18th Annual Greater Kansas City National History Day Saturday, February 28, 2015 18th Annual Greater Kansas City History Day 2015 Friday, February 27 (4 - 6pm) Early Registration and set up of exhibits Both Junior and Senior Division entries can set up exhibits from 4:00 to 6:00pm. Saturday, February 28 • 7:30am - Noon Registration • 9am Judging begins • 1:30 – 3:00pm Public viewing of exhibits • 3:00pm Exhibits taken down • 4:00pm Awards Ceremony, Truman Library Auditorium Special Thanks to the Judges: Alexa Adams Courtney Trusler John Peterson Michael Wells Amy Williams Dacia Rzchowski Jon Taylor Nancy Cramer Anna Marie Tutera Dan O'Connell Kara Evans Pam Stafford Ashley Acosta-Fox David Kerr Karl Mayo Pamela Anderson Austin Johnston Debra Biermann Kate Hill Patricia Schurkamp Bradley Peck Dee Harris Katherine Mercier Ryan Acosta-Fox Branden Portillo Diana Casebolt Katherine Perna Sally Utech Brian Schultz Don Cameron Katie Hastert Samuel Rushay Cali Kliewer Elaine Reynolds Katy Franzen Sara Asher Carol Ann Lawler Emily Cain Kevin Bailey Scott Reagan Carrie Sparks Erica White Kristen Stalling Shelly Marie Cline Cathie Moss Ethan Williamson Kristie Larson Stephanie Rohr Cathy Blake Gail Lundeen Laura Kirk Steve Potter Cela Sullivan Heidi Mick Linda Hughes Steve Sitton Charlene Burns Jacqueline Wilson Lisa Shockley Steve Smith Cheryl Brown Henderson Janice Brill Loriann Neighbors Tammy Williams Chris Cantwell Jeannae Segura-Brown Lucinda Adams Tina Ellsworth Chris Elmore Jess Rezac Mary Ann McCue Tracy Howerton Christl Webster Jessica Rockhold Mary Conrad Christopher Wilkins Jill Grotzinger Matthew Reeves Cindy Edwards Jim Armistead Meghan LeRoux Clay Bauske Jim Rehard Michael Sweeney And to our Volunteers and Interns: Cheryl Compton Jean McCormick Marg Durkee Cliff McCormick Jerry R. Brown Mary McMurray Dave Jeter Joann Hatch Mildred Polc David Combs Katherine Novak Paul Winans Dolores Hunter Katie McCarthy Ric Nyman Donna Burgess Katie Rogers Ruby James Doris McCartney Larry Sebby Sara Nyman Frank McMillan Linda Kobe Room Locations Junior Papers Independence Academy, Rooms 005, 014 Senior Papers Independence Academy, Rooms 016, 017, 110, 119, 121 Junior Individual Exhibit Independence Academy Gym Junior Group Exhibit Truman Library, Independence Room Senior Individual Exhibit Independence Academy Gym Senior Group Exhibit Independence Academy Gym Junior Individual Documentary Independence Academy Room 004; 018; 105; 106 Junior Group Documentary Independence Academy Room 113 Senior Individual Documentary Independence Academy Room 114; 117 Senior Group Documentary Independence Academy Room 120 Junior Individual Performances Independence Academy Room 025 Senior Individual Performances Independence Academy Room 002 Junior Group Performances Independence Academy Room 002 Senior Group Performances White House Decision Center, Press Room Junior Individual Website Truman Library Offices: Bess Truman Room, Director’s office, Dep. Director’s Office Junior Group Website Truman Library Offices: Secretary’s Office Senior Individual Website White House Decision Center, Rooms A, B, C, D, E, F Senior Group Website White House Decision Center, Education office, Rooms G and H Region 3 Greater Kansas City 2015 Contest Junior Round 1 Competition Schedule for Junior (6-8) Paper - Room 005 (Independence Academy) Time Entry State Students School, Teacher(s) Title 09:10 1001 MO Maxwell Brown Heritage Middle School Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey: Baseball's First Grand Slam Debra Biermann 09:20 1002 MO Carissa French Discovery Middle School Charlemagne: The Maleficent Monarch of the Holy Roman Empire Carrie Sparks 09:30 1003 MO Emery Uhlig Pembroke Hill School Eleanor Roosevelt: Looking Fear in the Face Dan O'Connell 09:40 1004 MO Jennavieve Carmony Discovery Middle School Leonard Bernstein: Bringing West Side Story Worldwide Glory Carrie Sparks 09:50 1005 MO Natu Kahassai Liberty Middle School Afewerki's Leadership During the Liberation of Eritrea: The War without Mercy Kathy Laffoon 10:00 1006 MO Bailey Daniels Discovery Middle