What is Michigan History Day? Michigan History Day (National History Day in Michigan) is an educational program of the Historical Society of Michigan, the state’s oldest cultural organization. Michigan History Day is part of the National History Day program and is designed to encourage students in grades 4-12 to explore historical subjects related to a broad annual theme. The theme for 2013 was:

Turning Points in History: Peoples, Ideas, Events Michigan History Day offers a fascinating opportunity to learn through hands-on study. Students perform self-directed research on an individually chosen topic. Entries are presented through the allied disciplines of art, literature, music, drama, and visual communications, in addition to writing. The projects grow—participants are encouraged to expand and improve their work between each level of the competition. Entries may be in any one of seven categories. They include

• Research Papers (individuals only) • Individual or Group Exhibits • Individual or Group Performances • Individual or Group Documentaries • Websites

Groups may include two to five students. Students compete in one of three age divisions: Youth (grades 4-5), Junior (grades 6-8), and Senior (grades 9-12). Junior and Senior entrants are eligible to proceed to the national finals at National History Day in Maryland in June. Each category in a division is judged separately. Michigan History Day’s ultimate goal is to kindle an appreciation of the past among students of today. The motto of History Day says it all.

It’s not just a day, It’s an experience!

Youth Division

INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES FIRST PLACE:

Motown: A Turning Point in the American Music Industry Melody Korkmaz Hometown: Ypsilanti School: Ann Arbor Learning Community

SECOND PLACE:

McDonald’s Turns Tables from Homemade to Takeout Braley Johnson Hometown: Twin Lake School: Ealy Elementary

THIRD PLACE: The Soo Locks- How it Changed Shipping Forever

Caitlyn Scornaiencki Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie School: Washington Elementary School

GROUP DOCUMENTARIES FIRST PLACE:

Walt Disney’s Snow White: A Turning Point in Animation Terra Buckley, Trent French, Katelyn Varney Hometown: South Haven, South Haven, Covert School: North Shore Elementary School

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS

FIRST PLACE:

Olga Korbut: Gymnastics Takes a Tumble Jaden Mikkelson Hometown: White Hall School: Ealy Elementary

SECOND PLACE:

How the Soo Locks Changed the Upper Peninsula Spencer Hazley Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie School: Lincoln Elementary School

Youth Individual Exhibits Continued THIRD PLACE:

How the Battles in the Pacific Led to Dropping the Atomic Bomb Aidan Hammond Hometown: Galesburg School: The Gagie School

GROUP EXHIBITS

FIRST PLACE:

Gerber: Changing the Way Babies Eat Luci Nieboer, Vanessa Christensen Hometown: Muskegon School: Ealy Elementary

SECOND PLACE:

Franklin’s Flashy Lightning Rod Makayla Frappier, Hannah Coneset Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie, Dafter School: Soo Township Elementary

THIRD PLACE:

The Treaty of 1820 and Chief Shingabawossin Kalista Perron, Korinn Perron Hometown: Brimley School: Brimley Elementary School

PAPERS

FIRST PLACE:

The Wright Brothers Inspiring Invention Bonnie Li Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie School: Soo Township Elementary

SECOND PLACE:

Women’s Suffrage and How They Won the Right Shannen McIntyre-Quinn Hometown: Kalamazoo School: The Gagie School

THIRD PLACE:

A Look at World War One: A Story of Heroes Matthew Artuso Hometown: Lansing School: New Covenant Christian School

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES FIRST PLACE:

“La Pest”: How the Black Death Changed the World Eve Bradley Hometown: Portage School: The Gagie School

SECOND PLACE:

The Man Who Put the World on Wheels Christian Shaman Hometown: Richland School: The Gagie School

THIRD PLACE:

Elizabeth Blackwell- The First Woman Doctor Juliann Meeker Hometown: Hastings School: Northeastern Hastings Elementary School

GROUP PERFORMANCES

FIRST PLACE:

Opening the Doors Avery Anssin, Elise Postma, Kimberlee Klifman Hometown: South Haven School: North Shore Elementary School

SECOND PLACE:

Amelia Earhart Taylor Zoerner, Faith Cryderman, Onelle Cryderman, Hailey Fetterhoff Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie School: Soo Township Elementary

THIRD PLACE: The Brothers of Change

Simon Holley, Jack Fredericks, Matteo Brosco Hometown: Kalamazoo School: The Gagie School

INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES

FIRST PLACE:

9/11’s Impact on Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan’s Security and Borders Katie Marger Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie School: DeTour Area Schools

Youth Individual Websites Continued SECOND PLACE:

Drums at Saratoga: Turning Point in War Ameerah Burton Hometown: South Haven School: North Shore Elementary School

THIRD PLACE:

Turning Points in How Wars are Fought Dillon Curtis Hometown: Dafter School: Soo Township Elementary

GROUP WEBSITES

FIRST PLACE:

Turning Point of the Toilet Lander Wimmer, Addison Wimmer Hometown: Howell School: Southeast Elementary

SECOND PLACE:

General E. Lee, A Confederate Against All Odds Jon Arnold, Carter Smith Hometown: Hastings School: Northeastern Hastings Elementary School

THIRD PLACE:

Agriculture and the Civil War William Hasted, Alexander Rummel Hometown: South Haven School: North Shore Elementary School

Junior Division

INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Battle of Thermopylae: How It Saved Our Ideologies Carlos Cardenas Hometown: Troy School: Baker Middle School

William Knudson Prepares American Industry for WWII

Colt Lang Hometown: Holly School: Cedar Crest Academy

ALTERNATE: It’s NOT FAIR! The Murder of Vincent Chin and the Rise of the APA Movement

Cecilia Adame-Goff Hometown: Ypsilanti School: Ann Arbor Learning Community

GROUP DOCUMENTARIES NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Germany: The Division Between East and West Kelly Larason, Claire Holley Hometown: Portage, Kalamazoo School: The Gagie School

The Mother of All Plagues

Anthony Carbajal, Adam Chamness, Matt Keyes, Carlos Panuco Hometown: Holland School: Jefferson K-7

ALTERNATE:

Spies of the Civil War Parker Haller, Grant Layle Hometown: Bay City School: T.L. Handy Middle School

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS NATIONAL FINALISTS:

The Invention and Automation of the Assembly Line Brett Bauman Hometown: Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School

Red Gold Rush: The Jump-start to Our Nation’s Copper Industry

Josiah Sherk Hometown: Ada School: Forest Hills Eastern Middle School

ALTERNATE:

Pearl Harbor-America’s Choice is Made Brandon Ouderkirk Hometown: Midland School: Calvary Baptist Academy

GROUP EXHIBITS

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

A Dusting of Change Natalie Bradshaw, Kayla Gillespie, Mackenzie Almassian Hometown: Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Ada School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School

Forbidden Love: Loving vs. Virginia

McKenna Malvitz, Lauren Pham Hometown: Ada, Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Eastern Middle School

ALTERNATE:

The Environmental Movement: From Pollution to Solution Vanessa Heylum, Lauren Geiger Hometown: Whitehall, Twin Lake School: Whitehall Middle School

PAPERS NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Monopoly, Not Just a Game: The Sherman Antitrust Act and Standard Oil Sophia Goebel Hometown: Ann Arbor School: Ann Arbor Learning Community

President Nixon’s White House Tapes: A Turning Point in Executive Privilege

Asia Korkmaz Hometown: Ypsilanti School: Ann Arbor Learning Community

ALTERNATE:

Women Strike for Peace: The Mothers of the Peace Movement Blair Donahue Hometown: Midland School: Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

“Absolute Certainty”: DNA Profiling and the American Criminal Justice System Emma Roth Hometown: Ann Arbor School: Ann Arbor Learning Community

The French Revolution: The Fall of the Monarchy and the Rise of the Republic

Gabrielle Bradley Hometown: Portage School: The Gagie School

ALTERNATE:

Lucy Stone: A Stone’s Effect in the Female Image Megan Ennis Hometown: Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School

GROUP PERFORMANCES

NATIONAL FINALISTS: The Civil Rights Act of 1964: How Peaceful Protests and the March on Washington Helped Change America

Jaden Lewis, Caroline Haenicke Hometown: Kalamazoo School: The Gagie School

The Election of 1800: Crisis, Controversy and Change

Jaqueline Spiegel, Elise Kennedy Hometown: Ada, Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School

ALTERNATE: Soaring in the Wright Direction

Cameron Larson, Caron Von Skiver Hometown: Grand Rapids, Ada School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School

INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES NATIONAL FINALISTS:

