2006 Florida History Fair
State Contest Winners |
Junior Historical Paper |
|
1st |
Ashish Heda |
Salt Satyagraha: A Pinch of Salt, A Sea of Resistance |
James Weldon Johnson Middle School, Duval County |
Teacher: Sylvia Murray |
|
2nd |
Madison Chapman |
Daisy Bates: Heroine of the Little Rock Nine |
Home Schooled, Manatee County |
Teacher: Deborah Chapman |
|
3rd |
George Ramirez |
Jackie Robinson’s Stand at the Plate: Breaking in the Big League |
St. Brendan Catholic School, Volusia County |
Teacher: Lizanne Swaringen |
|
4th |
Julie Vu |
Rachel Carson: Protecting the Environment, Awakening Environmental Activism |
PATS Center and Brown Barge Middle School, Escambia County |
Teachers: Connie Brown, Marie Rowe |
Junior Individual Documentary |
|
1st |
Matt Mariutto |
Ralph Nadar’s Stand against GM and the American Auto Industry |
American Heritage School, Broward County |
Teacher: Leslie Porges |
|
2nd |
Steffani Gonzales |
Margaret Sanger Takes a Stand for Family Planning |
Brown Barge Middle School, Escambia County |
Teachers: Linda Fussell, Susan Hunter |
|
3rd |
James "Joey" Flaig |
Brown vs. Board of Education |
American Heritage School, Broward County |
Teacher: Leslie Porges |
|
4th |
Kevin Joslyn |
Tea and Tyranny |
Deltona Middle School, Volusia County |
Teacher: Lindsey Brinkman |
Junior Group Documentary |
|
1st |
Amanda Di Addezio, Gillian Di Addezio |
American Slavery As It Is: Sarah and Angelina Grimke Take a Stand and Fight for Rights |
Horizon Middle School, Osceola County |
Teachers: Eric Kreiley, Sue Moore |
|
2nd |
Jennifer Barbee, Rachel Williams |
Kent State Massacre: The Day the War Came Home |
Woodlawn Beach Middle School, Santa Rosa County |
Teacher: Jackie Brown |
|
3rd |
Alex Clark, Spencer Hemings |
Deceit or Indifference: The United States and the Voyage of the SS St. Louis |
American Heritage School, Broward County |
Teacher: Leslie Porges |
|
4th |
Hollesha Foster, Leah Pough |
Mamie Mobley Till |
Heritage Middle School, Volusia County |
Teacher: Kim Whitaker |
Junior Individual Performance |
|
1st |
Luke Evans |
Jonathan Walker: Taking a Stand against Slavery |
PATS Center, Escambia County |
Teachers: Connie Brown, Marie Rowe |
|
2nd |
Sienna Bonner |
Margaret Sanger: A Woman of Birth Control |
Bradenton Preparatory Academy, Manatee County |
Teacher: Diane Small |
|
3rd |
Swetha Mohan |
The Spark that Started the Fire: 1857 Rebellion— India’s First War of Independence |
James Weldon Johnson Middle School, Duval County |
Teacher: Sylvia Murray |
|
4th |
Jonathan Maisel |
George Wallace: Taking a Stand on Integration |
American Heritage School: Broward County |
Teacher: Leslie Porges |
Junior Group Performance |
|
1st |
Amanda Patton, Kristopher Wolfe |
The American Red Cross: A Continued Legacy of Clara Barton’s Stand to Aid Victims of War and Disaster |
PATS Center, Escambia County |
Teachers: Connie Brown, Marie Rowe |
|
2nd |
Jenn Collins, Rebecca Kass, Mary Reischmann |
More Than Just a Pretty Face: Taking a Stand for Women’s Rights |
Shorecrest Preparatory School, Pinellas County |
Teacher: David Hodgson |
|
3rd |
Melanie Gossele-Senior, Jessica Heymans, Karina Roger, Mitchell Sunderland |
Equality: A History of the Women’s Rights Movement in America: Taking a Stand for Women’s Equality |
American Heritage School, Broward County |