School Deborah Sampson: Purging Patriarchy through the Power of Pretense Carrie Sparks 10:10 1007 MO Nina Cassaway New Mark Middle School The Leadership and Legacy of Charlie Parker:The Man Who Created Bebop Cela Sullivan 10:20 1008 MO Abigail Schulte Discovery Middle School The Doctress Elizabeth Blackwell: The Founding of the New York Infirmary Carrie Sparks and Medical College 10:30 1009 MO Levi Anderson Heritage Middle School Henry Clay: Backbone of the Missouri Compromise Debra Biermann Region 3 Greater Kansas City 2015 Contest Junior Round 1 Competition Schedule for Junior (6-8) Paper - Room 014 (Independence Academy) Time Entry State Students School, Teacher(s) Title 09:10 1010 MO Autumn Shibley Heritage Middle School The Ramones and the Anti-Establishment Movement in Music Debra Biermann 09:20 1011 MO Anna Praiswater Discovery Middle School J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Race to Erase Thermonuclear Weapons Carrie Sparks 09:30 1012 MO Ramsey Davies Heritage Middle School The Harmonious Man: G.I. Gurdjieff Debra Biermann 09:40 1013 MO Nathan Gaid Pembroke Hill School Martin Luther and the Reformation Dan O'Connell 09:50 1014 MO Zane Fulkerson Heritage Middle School The Sacking of Osceola:Grim Chieftain's Attack Debra Biermann 10:00 1015 MO Ben Svoboda South Valley Middle School Reclaiming the Title of World Power: John F. Kennedy and His Visions for the Cali Kliewer Space 10:10 1016 MO Christina Mackenzie Heritage Middle School The Right to Write: The Lawsuits of Lucile H. Bluford Debra Biermann 10:20 1017 MO Mackenna Franssens Pioneer Ridge Middle School Clarina I. H. Nichols: A Light to the Injustices Diana Casebolt 10:30 1018 MO Abby Wagner Heritage Middle School Dorothea Dix Changed the World With a Lot of Willpower and a Little Bit of Debra Biermann Luck Region 3 Greater Kansas City 2015 Contest Junior Round 1 Competition Schedule for Junior (6-8) Individual Exhibit - Junior Individual Exhibits A (Independence Academy Gym) Time Entry State Students School, Teacher(s) Title 09:15 1101 MO Abby Geier Liberty Middle School Saving the Chimpanzees: Jane Goodall's Leadership and Legacy Kathy Laffoon 09:30 1102 MO Grace House Discovery Middle School Susan B. Anthony: The Arrest of the Century Carrie Sparks 09:45 1103 MO Jenyn Pinkley Heritage Middle School The Battle of Westport: Gettysburg of the West Debra Biermann 10:00 1104 MO Aris Holman Maple Park Middle School Leadership and Legacy in History: Nikola Tesla Ryan Bowser 10:15 1105 MO Sam Hall Liberty Middle School John Muir, America's First Environmentalist: Planting Seeds In the Sierra Club Kathy Laffoon 10:30 1106 MO Machelle Bearden Maple Park Middle School The Big Bang and the legacy of division between Science and Religion Shon Adamson 10:45 1107 MO Grace Keenan Discovery Middle School Power and Prime: Indira Gandhi's Influence on India Carrie Sparks 11:00 1108 MO Egan Evans Harrisonville Christian School Oliver North: A Life on Trial Martha Gilbert 11:15 1109 MO Riley Sutherland South Valley Middle School Pelts for Profit: John Jacob Astor and the Founding of the American Fur Cali Kliewer Company 11:30 1110 MO Kayla Shuler Discovery Middle School Velma Bronn Johnston: The Act Against Horse Slaughter Carrie Sparks 11:45 1111 MO Natalia Mendoza New Mark Middle School The Legacy of Harry S. Truman Cela Sullivan Region 3 Greater Kansas City 2015 Contest Junior Round 1 Competition Schedule for Junior (6-8) Individual Exhibit - Junior Individual Exhibits B (Independence Academy Gym) Time Entry State Students School, Teacher(s) Title 09:15 1112 MO Ally Fisher South Valley Middle School Hoover Dam: Resource Sacrifices and Accretions Cali Kliewer 09:30 1113 MO Blake Harris New Mark Middle School Claus von Stauffenberg: Hero of the Anti-Nazi Movement Kim Marlow 09:45 1114 MO Jaelee Pittel Maple Park Middle School Leadership and Legacy in History: Martin Luther King, Jr. Ryan Bowser 10:00 1115 MO Tepary Cooley Discovery Middle School Theodore Roosevelt: The Man With the Plan of the Panama Canal Carrie Sparks 10:15 1116 MO Emily Reynolds Liberty Middle School