: The Medical Breakthrough of the Century – Gracie Jones, Alexis Conboy, & Jameson Margetts

Junior Individual Websites:

1. Rosetta Stone, Breaking the Language Barrier– Eliu Paopao

2. Navajo Code Talkers – Padon Morava

3. John L. Sullivan – Uzziah Schwartz

Alternate: Women in Rodeo – Jaycee Lambert

Senior Individual Website:

1. Kuklinski Breaks the Iron Curtain Barrier – Thomas Kaus

Performance

Senior Group Performance:

1. The Mercury 13 Women – Kylah Vogel & Kamden Victory

Paper

Junior Paper:

1.Alexander Hamilton and the Establishment of the National Bank – Lucy Rischling

2.Life and Trial of Susan B. Anthony – Becca Reece

Senior Paper:

1. The Barriers of Persistence of the Life of Jacqueline Cochran – Maralee Rischling

2. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton – Julie Skavdahl

3. The Wright Brother's Break Barriers – Ty Brady

Alternate: Salem Witch Trials– Hannah Rudloff

Special Awards:

Military Award: American Women Pilots of WWII – Talon Jelinek, Myles Nesheim, & Thomas Smith

Women’s Award: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton – Julie Skavdahl

Great Plains Award: Susan La Flesche Picotte: Breaking Barriers for Native American Women – Lauren Collins & Grace Sorenson