The Erie Canal’s Effect on Michigan Amrutha Patil Hometown: Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the Growth of the Environmental Movement

Ethan VanValkenburg Hometown: Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School

ALTERNATE:

The Embargo Act of 1807: Changing Tides Salonee Marwaha Hometown: Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School

GROUP WEBSITES NATIONAL FINALISTS:

The Collapse of the Berlin Wall- Unification of Germany Jordan Lippert, Christopher Whitford Jr., Luke Schellenerg, Hursh Motwani Hometown: Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School

Reforming the Meat-Packing Industry

Kaylee Westenbarger, Amber Erlenbeck, Rachel Westrick Hometown: Grand Rapids, Ada, Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Eastern Middle School

ALTERNATE: Walt Disney: The Illusion of Life

Henry Muscara, Robert Isacksen, Grace Marshall Hometown: Kalamazoo School: The Kazoo School

Senior Division

INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARIES NATIONAL FINALISTS:

The Black Plague: Turning the Tables of Serfdom Justin Fragala Hometown: Gobles School: South Haven High School

Treaty of Versailles: Harsh Punishment and Fuel for Hitler’s Nazi Propaganda Campaign

Caroline Yapp Hometown: Kalamazoo School: Hackett Catholic Central High School

ALTERNATE:

Congo Conflict: A Revolving Door Gloire Rubambiza School: Comstock Park High School

GROUP DOCUMENTARIES

NATIONAL FINALISTS: The Battle of Khalkingol: History’s Forgotten Battle

Jacob Stid, Morgan Horn Hometown: Holland School: Holland High School

The Second Great Awakening

Chase Rapin, An Nguyen Hometown: Lansing School: Everett High School

ALTERNATE:

The Discovery of the New World and its Effects on the Slave Trade Cameron Sleeper, Nathan VanderRoest Hometown: South Haven School: South Haven High School

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Turn Around in Forensics Marissa Ross Hometown: South Haven School: South Haven High School

The Scopes Trial: A Turning Point in Science Education

Mackenzie Brandel Hometown: North Muskegon School: Whitehall High School

ALTERNATE:

From Tragedy to Progress Ally Court Hometown: Coleman School: Calvary Baptist Academy

GROUP EXHIBITS NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Civil Rights Movement: Public Opinion Explodes with Birmingham Bombing Kaylee Picard, Maranda Mikkelson Hometown: Whitehall School: Whitehall High School Landmark Law Maggie Filbrandt, Katie Lynne Edson Hometown: South Haven School: South Haven High School

ALTERNATE:

The Battle of Stalingrad Mason Nelson, Cole Pero, Jerome Gifford Hometown: Essexville, Bay City, Bay City School: Bay City Central High School

PAPERS

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Anti-Trust: Turning the Tide on the Titans of Industry Dean Hewitt Hometown: Whitehall School: Whitehall High School

A Momentous Decision: Baseball is Thrown a Curve When Free Agency Comes to Bat

Matt Gilbert Hometown: Whitehall School: Whitehall High School

ALTERNATE:

No Place Like Home: Franklin Roosevelt’s Transformation of Federal Housing Policy to Construct the Modern American Middle Class

Anna Du Hometown: West Bloomfield School: Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES

NATIONAL FINALISTS: Hunger Strikes: Putting the Bite in the Fight for Women’s Right to Vote

Stephanie Cross Hometown: Whitehall School: Whitehall High School

From Grand Experience to “Click! There It Is!” Recorded Music Scores

Elissa Bradfield Hometown: Whitehall School: Whitehall High School

GROUP PERFORMANCES

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Turning the Tides of War: The Punic Wars, The Terror of Hannibal Braco vs. Scipio Africanus, and the Rise of the Roman Era

Gladys Gonzalez, Russell Aspinwall, Garrett Fragala Hometown: South Haven, Gobles, Gobles School: Gobles High School/South Haven High School Collaboration

INDIVIDUAL WEBSITES

NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Francis Perkins: The Mother of Social Security Lisa Qian Hometown: Ann Arbor School: Pioneer High School

A Cleaner World

Ryan Marshall School: Comstock Park High School

ALTERNATE:

Reformation of the Meat Packing Industry Hannah Reed School: DeTour Area Schools

GROUP WEBSITES NATIONAL FINALISTS:

Transportation and Transformation: The Transcontinental Railroad Raymond Surya, Daniel Timmermann Hometown: Holland School: Holland High School

