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Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest2009 WinnersIndividual Exhibit Junior1st: Emily Hamlin Redmond, WA, Sunrise Elementary School Teacher(s): Paula Cautrell, Patti Kalinski Entry - Patsy T. Mink: Rewriting the Rules 2nd: Cooper Self Topeka, KS, Topeka Collegiate Teacher(s): John Macdonald, Lanny Moyer, John MacDonald, Scott Shipman Entry - Harry Colmery Writes the First G.I. Bill: The Making of the American Middle Class 3rd: Jason Ablott Moreno Valley, CA, Vista Heights Middle School Teacher(s): Susan Young, Autumn Earle-Rodriguez Entry - The Driving Force of America: Henry Ford's Actions and Legacies Senior 1st: Sharlyn Nelson Norco, CA, Norco High School Teacher(s): Amy Sanchez, Diana Stiller Entry - Lewis Hine: Exposing Child Labor 2nd: Katherine Caron St. Louis Park, MN, St. Louis Park High School Teacher(s): Ann Jurewicz Entry - John Snow 3rd: Veronica Pereira Englishtown, NJ, Manalapan High School Teacher(s): Nydia Dossantos Entry - "Can You Tell Me How We Got to Sesame Street?" Group Exhibit Junior1st: Marissa Lords, Tyler Stephens Idaho Falls, ID, Rocky Mountain Middle School Teacher(s): Rona Johnson Entry - Fighting For Victory One Stamp at a Time: Buster Hill 2nd: Kayla Smith, Hannah Schumacher, Rachel Stump Kutztown, PA, Kutztown Area Middle School Teacher(s): Betty Imboden Entry - Messenger of Broken Promises: The Questionable Legacy of Sarah Winnemucca 3rd: Hutton Phillips, Sophie Burton Minneapolis, MN, Breck School Teacher(s): Robin Ferguson Entry - Individual Reformer: Dr. Jane Hodgson's Battle Against Unjust Abortion Laws Senior 1st: Kristina Bohl, Emily Bohl San Diego, CA, Francis Parker School Teacher(s): Cherie Redelings Entry - From Sweden to the Secretariat: The Legacy of Dag Hammarskjold 2nd: Lindsey McKee, Sydney Taylor, Christie Ernsbarger Conway, AR, Conway High School East Teacher(s): William Richardson, Robert Wills Entry - Benjamin Franklin: An Individual Whose Politics, Inventions, and Ideas Shaped History 3rd: Will Robinson, Justin Schoonmaker Canton, OK, Canton High School Teacher(s): Penny Heath Entry - Patton: The Man, Moment and Legacy Individual Documentary Junior1st: Robert Coulter Lander, WY, South Elementary School Teacher(s): Kendra Bush Entry - Senekerim Dohanian: Uncle Sam's Ace Insect Hunter 2nd: Kassidy Murphy Risco, MO, Risco R-2 Schools Teacher(s): Karen Rosnick Entry - Formula for a First Lady 3rd: Liam Knox Plainsboro, NJ, Community Middle School Teacher(s): Robin Ferguson Entry - John J. Mooney: Environmental Pioneer - A Catalyst for Change Senior 1st: Carolyn Lipka Plainsboro, NJ, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North Teacher(s): Andrew Lipka Entry - Legislation By Johnson: Man and Moment 2nd: Kathleen Bride Houston, TX, Nimitz High School Teacher(s): Linda Kleeman, Barbi Petty Entry - The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican 3rd: Sarah Moore Bakersfield, CA, Centennial High School Teacher(s): Rowena Moore Entry - Silently Leaving a Legacy: The Actions of Chiune Sugihara Group Documentary Junior1st: Matthew Greenberg, Bennett Greenberg Plainsboro, NJ, Community Middle School Teacher(s): Karen Rosnick Entry - The Great Depression: Hoover's Unexpected Foe 2nd: Maranda Vandergriff, Elisa Vandergriff, Elijah Gray Powell, TN, Home School Teacher(s): Katie Vandergriff, Sabrina Gray Entry - Dr. Robert F. Thomas: The Great Smoky Mountains Horseback Healer of Body and Soul 3rd: Alicia Page, Kolene Winn Moriarty, NM, Moriarty Middle School Teacher(s): Amy Page Entry - Alice King: Children's Champion Senior 1st: Hannah Powers, Erica Dombro, Dena Coffman St. Paul, MN, Highland Park Sr. High School Teacher(s): Beth Kallestad, Marissa Bonk Entry - Sir Edmund Hillary: Building a Legacy of Education and Sustainable Development 2nd: Jasper Bernbaum, David Hong, Ryan Homme Riverside, CA, Polytechnic High Teacher(s): Allison Blythe Entry - William Mullholland: Actions of an Individual, A Legacy for Millions 3rd: Tasnim Mohamed, Dimas Gonzales, Jonathan Espinoza, Nernwon Kargou, Alejandro Suazo Houston, TX, Eisenhower High School Teacher(s): Debra Brown, Jeffrey Brush, Carol Michael Entry - Legacy of a Secularist Individual Performance Junior1st: Simone Prince-Eichner Lummi Island, WA, Prince Home School Teacher(s): Irene Prince Entry - Justitia Omnibus: Clarence Earl Gideon and the Right to Counsel for the Poor - Changing History from Behind Bars 2nd: Kara Roberts Boerne, TX, Boerne Middle School North Teacher(s): Bryan Degner Entry - Maude Davison and the First Women Prisoners of War 3rd: Patrick Bond Charlottesville, VA, Leslie