History Day 2017 Results

Thanks to all who competed in History Day on March 4, 2017, on the campus of Western Michigan University. Here are the results:

Next competition date: March 3, 2018

2017 Competition Day Photos

Previous results: 2016

Below are the 2017 State qualifiers (state results are in bold).

Documentaries

Youth Individual Documentary

1. "Ruby Bridges Goes to School" (1st Place)
   by: Elizabeth Rzepka; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
2. “Gandhi”  (3rd Place)
   by: Veer Singh; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
3. “Queen Nzinga”
   by: Cole Graber; Marshall

Youth Group Documentary

1. "The History about Jacqueline Cochran" (2nd Place)
   by: Olivia Crippin, Sydney Daugherty; South Haven
2. "Mother Jones Taking a Stand Against Child Labor" (3rd Place)
   by: Mya Panse, Ava Storteboom; South Haven
3. "Jesse Owens" (1st Place)
   by: Giovanni Brosco, Henry Gauthier, Jack Schnur, Andrew Williams; Gagie School, Kalamazoo

Junior Individual Documentary

1. "Malala Yousafzai"
   by: Romy Ransom; South Haven
2. “Nicolas Winton: Guardian of the Children” (National Alternate)
   by: Tabby Newberry; South Haven
3. “Beauty is Therapy” (National Finalist)
   by: David Harn; Gagie School, Kalamazoo

Junior Group Documentary

1. "Are You Ready? Let's Roll"
   by: Avery Daugherty, Jessee Ford; South Haven
2. "Muhammad Ali Used His Voice…"
   by: Annie Betts, Ian Woodruff; Kazoo School, Kalamazoo
3. "Taking a Stand in the Community: The Van Avery Drugstore Boycott" (National Finalist)
   by: Genevieve Shade, Amiri Sykes; Kazoo School, Kalamazoo

Senior Individual Documentary

1. “Alexander Hamilton”
   by: Luke VanZweden; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo

Senior Group Documentary

1. “Jackie Robinson”
   by: Maggie Clancy, Emma Kellam; Gull Lake
2. "Seneca Falls Convention: Paving the Path for Women's Rights" (National Finalist)
   by: Rachel Randall, Carley Wyman; Gull Lake
3. "Standing in the Hiding Place"
   by: Melissa Bakker, Ryanne Kieboom; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo

Exhibits

Youth Individual Exhibits

1. "Revolutionary War" (2nd Place)
   by: Luke Hodulik; Marshall
2. “Betty Friedan” (3rd Place)
   by: Lauren Rekis; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
3. “Rachel Carson: Taking a Stand for the Natural World” (1st Place) & (Best Entry in Use of Newspaper - Sponsored by the Clarke Historical Library)
   by: Keegan Hammond; Gagie School, Kalamazoo

Youth Group Exhibits

1. “I Have a Dream”
   by: Caroline Bocock, Kayley Gorham, Makenzi Schewe; South Haven
2. “Justice for the Yellow Flowers” (1st Place)
   by: Chloe Rathbun, Ellen Terzino, Adeline Ulmer; Winchell, Kalamazoo
3. “Billie Jean King and the Battle for the Sexes”
   by: Cash Karney, Etsu Rogers; Kazoo School, Kalamazoo

Junior Individual Exhibits

1. “The Greensboro Sit-In: Taking a Stand by sitting down” (National Alternate)
   by: Lauren Konopacki; Upton Middle, South Haven
2. “Jacob Riis: Standing for the Other Half” (National Finalist)
   by: Samuel Nieuwenhuis; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo
3. “Amazing Grace Hopper...”
   by: Isabella Dacoba; Gagie School, Kalamazoo

Junior Group Exhibits

1. “Gandhi”
   by: Jalyn Dubois, Liam Fagan; Gagie, Kalamazoo
2. “Taking a Stand with the Written Word”
   by: Reese Kerschner, Caden McKinley; Gagie, Kalamazoo
3. “Etta Wheeler and Mary Ellen Wilson; Taking a Stand in the First Child Abuse Case” (Best Entry in Use of Newspaper - Sponsored by the Clarke Historical Library)
   by: Kalee Henderson, Vivian Marshall; Kazoo School, Kalamazoo

Senior Individual Exhibits

1. “The Kalamazoo Gals: Standing with Gibson During the War” (Elly Peterson Award for Michigan Women's History- Sponsored by the Michigan Women's Studies Association)
   by: Leanne Thorn; Gull Lake High School
2. "Kronstadt"
   by: Noah Kitzman; Heritage Christian, Kalamazoo
3. "Hidden Stars"
   by: Clara Nieuwenhuis; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo

Senior Group Exhibits

1. “The Life of Irena Sendler” (National Finalist)
   by: Allyson Bishop, Lauren Miller, Alicia Nagel, Linda Palella; Heritage Christian, Kalamazoo
2. “Susan B. Anthony”
   by: Elena Chrisman, Rylee Meints, Sophie Novak; Gull Lake High School
   
