Wirt MS Students Celebrate Nation's History with Showcase

With the topics of slavery, Revolutionary War, immigration and the women's movement, students from competed Wednesday in their school's history day showcase.

Stacie Morton-Carter, a social studies instructor, said the school decided to participate in the National History Day Project to help students accustomed to doing projects like these.

They were allowed to write a paper, create an exhibit, presentation or website, make a documentary, movie or skit to tell the story of that historical moment.

Eighth grader Rashaud Whitfield created a power point and a movie to tell the story of the Boston Tea Party.

Whitfield chose the topic after being introduced to the historical event in class and thought the theme of taxation was important.

"We need to know what happened before we came to all of this," he said, stating why history education is important.

Morton-Carter said the winner from the school will compete at the county level, then to the state level and then to the national level competition which will be held at the University of Maryland.

The projects were judged by people within the county's school system and students projects will be displayed at school.