Impacting the World One Child at a Time: Audrey Hepburn Kathy Laffoon 10:30 1117 MO Delaney Cavanaugh Discovery Middle School Harry S. Truman: Abolishing Segregation One Force at a Time Carrie Sparks 10:45 1118 MO Caroline Wright Liberty Middle School Dwight D. Eisenhower: The Leadership and Legacy of the General Who Led Kathy Laffoon D-Day 11:00 1119 MO Ava Ward Heritage Middle School Michael Collins: A Man between Nations Debra Biermann 11:15 1120 MO Shelby Walker New Mark Middle School Russell Stover Candy Company Cela Sullivan 11:30 1121 MO Finn Crawford Harrisonville Christian School Peacemaker of the Orient Martha Gilbert 11:45 1122 MO Joseph Spor Pioneer Ridge Middle School Free Huey! The Struggles of Huey and the Black Panther Party Diana Casebolt 12:00 1123 MO Grace Bellman Heritage Middle School Ruth Handler: The Woman Behind the Doll Debra Biermann Region 3 Greater Kansas City 2015 Contest Junior Round 1 Competition Schedule for Junior (6-8) Individual Exhibit - Junior Individual Exhibits C (Independence Academy Gym) Time Entry State Students School, Teacher(s) Title 09:15 1124 MO Sydney Cole Heritage Middle School Andrew Carnegie and his Libraries: the Transformation from Luxury to Debra Biermann Necessity 09:30 1125 MO Audrey Allen New Mark Middle School Clara Barton: The Greatest Humanitarian of the Civil War Kim Marlow 09:45 1126 MO Ethan Kohl Harrisonville Christian School Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall Martha Gilbert 10:00 1127 MO Catelyn Cunningham South Valley Middle School Berlin Wall: Gorbachev's Devotion Towards a New Germany Cali Kliewer 10:15 1128 MO Delaney Baker Odessa Middle School Brigham Young: The Legacy of a Pioneer Prophet's Leadership Paula Hawk 10:30 1129 MO Emma Angle South Valley Middle School Massachusetts Massacre; 1692 Cali Kliewer 10:45 1130 MO Brayden Walker New Mark Middle School The Titanic Cela Sullivan 11:00 1131 MO Ashley Sudmann Liberty Middle School Elizabeth Blackwell's Legacy; Leading the Way for Women in the Medical Kathy Laffoon Field 11:15 1132 MO Joe Rockers Maple Park Middle School Nuclear Bomb Shon Adamson 11:30 1133 MO Tony Lonsdale Liberty Middle School Wernher Von Braun: Leading the US to the Moon Kathy Laffoon 11:45 1134 MO Chloe Roffmann Heritage Middle School History is Her Story too: Gloria Steinem and the Women's Rights Movement Debra Biermann Region 3 Greater Kansas City 2015 Contest Junior Round 1 Competition Schedule for Junior (6-8) Individual Exhibit - Junior Individual Exhibits D (Independence Academy Gym) Time Entry State Students School, Teacher(s) Title 09:15 1135 MO Rachel Kim Heritage Middle School Madam Millionaire: The First Successful African American Woman Business Debra Biermann Leader 09:30 1136 MO Erin Stevens South Valley Middle School Elizabeth Blackwell: Our First Woman Doctor Cali Kliewer 09:45 1137 MO Kaylin Robinson Heritage Middle School Mary Kay Ash: Making the Workplace More Beautiful for Women Debra Biermann 10:00 1138 MO Elizabeth Simcoe South Valley Middle School Labor Laws: Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor Cali Kliewer 10:15 1139 MO Collin Riggins New Mark Middle School Gene Kranz: The Driving Force behind Apollo 13 Kim Marlow 10:30 1140 MO Daniel Harper Heritage Middle School A Light as Bright as the Sun: Daisy Bates and the Crisis at Little Rock Debra Biermann 10:45 1141 MO Nick Kanatzar New Mark Middle School Henry Clay: The Mastermind behind the Compromise of 1850 Kim Marlow 11:00 1142 MO Zach Riley Maple Park Middle School The Luckiest Man Shon Adamson 11:15 1143 MO Grace Johannes Discovery Middle School Monsignor O' Walsh: Operation Pedro Pan Carrie Sparks 11:30 1144 MO Harrison Frawley Heritage Middle School John J. Pershing - Pushing the Western Front Forward Debra Biermann 11:45 1145 MO Eddie Gomez South Valley Middle School The Punitive Expedition: Pancho Villa the Uncapturable Cali Kliewer 12:00 1146 MO Will Calovich Visitation School The British Bulldog who stopped the Blitzkrieg: Winston Churchill his Mark Johnson leadership during WWII and his legacy as the man who held back Hitler