Teacher: Leslie Porges |
|
4th |
Jodi Kennan, Christina Mazzotta, Nicole Morse, Alexis Pena, Jacqueline Zambrano |
“Women, Let’s Stand Up and Vote” |
Denn John Middle School, Osceola County |
Teachers: Susie Michaels, Teresa Stevens |
Junior Individual Exhibit |
|
1st |
Hayley Heath |
Forcing Justice: James Meredith Takes a Stand against Segregation at Ole Miss |
PATS Center, Escambia County |
Teachers: Connie Brown, Marie Rowe |
|
2nd |
Brian Hagerott |
Admiral Nimitz Takes a Stand |
PATS Center, Escambia County |
Teacher: Connie Brown |
|
3rd |
Emma Claire Fontaine |
A Flame Still Burned: Gideon vs. Wainright |
Surfside Middle School, Bay County |
Teacher: Kathy Easom |
|
4th |
Brian Kinter |
Taking a Stand for the Confederacy |
Shorecrest Preparatory School, Pinellas County |
Teacher: David Hodgson |
Junior Group Exhibit |
|
1st |
Andrew Galler, Morgan Metz |
1534 Act of Supremacy: Act of Faith or Act of State? |
James Weldon Johnson Middle School , Duval County |
Teacher: Robert Perry |
|
2nd |
Joelle Jahn, Laurel Marois |
Marbury v. Madison: John Marshall Takes a Stand for the Judicial Branch |
Shorecrest Preparatory School, Pinellas County |
Teacher: David Hodgson |
|
3rd |
Katherine Foster, Courtney Randolph |
President Jimmy Carter: Taking the Stand to Boycott the 1980 Olympics |
American Heritage School, Broward County |
Teacher: Leslie Porges |
|
4th |
Michael Agresto, Tyler Burich, James Patrick, Christopher Sarabalis |
Malcolm X |
West Hernando Middle School, Hernando County |
Teacher: Beverly Bushell |
Senior Historical Paper |
|
1st |
Jordan Huey |
Ida B. Wells-Barnett: A Fight Against Lynching |
Pensacola Catholic High School, Escambia County |
Teachers: Brit Brockinton, Eric Nelson |
|
2nd |
Scott Schultz |
The Battered Bastards of Bastogne: Taking A Stand in the Battle of the Bulge |
Canterbury School, Lee County |
Teacher: Dr. Ronald Young |
|
3rd |
Gabe Neustadt |
Taking a Stand in History: John Locke and Two Treatises of Government |
Shorecrest Preparatory School, Pinellas County |
Teacher: Ron Heller |
|
4th |
Christopher Land |
Union in Peril |
Rutherford High School, Bay County |
Teachers: Lin Byrd, Beth Brindley |
Senior Individual Documentary |
|
1st |
Jeffrey Miller |
American POWs: Taking a Stand against Their North Vietnamese Captors |
West Florida High School of Advanced Technology, Escambia County |
Teachers: Connie Brown, Susan Hunter |
|
2nd |
David Mariutto |
We Are Coming |
American Heritage School, Broward County |
Teacher: Leslie Porges |
|
3rd |
Zachary Helton |
“An Improvement in Law for the Benefit of Mankind”—Gideon v. Wainwright: Taking a Stand for the Right to Counsel |
Pensacola High School, Escambia County |
Teachers: Connie Brown, Michael Jones |
|
4th |
Thomas Hauser |
The Men of the Eighth Air Force Took a Stand against the German War Machine |
Bradenton Preparatory Academy, Manatee County |
Teachers: Christian Camphire, Diane Small |
Senior Group Documentary |
|
1st |
Adirenne Heintz, Ashley Laney |
Elizabeth Blackwell Takes a Stand and Opens the Medical Profession Up for Women |
Bradenton Preparatory Academy, Manatee County |
Teacher: Diane Small |
|
2nd |
Sonja Bree, Elizabeth Chadha, Allyson Gutstein, Christopher Knific, Emma Yudelman |
We Will Not Walk in Fear: An Account of Edward Murrow’s Courage in the McCarthy Era |