3. “Nanjing's Nazi Hero”
   by: Gabriella Tiedemann, Diana Whitmore; Loy Norrix, Kalamazoo

Papers

Youth Papers

1. “The Great Congolese Propaganda War” (2nd Place)
   by: Bryce Henderson; Gagie School, Kalamazoo

Junior Papers

1. "The Lady with a Lamp Who Lit the Way"
   by: Sophie Markus; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo
2. "Her Fight, Her Right" (National Finalist)
   by: Cassandra DeVries; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo
3. "William Lloyd Garrison..."
   by: Genevieve Kim; Gagie School, Kalamazoo

Senior Papers

1. “To Rid Society of Imbeciles"
   by: Elizabeth Stout; Gull Lake
2. "Emma Goldman"
   by: Aelita Klausmeier; Gull Lake High School

Performances

Youth Individual Performances

1. “Indira Gandhi - Taking a Stand For Poverty” (1st Place)
   by: Ishwari Bhatt; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
2. "From Little to Red to X" (2nd Place) & (Best Entry in Use of Primary Sources - Sponsored by the Michigan Archival Association)
   by: Taye Bradford; Kazoo School, Kalamazoo

Youth Group Performances

1. “Taking a Stand Against the Nazis: The Battle of the Bulge” (2nd Place)
   by: Roan Borton, Andrew Curvelo, Henry Doan, Payden Murray; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
2. “Black Walls, But Not Forever” (3rd Place)
   by: Hannah DeVries, Katelyn Foley, Hannah Kaczmarek, Lily Marovec; South Haven
3. “Suffering to Stand Up” (1st Place)
   by: Sydney Bettis, Shannon Dopp, Teagan Pleasant; South Haven

Junior Individual Performances

1. “Threads”
   by: Emerson Wesselhoff; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
2. “Music Unites Us to Take a Stand” (National Finalist)
   by: Ashley Woytal; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
3. “Taxation without Representation"
   by: Samantha Bocock; South Haven

Junior Group Performances

1. “Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan…”
   by: Elle Ahrens, Sloan Markin; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
2. “We Will Not Give Up Our Land” (National Finalist) & (Best Entry in Michigan History - Sponsored by Meijer)
   by: Ross Beatty, Kennedy Brooks, Anna Leach, Keith Porter, Jadin Wolfe; Cassopolis

Senior Group Performances

1. “The Dutch Resistance” (National Finalist)
   by: Elizabeth Carpenter, Nolani Schnable; Heritage Christian, Kalamazoo
2. "Amelia Bloomer"
   by: Alexandra Gonzales-Krugalex, Athena Osburn; Gull Lake High School

Websites

Youth Individual Websites

1. "Sally Yates Stood for Good"
   by: Spencer Betke; Winchell, Kalamazoo

Youth Group Websites

1. "Elizabeth Blackwell: First Woman Doctor" (1st Place)
   by: Alexis Crouch, Emily Hanna, Violet Kaplan-Neumann, Ellie Reeves; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
2. "Life of Sitting Bull" (3rd Place)
   by: Blake Chadwick, Mason Ray; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
3. Rachel Carson: Nature Explorer"
   by: Zara Pirbhai, Abagail Sutton; Gagie School, Kalamazoo

Junior Individual Websites

1. John Muir's Stand…
   by: James Harn; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
2. “Elon Musk Helping to Change...”
   by: Casey Murray; Gagie School, Kalamazoo
3. “William Booth”
   by: Tyler DeVries; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo

Junior Group Websites

1. “Betty Friedan: Taking a Stand through Literature” (National Finalist)
   by: Ava Apolo, Simone Marshall; Kazoo School, Kalamazoo
2. “Martin Luther King Jr.”
   by: Joshua Rose, Benjamin Thies; Providence Christian, Kalamazoo
3. "The Times They Are a Changing..."
   by: Gus Crothers, Elliott Russell, Liam Smith; Kazoo School, Kalamazoo

Senior Individual Websites

1. "Pastor's Influence on the American Revolution"
   by: Bailey Weiss; Heritage Christian, Kalamazoo
2. "The Boys Who Stood..."
   by: Riley Carlson; Portage Northern
3. "The Boston Tea Party"
   by: Elena Taylor; Heritage Christian, Kalamazoo

Senior Group Websites

1. “Father's Rights”
   by: Alma Almonacid, Grace Dykgraff, Alexis Norton, Danielle Porter; Heritage Christian, Kalamazoo
2. "The Antitrust Movement”
   by: Abigail Holtan, Mia Tucci; Gull Lake High School
3. "The Integration of Women into the Military” (National Finalist)
   by: Kaleigh Belz, Cassidy Burr; Gull Lake High School