2 Ellicott City Students Win Maryland Humanities Awards

From MD Humanities: Four Maryland students received medals for projects that ranked among the top three in their categories at National History Day, held June 10 – 14, 2018 at University of Maryland, College Park. Seventeen other Maryland students received Special Prizes, were awarded Outstanding State Entry, or were selected as a Finalist. A total of 62 students from Maryland competed at this year’s national competition.

The National History Day competition involves more than 3,000 students. Competitors traveled to College Park from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and international schools in China, Korea, and South Asia.

All participants at National History Day won first or second place at the Maryland History Day competition, a
culmination of the year-long Maryland History Day program presented by Maryland Humanities. For Maryland History Day, an affiliate of National History Day, students create original documentary films, exhibits, performances, research papers, or websites exploring a historical topic of their choice on an annual theme.

Jake Blum, a student at Howard High School, won the gold medal for Senior Individual Documentary as well as a scholarship to the National History Academy. Angelica Frude, Lydia Yeh, and Paris Ye— who attend Eastern Middle School in Montgomery County—came away with the bronze medal in the Junior Group Website category. The following students received other honors: Elise Longanecker, Morris Williams, and Xandr Zabel of Baltimore City; Sarah Broadwater, Kelsey King, Ellie Lawson, and Camryn Woods of Baltimore County; Abihith Velumuri, Anjali Vidyasagar, and Colin Wang of Howard County; and Holly Anderson, Anusha Chinthalapale, JuliaCorfman, Isabel Huntley, Calley Mullin, Samantha Stewart, and Angela Wang of Montgomery County.

Students: Elisa Longanecker
Category: Junior Individual Exhibit
Topic: We’re Not Tomboys, We’re ATHLETES – 37 Words that Changed Women’s Sports
School: Thomas Johnson Elementary Middle School
Teacher: Cathy Brock

SELECTED TO SCREEN AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

Students: Morris Williams and Xandr Zabel
Category: Junior Group Documentary
Topic: Ed Robert: Not a Victim
School: Roland Park Elementary/Middle School
Teacher: Alexandra Fleming

BALTIMORE COUNTY OUTSTANDING STATE ENTRY – JUNIOR DIVISION
Students: Sarah Broadwater, Kelsey King, Ellie Lawson, and Camryn Woods
Category: Junior Group Exhibit
Topic: My Lai’s Outcry
School: Catonsville Middle School
Teacher: Robert Dungey and Katie Tucci

HOWARD COUNTY GOLD MEDAL (FIRST PLACE) and SCHOLARSHIP TO THE NATIONAL HISTORY ACADEMY
Student: Jake Blum
Category: Senior Individual Documentary
Topic: On the Front Lines of Faith: Chaplains’ Reconciliation of Conflicting Roles in the Vietnam War
School: Howard High School
Teacher: Mary Curtin

SPECIAL PRIZE – U.S. CONSTITUTION AWARD
Students: Anjali Vidyasagar
Category: Junior Individual Exhibit
Topic: The Nullification Crisis: Precursor to the Civil War
County: Howard County
School: Mayfield Woods Middle School
Teachers: Kathleen Quinn and Beth Singleton

SELECTED TO REPRESENT MARYLAND AT NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES’ “DAY ON THE HILL”
Students: Abithith Velumuri and Colin Wang
Category: Junior Group Website
Topic: Colorado River Compact: Historical Lessons for Water Rights Movement
County: Howard County
School: Burleigh Manor Middle School
Teachers: Beth Berkeley, Robyn Page, and Barbara Randolph

MONTGOMERY COUNTY BRONZE MEDAL (THIRD PLACE)

Students: Angelica Frude, Lydia Yeh, and Paris Ye
Category: Junior Group Website
Topic: The FHA’s Effect on Black Housing: The Legalization of Segregation in American Neighborhoods

School: Eastern Middle School
Teacher: T. Justin Earley

SPECIAL PRIZE – IMMIGRATION HISTORY and FINALIST
Students: JuliaCorfman and Angela Wang
Category: Senior Group Website
Topic: Quotas and Quibbles: A Series of Restrictive Immigration Acts of the 20th Century
County: Montgomery County
School: Poolesville High School
Teacher: Stephanie Gomer

OUTSTANDING STATE ENTRY – SENIOR DIVISION
Students: Holly Anderson, Anusha Chinthalapale, Calley Mullin, and Samantha Stewart
Category: Senior Group Performance
Topic: The Conflict of the Women’s Conference of ’77: How Ideologic Polarization Impacted the

Discussion about Moral Issues in the Public

School: Poolesville High School
Teacher: Daniel McKenna

FINALIST
Student: Isabel Huntley
Category: Senior Individual Performance
Topic: Office of Pandemonium: Alberto Fujimori's Abandonment of Morals Amid The Shining Path Era
School: Poolesville High School
Teacher: Daniel McKenna

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