Canterbury School, Lee County |
Teacher: Dr. Ronald Young |
|
3rd |
Alexis Nall, Catherine Ruszkowski |
Opening Eyes to the Public: The NCLC and Lewis Hine Take a Stand for Children |
West Florida High School of Advanced Technology, Escambia County |
Teacher: Tiffany Spain |
|
4th |
Rosemary Malloy, Sara McKechnie |
Taking a Stand: The Sioux |
Deland High School, Volusia County |
Teacher: Angela Dodson |
Senior Individual Performance |
|
1st |
Sabrina Prabakaran |
The Tiananmen Square Massacre: Taking a Stand for Freedom |
Canterbury School, Lee County |
Teacher: Dr. Ronald Young |
|
2nd |
Cassandra Rasmussen |
A Lament by Abigail Adams: The Tragedy of Warren’s Last Stand |
Spruce Creek High School, Volusia County |
Teachers: Debra Dailidonis, Rosemarie DeLuca |
|
3rd |
Brianna Spyker |
Corrie ten Boom: Taking a Stand in Love for the Jews |
Chiles High School, Leon County |
Teacher: Nancy Watson |
|
4th |
Ashley Booker |
Melba Patillo: Taking a Stand in the Little Rock Nine |
Tate High School, Escambia County |
Teachers: Connie Brown, Chris Williams |
Senior Group Performance |
|
1st |
Matthew Chapman, Brit Garner, Eden Joyner, Scottie Mitchell, Amy Smith |
Have You No Decency? Taking A Stand Against Senator McCarthy |
Leon High School, Leon County |
Teacher: Scott Brown |
|
2nd |
Whitney Heatherington, Jessica Marine, Kalyn Wycoff |
Timing is Everything |
Spruce Creek High School, Volusia County |
Teacher: Debra Dailidonis |
|
3rd |
Elora Czaia, Rebekah Small |
Rosie the Rivetor: The Soldier Who Took a Stand without a Gun |
Bradenton Preparatory Academy, Manatee County |
Teacher: Kristopher Rollins |
|
4th |
Georgia Cobb, Katherine Drossos, Shawn Kings, Madeline Peters, Charlotte Wooley |
“We’re Human Beings”: Taking a Stand for Free Speech |
Washington High School, Escambia County |
Teacher: Shannon Breaux |
Senior Individual Exhibit |
|
1st |
Cherée Suttles |
Taking a Stand before His Time: Harry T. Moore |
Gulf Breeze High School, Santa Rosa County |
Teacher: Douglas Mills |
|
2nd |
Jarred McCovery |
Taking a Stand for Military Integration: Executive Order 9981 |
Pensacola High School, Escambia County |
Teacher: Kent Retting |
|
3rd |
Tierra Johnson |
Lunch at the Five and Ten: The Sit-in Movement Taking a Stand against Racial Segregation |
Pensacola High School, Escambia County |
Teacher: Suzanne Wagg |
|
4th |
Stephen Hallet |
Major League Baseball: Taking a Stand against Scandals in Baseball |
F. W. Springstead High School, Hernando County |
Teacher: Suzanne Bates-Miranda |
Senior Group Exhibit |
|
1st |
Liana Alexander, Kristie Almeida, Kathleen McDermott |
Waiting for an Army to Die |
F. W. Springstead High School, Hernando County |
Teacher: Suzanne Bates-Miranda |
|
2nd |
Alexandra Fernandez, Rodney Perez, Melody Regalado, Amanda Rodriguez, Emma Salgado |
A December to Remember: The Romanian Revolution |
Msgr. Edward Pace High School, Miami-Dade County |
Teacher: Victoria Spadafora |
|
3rd |
Hunter Mayfield, Garrett Moody |
Dropping the Bomb on Hiroshima |
Chiles High School, Leon County |
Teacher: Marsha Guffey |
|
4th |
Ellanor Bradley, Katie Crawford |
The New York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children: Taking the First Step Toward Child Welfare |
Pensacola High School, Escambia County |
Teacher: Michael Jones |