The Istanbul Pogroms

Azalea Collins, Kayla Foley School: Comstock Park High School

ALTERNATE: Susan B. Anthony

Kari Piasecki, Andrea Vonmarkle Hometown: Lake Linden School: Lake Linden Hubbell High School

Special Awards

BEST ENTRY IN MICHIGAN HISTORY

Sponsored by Meijer YOUTH: Motown: A Turning Point in the American Music Industry

Melody Korkmaz Hometown: Ypsilanti School: Ann Arbor Learning Community

JUNIOR: It’s NOT FAIR! The Murder of Vincent Chin and the Rise

of the APA Movement Cecilia Adame-Goff Hometown: Ypsilanti School: Ann Arbor Learning Community

SENIOR: Bath Massacre

Kelsey Zondervan, Hope Kitzma Hometown: Kalamazoo School: Heritage Christian Academy

THE ELLY PETERSON AWARD FOR BEST ENTRY IN MICHIGAN WOMEN’S HISTORY

Sponsored by the Michigan Women’s Studies Association YOUTH: Gerber: Changing the Way Babies Eat

Luci Nieboer, Vanessa Christensen Hometown: Muskegon School: Ealy Elementary

JUNIOR: Rosie’s Legacy

Isabelle Khouri Hometown: Holly School: Cedar Crest Academy

SENIOR: Betty Ford: Turning Around the Lives of Americans

Lilliana Duyck, Heidi Slatoski School: Comstock Park High School

BEST ENTRY IN USE OF PRIMARY SOURCES

Sponsored by the Michigan Archival Association YOUTH: “La Pest”: How the Black Death Changed the World

Eve Bradley Hometown: Portage School: The Gagie School

JUNIOR: “Absolute Certainty”: DNA Profiling and the American

Criminal Justice System Emma Roth Hometown: Ann Arbor School: Ann Arbor Learning Community

SENIOR: The Scopes Trial: A Turning Point in Science Education

Mackenzie Brandel Hometown: North Muskegon School: Whitehall High School

BEST ENTRY IN USE OF FAMILY HISTORY

Sponsored by the Michigan Genealogical Council

YOUTH: The Treaty of 1820 and Chief Shingabawossin Kalista Perron, Korinn Perron Hometown: Brimley School: Brimley Elementary School

Best Entry in Use of Family History Continued JUNIOR: The Korean War

Soomin Kim Hometown: Ada School: Ada Christian Middle School

SENIOR: Congo Conflict: A Revolving Door

Gloire Rubambiza School: Comstock Park High School

BEST ENTRY IN AFRICAN AMERICAN/PEOPLE OF AFRICAN

DESCENT WORLD HISTORY Sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

YOUTH: Opening the Doors

Avery Anssin, Elise Postma, Kimberlee Klifman Hometown: South Haven School: North Shore Elementary School

JUNIOR: Black Civil War Soldiers: Fighting for Freedom Against All Odds

Lexi Schoonover, Natalie Wagner Hometown: Williamsburg, Traverse City School: Traverse City East Middle School

SENIOR: Civil Rights Movement: Public Opinion Explodes with Birmingham Bombing

Kaylee Picard, Maranda Mikkelson Hometown: Whitehall School: Whitehall High School

BEST ENTRY IN LATINO AMERICAN/HISPANIC WORLD HISTORY

Sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation SENIOR: Holland: Merging Dutch & Hispanic Cultures since the Mid 1990s

Jehnissi Ramirez, Yadah Ramirez, Diana Gonzalez, Brenda Mora, Jerrold Cleveland Hometown: Holland School: Mas Adelante

BEST ENTRY IN NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY

Sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

YOUTH: Bugonaygeshig's Battle at Sugar Point Drake McFadden Hometown: Bangor School: North Shore Elementary School

Best Entry in Native American History Continued JUNIOR: Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975

Madisson Picotte Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie School: Sault Ste Marie Area Middle School

THE SAM BRECK AWARD FOR BEST ENTRY IN RAILROAD HISTORY

Sponsored by the Michigan Roundtable, Lexington Group in Transportation History

JUNIOR: Transcontinental Railroad: Tracking Change Nicholas Merring, Chase Morello, Charles Wade, Dylan Chung Hometown: Grand Rapids School: Forest Hills Northern Middle School