Walton Middle School Teacher(s): John Worozbyt Entry - Forging the Chain: The Civil Rights Legacy of Harry S Truman Senior 1st: Laura Holmes Searcy, AR, Riverview High School Teacher(s): Robin Burge Entry - By Deeds Not Words: Alice Paul's Militant Fight for Women's Suffrage 2nd: Max Johnson Minneapolis, MN, Blake School Teacher(s): Deana Jaeschke-Clapp, Lisa Sackreiter Entry - Speaking for the Truth: John Scopes 3rd: Brooks Benadum Corpus Christi, TX, Carroll H S Teacher(s): Sydna Arnold, Renee George Entry - Post-Modern Prometheus: Robert Oppenheimer Group Performance Junior1st: Marissa Manos, Ramie Sahota, Bianca Hinojosa, Calvin Laverty, Sameen Bramer Bakersfield, CA, Fruitvale Junior High School Teacher(s): Jennifer Mykytiuk Entry - Sylvia Mendez: The Legacy of a Young Girl's Fight of Equality in Education 2nd: Zachary Frampton, Kameron Ho Ching, Kenner Shumway Honolulu, HI, Kahuku High & Intermediate School Teacher(s): Lisa Rodvien Entry - Hope is an Action: The Legacy of Father Damien 3rd: Katie Kostohris, Kateri Schmidt, Maggie Schmidt Minneapolis, MN, Cyber Village Academy Teacher(s): Cherie Neima Entry - Frances Densmore the Song Catcher: An Individual Takes Action to Preserve the Native American Legacy Senior 1st: Lauren Altman, Ankur Mohan, Alexandre Guevara, Randall Tesser, Cassandra Guevara West Nyack, NY, Clarkstown South HS Teacher(s): Laurie Young Entry - One For All and Wall for One 2nd: Jeannie Corbitt, Rachel Ford, Aspen Madrid, Annie Browne Conway, AR, Conway High School East Teacher(s): William Richardson, Robert Wills Entry - The Sky Is The Limit: Jackie Cochran and the WASP of World War II 3rd: Alejandro Reyes, Johania Ramos, Darryus Vaughn, Clifton Boudreaux, Zuleyma Escobar Houston, TX, Eisenhower High School Teacher(s): Debra Brown, Jeffrey Brush, Carol Michael Entry - "We Ain't Running No More!" Paper Junior1st: Samvit Jain Redmond, WA, Redmond Junior High School Teacher(s): Kimm Jensen Entry - Leader and Spokesman for a People in Exile: Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce 2nd: Yashila Permeswaran Le Mars, IA, Le Mars Community Middle School Teacher(s): Jeanne Rust Entry - Frances Perkins: A Woman of Action Who Remembered the ""Forgotten Man"" and Left a Legacy for Workers Everywhere 3rd: Hillary Smith Sequim, WA, Sequim Middle School Teacher(s): Tricia Billes, Todd Beuke Entry - Fiction that Altered History: Harriet Beecher Stowe Ignites a Passion for Abolition Senior 1st: Laura Ball Milwaukee, WI, University School Of Milwaukee Teacher(s): Chuck Taft, Benjamin Zarwell Entry - Cholera and the Broad Street Pump: The Life and Legacy of John Snow 2nd: Jack Schnettler Minneapolis, MN, Blake School Teacher(s): Deana Jaeschke-Clapp, Lisa Sackreiter Entry - Man of the Hour: How Hubert Humphrey Broke the Longest Filibuster in History and Passed the Landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 3rd: Emily Brown White Bear Lake, MN, White Bear Lake High School North Teacher(s): Ted Eibs Entry - King of Hearts: The Actions and Legacy of Minnesota Surgeon Dr. C. Walton Lillehei Web Site Junior1st: Osten Anderson Riverside, CA, Amelia Earhart Middle Teacher(s): Kent Byer Entry - Alfred Nobel: Inventions of Destruction - Legacy of Peace 2nd: Charlotte Cassidy, Clara Cullen Ada, MI, Forest Hills Eastern Middle School Teacher(s): Jim Cross Entry - Harriet Beecher Stowe: Author and Abolitionist 3rd: Rahul Devanarayanan, Nicholas Kodati Redmond, WA, Redmond Junior High School Teacher(s): Kimm Jensen Entry - Mikhail S. Gorbachev: Dictator for Democracy Senior 1st: Michael Weil, Quinn White, Emily Cass, Yoseph Desta, Mackenzie Gaura San Diego, CA, Francis Parker School Teacher(s): Cherie Redelings Entry - A Legacy of Social Justice: Earl Warren's Rights Revolution 2nd: Macie Chun, Anne Uruu Mililani, HI, Mililani High School Teacher(s): Amy Perruso Entry - Henry David Thoreau: Actions for Reform and a World-Wide Legacy of Peace 3rd: Anirudh Jayanti, Ayush Sood Shaker Heights, OH, Shaker Heights High School Teacher(s): Dann Parker Entry - Simon Wiesenthal: One Man's Search for Justice |
Awards
At the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest winners receive monetary awards and medals in each category.
- Gold medalists receive $1,000*
- Silver medalists receive $500
- Bronze medalists receive $250
*The gold medal winning projects in the senior division individual and group documentary categories receive The History Channel Award of $5,000 in place of the National History Day $1,000 prize.
National History Day also recognizes one Outstanding State Entry from each state in the junior and senior divisions.